Enterprise Resource Planning Business Analyst Manager
Employer not yet confirmed · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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.