Title: Senior SAP Technology Analyst - Treasury/Risk & FICO

Department: Enterprise Systems

Location:

Sacramento, CA, US, 95819-4628

Category: Information Technology/Telecommunications

Minimum Pay Rate: $125,694.40

Maximum Pay Rate: $166,483.20

Civil Service Status: Civil Service

Apply by Date: 10/07/2024

Posting Type: Open

You will be joining a high performing experienced IT team working in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment dedicated to delivering technology solutions to our community and employees that are secure, reliable, and right-sized. You will be a Senior Enterprise Technology Analyst and Team lead in the IT Finance team designing, configuring, developing, enhancing, integrating, testing, and maintaining enterprise-wide applications with a focus on SMUD's Financial applications and processes.

Key functions and responsibilities associated with this lead IT analyst position include:

• Providing technical leadership on moderate to complex initiatives associated with the work portfolio and completing tasks that are assigned to the team.

• Providing expert technical advice on complex technical challenges and oversee the successful problem resolution.

• Acting as a technical lead for the Finance team, driving excellence and adherence to best practices across all technical initiatives.

• Leading Finance configuration in projects and initiatives the team is involved in, guiding and championing leading practice solutions

• Leading initiatives to streamline processes, adopt best practices, and drive continuous improvement in existing operational workflows within enterprise applications to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall system performance and reliability.

• Providing analytical support and subject matter expertise to support planning and implementation of technical solutions.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business and technical requirements and translate them into effective solutions.

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status, system issues, and ongoing initiatives.

• Strategic planning in the functional areas supported by the assigned team.

• Tactical planning, collaborating with product owners to prioritize tasks to ensure that the team's resources are used effectively, and service levels and customer satisfaction goals are met.

• Leading and mentoring junior team members; developing talent peer and user groups.

• Ability to work in-person as needed to build partnerships, bolster project and team productivity and cohesion.

SMUD's I.T. department has frequently been named in ComputerWorld's top 100 best places to work in I.T. and is also one of the Sacramento area's top employers. We are looking for individuals who are adept at managing concurrent assignments, of varying complexities, and who can effectively work both independently or in a team while being open to learning new technologies and acquiring new skill sets.

Official SMUD classification: Senior Enterprise Technology Analyst

Purpose

Provides advanced specialized business process and technical support utilizing SMUD's various enterprise and other integrated technology solutions in the areas of design, configuration, operation, maintenance, and enhancement; serves as a key functional resource to the user community to ensure reliability, accessibility and effectively meet the needs of the business unit overall; serves in a lead role in one or more specialty areas on a regular basis.

Nature and Scope

This is the senior level within the Enterprise Technology Analyst class series. This class is distinguished from the journey level Enterprise Technology Analyst by the higher level of complexity, difficulty and level of tasks assigned, broader decision-making authority, advanced technical knowledge required, short and long-term planning responsibility, major project management responsibility and demonstrated mastery in two or more specialty areas. The Senior Enterprise Technology Analyst often is relied upon to be the lead person in a given specialty area and will demonstrate a good working knowledge regarding enterprise application systems. Advancement to the Principal Enterprise Technology Analyst level is done through a competitive process.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs and configures various enterprise technology solutions to support business units; develops detailed designs and defines user requirements by collaborating with process owners.

• Documents business processes and transaction steps; defines codes and values; addresses integration issues.

• Develops testing criteria and conducts testing; plans implementation strategies; communicates technical information to the user community.

• Analyzes the need for modification and enhancement to existing enterprise applications by evaluating effectiveness of current technology.

• Leads user group forums; performs workflow and process analysis; identifies impacts to business processes.

• Revises user and system requirements; designs modifications and prepares change notices; integrates modifications; develops testing criteria and conducts testing; provides technical consultation and solutions.

• Supports the overall effectiveness of the use of enterprise applications systems by its users; offers technical support and user training.

• Establishes training needs and develops training materials; conducts classroom and on-the-job training.

• Troubleshoots user obstacles and system problems through training and/or on-line support; provides technical consultation and solutions.

• Provides business units with business necessity information by designing user reports; modifies and produces standard and custom reports and forms; performs ad-hoc queries; works with users to define reporting needs.

• Selects, or assist in selecting and orienting new staff; provides staff training; performs or assists in evaluating work performance results.

• Administers the department budget by participating in planning, monitoring, and revising schedules, work plans, expenditures, and assignments.

• Performs or assists in the preparation of procurement or bid documents, the evaluation of proposals, and the recommendation of awards to contractors or vendors.

• Plans, reviews, coordinates, conducts and/or guides work activities and research of information associated with internal/external business unit projects in accordance with established task objectives and schedules as outlined in the project plan/contract.

• Performs related duties as required.

Required Education

• High School diploma or equivalent

Required Experience Qualifications

5 or more (5+) years of progressively responsible relevant work experience supporting business units/departments utilizing enterprise application systems and business analysis, process design, configuration, testing, documentation and implementation.

Knowledge Of

Enterprise application systems design, configuration, and functionality and/or techniques of configuration, design and functionality; advanced applications of implementation strategies; advanced concepts of the system development lifecycle; complex concepts of data modeling, report design, data maintenance and retrieval; techniques and practices for resolving complex technical issues; complex computer systems and resources, electronic records, and database administration functions; methods and techniques of planning, organizing, and overseeing work activities; techniques for exercising leadership and authority; methods and techniques of training staff; basic budgeting techniques; principles of business letter writing and basic report preparation; office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases; English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Skills To

Analyze business processes and match user requirements to system capabilities; develop detailed specifications; determine system integration points; develop testing criteria and conduct testing; troubleshoot user and system problems; perform ad hoc reporting and make script changes to reports and forms; act as functional lead on moderate to complex projects; identify, assess, and coordinate training needs for staff; evaluate and resolve complex technical and/or management issues and develop/implement resolution alternatives; compile and prepare technical, statistical and/or analytical reports and presentations; write new and revised policies and procedures; express ideas/facts clearly and concisely to individual or groups, taking into account the audience and nature of information; stay abreast of new IT technology, tools, and methods to support and develop business applications; utilize a personal computer and/or computer terminal, systems and software relevant to the job; communicate effectively orally and in writing internally/externally; establish and maintain effective internal/external working relationships and work effectively in diverse teams.

Desirable Licenses/Certificates

Certification in IT, or related field is desirable.

Desirable Qualifications

• Five (5+) or more years of hands-on SAP Finance configuration experience delivering technical solutions to meet customer needs.

• Two (2+) or more years with leadership responsibilities; Leading SAP Financial systems projects and continuous improvement initiatives working across organizational boundaries.

• Experienced technical leader providing technical leadership on moderate to complex initiatives associated with the work portfolio and completing tasks that are assigned to the team.

• Experienced acting as a technical lead for the Finance team, driving excellence and adherence to best practices across all technical initiatives.

• Experienced leading Finance configuration in projects and initiatives the team is involved in, guiding and championing leading practice solutions.

• Configuration and project experience with S4 Finance.

• Strong business background in finance and accounting, and business experience in highly regulated, Public Sector or utility industries.

• Demonstrated knowledge of an extensive and broad group of Financial operations and Financial systems processes and technologies. Knowledgeable of current industry standards and best practices.

• Expert in SAP ECC configuration – GL. AR, AP, Asset Management, CO-CCA, CO-IO, CO-PC, COPA, Treasury, Risk, BI, SAC Reporting and dashboards.

• Experienced in designing FI-MM goods movement and FI-SD revenue recognition.

• Expert configurator Order/Service Order, Contract Order, Project Structure, integration with FICO and settlement processes.

• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), Project Systems(PS) and Human Resources (HR). A good understanding of ABAP Workbench Concepts and Tools.

• Possess strong analytical skills, with proven technical leadership experience, and the ability to work with business owners and team members at all project levels.

• Demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative team environment where best practices are used to deliver innovative customer-focused solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to guide and assist technical staff on issues related to design, development, and deployment of enterprise solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across organization boundaries and to leverage those strong relationships and technical knowledge and expertise in influencing decisions around systems and solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to apply company IT principles in partnering across organization to deliver value for customers.

• BA/BS degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, MIS, or related field.

• Proven leading practice solution design experience in partnership with peer solution architects streamlining end to end business functions and integration points within RTR, ATR, PTP, and MTC.

• Proven experience with SAP configuration for local GASB financial requirements including taxation, inventory valuation, payment processes, fixed assets.

• One or more full implementation experience in FICO, Treasury/Risk, Cash Management, Assets, Group reporting, FERC, SD.

• Extensive experience in working with business process owners to gather requirements, strong skills to translate business objective into requirements and functional/technical specification.

Physical Requirements

Applicants must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) - Who We Are

As the nation's sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider, we're proud of our reputation as one of the best places to work in Sacramento. Our employees tell us in our engagement surveys they're "Happy, satisfied and engaged" which helps create a workplace that best serves our customers. Sacramento was named as the 2nd happiest place to work in America by Forbes Magazine. Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and the world-renowned Napa Valley are within easy driving distance of our locations.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

SMUD celebrates diversity, and inspires an inclusive culture based on trust and respect to create belonging and connection among our employees, customers, and communities. By working together, we are powering positive, equitable opportunities for all. We aspire to be a workplace where you can be yourself, achieve your best, and thrive together.

An example of our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging is when SMUD signed the California Equal Pay Pledge in 2020. This requires equal pay for employees who perform “substantially similar work,” when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility at the time those employees started within that classification. As such, initial hiring salary range is not subject to negotiation and salaries will vary over time based on performance.

SMUD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions are made on the basis of individual qualifications, merit, and business needs and interests.

Why Sacramento, California?

The capitol of California, Sacramento is the state's sixth-largest city, and the 35th largest in the U.S. Local universities include California State University, University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, and the University of California, Davis and several competitive community colleges. The UC Davis Medical Center, a world-renowned research hospital, is one of more than a dozen hospitals and shared services centers in the Sacramento region. Part of the agriculturally-rich Central Valley, Sacramento is at the forefront of the farm-to-fork food movement. Northern California is home to some of the country's top technology companies, including Google and LinkedIn, and a multitude of startups in many industries. Sacramento is home to the NBA Kings, the River Cats (AAA baseball), the Republic FC (soccer) and the San Francisco Giants, NBA Warriors and NFL 49er's aren't far away. Sacramento offers an affluent liberal arts community with Broadway, Mondavi Center, Crocker Museum and summer musical theater to name a few.

Hybrid Work

This position may be eligible for SMUD's hybrid (office/home) work employee benefit, the schedule of which will be determined by the successful candidate and the Hiring Manager. SMUD takes pride in powering the Sacramento region community where we live and work. We value the strong working relationships we develop with our colleagues. Our approach to hybrid work will continue to evolve. Please be aware that should SMUD’s business needs change, emergencies occur, or various other reasons arise, you may be required to report onsite on a part-time or full-time basis.

SMUD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. SMUD complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

SMUD expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of SMUD employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Req ID: 1713