SAP FICO Functional Analyst

Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) are now CPKC. As the only truly North American railway, we are making big moves! Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Be a part of history as we connect a continent and create exciting career opportunities across our new transnational network. Visit cpkcr.com to learn about the CPKC advantage, our purpose and culture.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

Join our expanding in-house SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE). Our leadership team is dedicated to nurturing and developing internal talent. If you excel in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about SAP, come join us on our journey to SAP S/4HANA Rise Cloud. With a team of over 150 SAP professionals, we offer an outstanding chance to drive excellence and foster innovation.

As the Functional Analyst SAP Finance, you will improve and align our financial systems with strategic objectives. You'll take charge of optimizing our SAP solutions, covering the complete development lifecycle—from requirements gathering to implementation—ensuring the financial systems support our operations optimally.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Develop and refine SAP FICO configuration and ABAP development, ensuring they are balanced, meet business needs, align with architectural standards, and optimize operations.
• Perform all tasks in the development cycle, including accurate business process definition, configuration and unit testing, user testing assistance and follow-up, coordination of transports to Production, training, post-live support, and fixes.
• Support the development of the test strategy and test plans. Ensure traceability of requirements back to business need as well as through to solution and testing. Validate the solution meets the business need and verify it conforms to specifications.
• Coordinate with diverse groups to conduct blueprinting, requirement analysis, impact assessment, product demonstration and training workshops. Encourage and support teamwork and information exchange across teams.
• Capture and document non-functional requirements that are important to the user community (i.e. usability, learnability, reliability). Liaise with architecture to ensure other non-functional requirements are considered (i.e. security, compatibility, maintainability).
• Participate in the On-Call support rotation for SAP production environment.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Hold a post-secondary education (degree or diploma) in Accounting, Finance, MBA Finance, CA, or a related field.
• 5 years + related experience, including systems/applications development and support, business systems analysis, and systems project management, of which 3+ years’ experience is directly related to implementation and support of SAP Enterprise systems, specifically the FICO modules
• Knowledge of SAP product module/suite business processes, navigation mechanics, and configuration requirements and integration with other modules and SAP's Business Intelligence.
• Familiar with ABAP development.
• Knowledge and experience in SAP S/4HANA is an asset.

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Performance Incentive Program
• Annual Fitness Subsidy
• Part-time Studies Program

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

As an employer with North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Drug Test Elements:

CPKC is committed to the safety and health of its employees and the general public.  New hires may be required to undergo a drug screen.  We appreciate your cooperation in keeping CPKC safe and drug free. 

Background Investigation:

The successful candidate will need to successfully complete the following clearances:       

• Criminal history check
• Reference check
• Driver’s License verification and/or last 3 years of driving history if a requirement of the position
• Background checks that may included 7 years of employment history and Social Security number verification

Management Conductor Program:

Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC. You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

For our US applicants, CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities . For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including women, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

• Req ID: 103369
• Department: Information Services & Network Service Centre (NSC)
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Position Type: Non-Union
• Location: Kansas City, Missouri
• Country: United States
• % of Travel: 0-10%
• # of Positions: 1
• Compensation Rate:
• Job Available to: Internal & External

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