Sr. Functional Analyst, SAP Financials

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Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software and a Salesforce and AWS partner. The Company has operations globally and offers a comprehensive family of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database, and technology software, and enables clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources for innovation. To date, over 5,300 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted enterprise software solutions provider. To learn more, please visit riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI).

We are actively seeking a Sr. Functional Analyst, SAP Financials. This is a remote position and can be based anywhere in Brazil.

Position Summary

This role is a Senior Functional Analyst, SAP Financials in our Global Product Development group supporting Latin America. The primary responsibility for this role is to deliver SAP system specific legislative and regulatory updates for our customers to ensure their SAP systems are kept compliant with the various legal requirements published by agencies and governments globally.  Functional Analysts combine in-depth product expertise with the latest tax and regulatory changes to produce system impact specifications and test strategies for Development & QA.  The position will follow each tax and regulatory change from discovery through successful translation into an application update, supporting multiple SAP modules. This role is vital in providing high quality deliverables to our clients and keeping their mission critical enterprise applications in compliance.  The role requires expertise and skills to diagnose serious issues; work Scrum and Kanban teams to develop, test, package and deliver fixes for such issues in complex, integrated and highly configured environments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Translate tax and regulatory requirements for the LATAM into system changes for clients’ ERP systems

• Function as a SAP Subject Matter Expert for LATAM tax and regulatory updates

• Organize and facilitate problem-solving discussions with clients, internal operational teams, to resolve issues on complex updates relating to Latin America tax and regulatory updates

• Provide in-depth functional/technical knowledge and understanding of SAP system across multiple versions

• Ensure total product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations through the analysis of each tax and legislative change and production of Business Analysis & Functional specifications detailing the impact to a specific SAP module.

• Provide in-depth knowledge of LATAM from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process.

• Analyze, design and configuration of complex legislative requirements; including testing those updates to ensure product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations of each tax and productions of stories for Scrum Team to refine and work.

• Assist in design on complex and thorough test plans to ensure quality deliverables

• Identifies potential points of contention for deliverables, creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget

• Anticipates problems before they occur, defines problems and risk, identifies possible causes and works the team to identify solutions in implementing most appropriate solution

• Pro-actively identifies risks and issues on development deliveries, working with the team to develop and maintain risk management on the deliverables

• Assist with complex troubleshooting of Tax & Regulatory client cases

• Provide expertise in how Latin America legislation is configured and processed in SAP

• Design and development of business requirements, user stories (functional guidance), configuration requirements, test plans.

• Work closely with the development team to ensure adherence to the functional design and that all business requirements are being satisfied

• Formulate test strategies, review test plans, and perform system tests working with the QA team to ensure high quality deliverables

• Assist the Development and QA Management Team with planning activities related to product specific Tax & Regulatory updates (i.e., bundle scheduling, project planning and tracking, etc.)

• Organization and communication of such information, clearly disclosing the details needed for product specialists, Support Team/AMS, and subscribing clients including release documentation, installation instructions, and client manual configuration instructions to make necessary system changes.

• Serve as a liaison between the Global Tax and Regulatory team and the Development & QA team as well as our total client base, ensuring accurate dissemination of information relating to Latin America legislative changes.

• Communicate effectively across various teams, internal and external customers

• Contribute to the development and management of knowledge-sharing methodologies, diagnostic tools, and creative processes, to improve the client experience.

• Collaborate with team members in a virtual team environment to extend field experience to different client situations

• Be committed to excellence and high-quality standards

Location

• Remote – Sao Paulo, Brazil

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Accounting or financial background, or equivalent experience.

Experience  

• Knowledge of Brazil localization tax and regulatory requirements, such as SPED fiscal, etc.

• Knowledge on new Brazil tax reform topics, such new taxes as IBS, CBS and be up to date with upcoming demands

• Experience (10+ years) LATAM SAP projects as primary duties

• In-depth functional/technical knowledge and understanding of SAP system

• Working knowledge of LATAM from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process

• In depth understanding of configuration of SAP Modules

• A track record of successful roles in several Enterprise Application projects (including full development and full QA lifecycle processes)

• Ability to work closely with the Global Tax & Regulatory team to ensure the accurate transfer and comprehension of all critical information relating to each tax and regulatory change

• Ability to work closely with development to ensure adherence to functional specifications and to work with QA team to develop high level test plans and test strategies

Skills  

• Proficient in developing Business Analysis and Functional specification documentations from regulatory and tax data.

• Experience in the support of global SAP operations.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and product management skills

• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously

• Must be strong self-starter and with a committed work environment with stable internet service

• Strong interpersonal, professional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with other groups within the delivery organization.

• B-lingual Portuguese/English, conversational and written.

• Passionate focus on customer support and the ability to build long term, successful working relationships with Clients with high satisfaction

• Ability to work calmly and professionally in high pressure situations

• The ability to work remotely from a home-based office in a virtual environment;

Desired Qualifications

• AGILE methodology experience a plus

• JIRA experience a plus

• ABAP/Debugging knowledge a plus

• Reliable internet

Why Rimini Street? 

We are looking for talented, passionate people to help us build our future at Rimini Street. We hire only the best, the most extraordinary professionals and provide compensation, bonuses, and benefits to match the skills of our top-performing team members. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy growing together, and get excited about learning new skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a true impact as part of a team of extraordinary professionals? This is the place for you.

Our work is challenging and meaningful. We start and end each day with a sense of achievement and purpose guided by our core values, the Four Cs: 

• Company

  • We dream big and innovate boldly.  

• Colleagues

  • We work with extraordinary people who create a culture of mutual respect and collaboration. 

• Clients

  • We relentlessly pursue solutions that help clients achieve their goals. Our unmatched client care is rooted in our passion for exceptional service. 

• Community 

  • We believe in leaving the world a better place than we found it. With the Rimini Street Foundation, we’ve made positive impacts in six continents for over 425 charities.

Accelerating Company Growth

• Nasdaq-listed under ticker symbol RMNI since October 2017 

• Over 5,300 signed clients, including over 180 of the Fortune 500 and Global 100 companies

• Over 2,000 team members in 23 countries

US and international recognition for industry leadership and philanthropic efforts. See all of our awards and recognitions here: https://www.riministreet.com/company/awards/. 

Rimini Street is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

To learn more about how Rimini Street is redefining the enterprise software support industry, visit http://www.riministreet.com.

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