Background:
An experienced SAP Data Analyst is required to join an industry leading End User. The consultant will assist in an exercise to improve data quality, consistency, structure, suitability, and related processes required to both improve and maintain effective data and structures within SAP ECC6. The individual must have excellent experience of the following key SAP ECC modules, with specific regard to data, including tables, structures, enhancements, cross module integration, dependencies, configuration, workflow, blocking and deletion:

• FI: GL (New and Classic), Account Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting
• CO: Profit Centre accounting, Cost Centre Accounting, Projects, Internal Orders, Time-sheeting

Reporting to the SAP Finance Data Workstream Lead the candidate will be able to communicate effectively at all levels and assist in in the end-to-end life cycle of SAP data improvement projects.
The individual will have proven experience as a technical expert on process improvement and data cleansing/rationalisation projects and will display expertise with process and data analysis and data manipulation tasks. The individual will be directly responsible for the analysis of data and processes and producing reasoned recommendations for data cleansing and rationalisation steps, methodology and process improvements, whilst taking consideration of implications for reporting and other associated data and processes that may be impacted.
Key Responsibilities:

• Data (transactional/master) and process analysis for cleanse, restructuring, rationalisation.
• Documentation of recommendations for cleanse and rationalisation, including justification, impacts and methodology.
• Documentation of recommendations for process change / improvement to support maintenance of data and structures.
• Documentation of recommendations for configuration changes to enable improved data and processes.
• Collaborating with stakeholders and the functional project teams to meet data requirements aligned to implementation deadlines.

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of data objects, tables, uses and integration in the following areas: FI and sub-modules, CO and sub-modules.
• Knowledge of existing tools and transactions available within SAP ECC to aid data analysis.
• Knowledge of tools and transactions available within SAP ECC to aid cleanse, restructuring and rationalisation of data and structures.
• Capability to produce specifications for new reports / programs required to aid analysis (where necessary) and/or cleanse/restructuring activities.
• Knowledge and experience of the execution of BW queries is preferable.
• Expertise MS Excel is essential, and MS Access preferable.
• 5+ years implementation experience on large scale projects including SAP ECC data cleanse and process improvement projects.
• Knowledge of SAP ECC functional processes and supporting data objects.
• Must be a team-player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.

Familiarity with an iterative project management approach, tools, and phases of an SAP project.