i have no walls...

i started on my new team yesterday. i have a new cube location...and i have no walls.

i can't wait to see where this new position takes me. new manager, new teammates, new challenges.

pepsico's enterprise business solutions > business analytics > finance analyst.

Job Description and Responsibilities:
COE Work Intake / Enhancements
· Partner with EBS Process Services Team to drive analytics requirements and complete conceptual design workshops to ensure comprehensive gathering of Finance reporting requirements based on enhancements / changes requested through COE Work Intake Processes
· Facilitate communication and alignment of reporting requirements between business users/requestors, Process Services team and technology delivery team (DWR).- Maintain report inventory for all ECC & BW Z-Reports, updating concurrent with new One Up Releases as well as COE work
· Complete development of Functional Design (FD) documents on select COE Reports as determine through Work Intake Processes
· Complete function report test case development and test case execution on select COE Reports as determined through Work Intake Processes

BA Business Services
· Provide primary support to BW Power Users as an escalation point, including helping to find necessary data and assist with query development as needed
· Monitor pulse of user base qualitatively as well as leverage quantitative BI Statistics to recommend COE Work Intake projects for (a) hardening BW Y-Queries and (b) de-commissioning unused Z-Reports.
· Conduct as an instructor four (4) BW305 internal classes per year in support of One Up Releases and ongoing power user needs
· Promote BI Self-Sufficiency with BW power user base (~100 users) by documenting and sharing via power user working sessions detailed wiring diagrams and data model documentation · Create job-aids, FAQ’s and other “help” documents that meet key reference needs of finance reporting users
· Support Finance needs across future One Up Releases (R7, R8 & beyond) by providing knowledge share of existing One Up COE Footprint to One Up BA Project Services Team and making recommendations on solution designs as needed
· Assess implications of future One Up Releases (R7, R7 & beyond) on existing One Up Finance footprint to ensure full solution estimates include all requirements to retro-fit existing Finance footprint solution
· Partner with EBS Business Analytics Finance Analyst (PCNA/Corp) to share solution designs, best practices
· Partner with EAM as a production support liaison on select break/fix tickets as needed

Required Skills and Qualifications
Experience
1 of the following:
· 4-5 years experience in either a (a) business finance function where SAP & Reporting was an integral part of the role or
· 2-3 years deep implementation experience in SAP ECC FICO or BPS and BW Finance Reporting

Skills/Knowledge
· Broad knowledge of Finance function, with depth in 2-3 sub-areas (FP&A, Sales Finance, SCF, Control/Close, G&A)
· In-depth knowledge of BPS, preferably PepsiCo’s BPS solution for R3 and/or R6
· ECC Finance knowledge – FICO, G/L, Product Costing
· Strong business and technical expertise – PepsiCo preferred
· Strong Communication Skills – verbal, written & presentation (PowerPoint)
· Ability to influence peers and other more senior managers
· Strong organization and facilitation skills
· Ability to learn new application functionality, technologies and processes quickly
· Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences
· Ability to present to senior executives (Band 2+)
· Able to work off hours / weekends when required
· Able to think strategically as well as tactically