Enterprise Resource Planning Business Analyst Manager

Grant Thornton is seeking a ERP Global Finance Process Lead to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below. 

Responsible for documenting global accounting processes and procedures, supporting SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation activities, developing and executing finance testing and transactional data validation, and identifying gaps between legacy general ledger environments and SAP S/4HANA global processes. Acts as the liaison between Accounting, Finance, IT, and implementation partners to ensure accounting requirements are properly designed, tested, documented, and deployed.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain accounting process narratives, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and control documentation for SAP S/4HANA and other integrated systems as applicable.
• Analyze current-state accounting procedures across multiple international regions and legal entities, comparing legacy ERP to SAP S/4HANA standard functionality and identify process gaps.
• Define future-state accounting processes aligned with global SAP templates and Grant Thornton global policies and local statutory reporting.
• Create test scenarios, scripts, and expected accounting results for Record-to-Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Sales, Fixed Assets, Intercompany, and Close processes. 
• Execute finance-related User Acceptance Testing (UAT), integration testing, and business process validation activities.
• Validate data conversion and reconciliation results between legacy systems and SAP S/4HANA.
• Work with business stakeholders to resolve process, configuration, and reporting issues discovered during testing.
• Evaluate compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and company accounting policies.
• Identify risks, control gaps, and process improvement opportunities during implementation.
• Support cutover, go-live, and post-implementation stabilization activities.
• Coordinate with global process owners and regional finance teams to standardize accounting procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred.
• 5+ years of global accounting process management
• 2+ years SAP financial systems hands-on experience.
• Strong knowledge of General Ledger, Fixed Assets, AP, AR, Intercompany, and Financial Close processes.
• Experience writing SOPs, business process documentation, and control narratives.
• Multiple entity or global accounting environments 
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation experience.
• Knowledge of ERP migrations and finance transformation programs.
• Experience supporting UAT, SIT, and finance process testing.

Preferred Experience

• Ledger migrations and chart-of-accounts redesign.
• Finance transformation or ERP modernization initiatives.
• Working with implementation partners and global process templates.

The base salary range for this position is between $120,000 and $207,000 Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.