Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xcel Energy is a major utility organization undertaking a large-scale enterprise SAP transformation. The Business Analyst will provide SAP S/4HANA FICA subject matter expertise, support billing and invoicing configuration, review design artifacts, and guide business process standardization and redesign. The role will also analyze non-IT business problems, document process requirements, assess ROI, and collaborate with business stakeholders, system integrators, and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise for SAP S/4HANA with a focus on the FICA module throughout all phases of a Greenfield implementation
- Review and deliver recommendations on key design artifacts, technical artifacts, and business process designs
- Support configuration of billing and invoicing processes within SAP
- Help standardize and redesign business processes in alignment with Greenfield implementation objectives
- Attend regular stand-up meetings and actively participate in on-site and remote workshops
- Complete follow-up work, reviews, and deliverables stemming from workshop sessions
- Collaborate closely with internal business counterparts, system integrators, and cross-functional teams across multiple workstreams
- Respond to SAP-related questions and provide guidance as the team progresses through implementation phases
- Analyze non-IT business problems and articulate requirements to support process improvement opportunities
- Prepare documentation of current and desired state processes and develop requirements that build shared understanding between process owners and solution developers
- Assess process performance and create frameworks for evaluating financial payback and ROI for proposed investments
- Identify alternative solutions and provide well-reasoned recommendations to stakeholders
Skills
- • Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, with specialization in the FICA module (required)
- • Hands-on experience configuring billing and invoicing processes within SAP
- • Strong understanding of utility industry business processes and operational context
- • Demonstrated ability to review and provide actionable feedback on design and technical artifacts
- • Experience supporting process standardization and redesign within large-scale transformation programs
- • Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a multi-vendor, cross-functional environment
- • Effective communication skills with both technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders
- • Ability to manage and deliver across multiple workstreams simultaneously
- • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare ROI statements and process documentation
- • Analytical mindset with experience assessing process performance and identifying improvement opportunities
- • 10 or more years of relevant SAP implementation experience
- • Completion of at least two full SAP implementation projects (Greenfield and/or Brownfield)
- • Primary background in SAP implementation work rather than sustainment or support roles
- • Demonstrated experience working within the utility industry
- • Experience contributing to enterprise transformation initiatives and Greenfield SAP programs
- • Prior experience working in multi-vendor, cross-functional project environments
- • ABAP development experience (preferred)
- • Experience working both client-side and with system integrators (preferred)
- • SAP Activate Certification (preferred)
- • SAP FICA certification (preferred)
- • Additional SAP module certifications (preferred)
Benefits
- Primarily remote engagement
- Full-time engagement
- Approximately 25% travel to corporate headquarters locations as project phases demand
- Exposure to a complex Greenfield implementation
- Opportunity to influence critical design and configuration decisions
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