Business Analyst (SAP)

Job Purpose

Business Analyst (SAP) is responsible for monitoring SAP system in terms of business functionality & design, master data and structure for effective cost monitoring/reporting and ensuring regulatory compliance and internal compliance, including being focal point of SAP implementation.

Key Accountabilities

• Recognize cross-cultural and cross-organizational differences, and promote, develop, and maintain understanding and collaboration among secondees from SONATRACH, PTTEP, Algerian staff, expatriates,
• Contribute to updating, developing, and maintaining effective rules, regulations, and guidelines for finance and accounting area.
• Contribute to the preparation of departmental work plan & budget and the effective budget control as well as monthly, quarterly, and annual statistics of comparative cost analysis of the responsible areas for effective operation costs
• Key working details include the followings:
• Maintain master data in SAP for finance department such as vendor master creation, customer master data, inventory master data creation, input exchange rate, cost allocation cycle etc.
• Create Work break down structure (WBS) and network in SAP
• Be a focal point and super-user for SAP implementation.
• Issue Purchase Requisitions/Purchase Orders (PR/PO) for finance department
• Review and check the correctness of actual cost daily to ensure that users input correct master data i.e cost center, account code, network.
• Coordinate and work with related parties for developing and implementing a business system and ensure its functions are complied with company’s rules and regulations.
• Analyze users’ requests or issues, provide advices and solutions, and propose for system modification or configuration, and summarize the system change proposals to get approval from management.
• Conduct business system functionality testing and ensure the test and change areas are complied with Quality Assurance and are documented.
• Prepare and ensure the up-to-date business system for Finance department
• Share and transfer business system knowledge to finance team
• Verify, maintain, monitor user’s authorization access to ensure correct Segregations of Duties (SOD) (coordinate with ITC department).
• Plan and organize user group forum to consolidate issues / requirements for business system improvement, enhancement, or modification.
• Manage chart of accounts ( adding/deleting) .
• Assist heads of finance team for extra finance activities
• Provide advices and coordinate with the system administrator in assets to ensure the business system models are maintained and standardized
• Consultation on Procurement related matters

Professional Knowledge & Experience

• Degree in Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, or related fields
• Experience in Finance and Accounting, Information Technology - minimum of 5 Years (Oil and gas sector - preferred)
• Experience in SAP FI/CO - minimum of 5 Years
• Good communication in English and French
• Proficient in spreadsheets, databases, MS Office and financial software applications

Additional Desirable Qualifications

• Analytical skill and interpersonal skill
• Experience in SAP implementation project