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Business Analyst

CFA Institute
Brockton, Massachusetts, US
Full-time

Business Analyst

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Financial Accounting Systems Transformation (FAST)

Full-Time

Boston, MA or Springfield, MA

The Opportunity

As a Business Analyst you will be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders and the project team to understand, assess, recommend, and implement business process solutions that facilitate, improve and / or streamline existing business processes.

Primary responsibilities :

  • Understand, document, and maintain business requirements, including existing challengesa / issues, and success criteria
  • Assess feasibility with the project team and facilitate solutioning efforts
  • Provide guidance to stakeholders on solution options
  • Drive successful execution of the end-to-end lifecycle
  • Provide status updates to stakeholders and project leadership team

The Team

This role aligns under the Financial Accounting Systems Transformation (FAST) project team, which is part of the Controllers group.

The team is leading the charge to transition from SAP R3 to SAP S4 / HANA and related data, business process and Reporting changes.

This team continues to evolve and will provide candidates with growth opportunities.

The role reports to the Head of Data Management and partners with Corporate IT, third party Vendors and business users / leaders.

The Impact

  • Accountability : Subject matter expert for workstreams in SAP S / 4 HANA in partnership with IT and offshore partners.
  • Business Acumen : Understand the end-to-end processes, including cross functional impacts and dependencies.
  • Inclusion : Lead Use Case formulation, as-is / to-be analysis, product demos, joint application development for processes & SAP capabilities.

Share SAP and industry best practices and knowledge, and personal expertise to educate our business processes.

Resilience : Understand how data flows through financial systems to accounting function, while planning appropriately for changes with prioritizations.

Establish and enhance governance and internal control procedures.

  • Development : Lead SAP centric process changes in alignment with Accounting Policy for evaluation and implementation of new GAAP / Statutory reporting requirements.
  • Leading Others : Collaborate closely with other business areas, such as financial close team to support accounting of transactions / events.

Lend tactical support as needed with peer teams.

Agility : Coordinate / Collaborate across Finance, enterprise technology, internal audit, enterprise risk, other business units & external audit, as appropriate.

Guides the team in establishing effective control / governance for reports / dashboards with tight milestones for successful execution.

The Minimum Qualifications

  • BS in Accounting, Finance, IT, or another similar field
  • 8+ Years of accounting experience in finance roles or SAP implementation roles

The Ideal Qualifications

  • MBA or equivalent and / or Certified Public Accountant preferred
  • Hands-on experience with SAP ERP and / or SAP S / 4 HANA implementations including SAP FI, CO, AR, AP, GL, PCA, CCA
  • Experience implementing Special Purpose Ledger / Parallel Ledger
  • Experience with at least 1 FP&A tools such as SAP BPC, Hyperion / HFM, OneStream, Anaplan
  • Experience in other SAP products - SAP BW, BusinessObjects, SAP BPC, SAP Cloud
  • Knowledge of US GAAP, insurance statutory accounting / reporting and / or experience in Financial Institutions
  • Ability to work with senior management, business, and IT areas to influence decision making
  • Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
  • Ability to proactively take ownership of projects and drive to completion
  • Experience working in a Finance transformation setting & driving change
  • Identify and support process improvements that provide business value
  • Ability to Initiate and / or lead complex projects that may span beyond the scope of own team
  • Experience in best-in-class control execution and documentation
  • Detail-oriented with demonstrated oral and written communication skills
  • Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in future
  • Travel between Boston and Springfield required

What to expect as part of MassMutual and the Team

  • Regular meetings with your team
  • Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
  • Access to mentorship opportunities
  • Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic / Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, Veteran, and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
  • Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
  • Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority / Female / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Individual with Disability / Protected Veteran.

We welcome all persons to apply. Note : Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.

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