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Tekwissen

Principal IT SAP Functional Analyst - PowerPlan

Tekwissen, Oakland, California, United States, 94616


Overview:

Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. This Client is a holding company that primarily operates through Gas and Electric Company subsidiary. The subsidiary provides natural gas and electric service to residential and business clients. It also offers building and construction programs, energy efficiency financing, electric vehicle charge networks, wireless solutions, battery storage systems, etc. This Client is an AA/EEO employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce.

Job Title: Principal IT SAP Functional Analyst

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PowerPlan

Location: Oakland, CA 94612Duration: Full-TimeJob Type: Full-TimeWork Type: Hybrid

Job Description:

Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments that collaborate effectively to deliver high-quality technology solutions. The SAP Electric Ops Work Management Delivery organization provides SAP IT services to the Electric line of business. The organization is responsible for strategic technology planning, roadmap development, solution design, solution delivery, and solution support.Position Summary

The role IT SAP Functional Analyst PowerPlan is to configure, implement, maintain, and upgrade PowerPlan all modules.The Functional Analyst analyzes business requirements, creates functional design documents, and performs PowerPlan system configuration and localization to provide system solutions for the Line of Business and IT organizations.This role is viewed as an integral strategic partner and business liaison in technology decisions and provides ongoing PowerPlan system support.This includes analyzing business requirements and developing integrated IT and complex business solutions.Responsibilities:

Business Support and Consulting:

Define standard processes in PowerPlan and drive adaptation in Finance and Tax areas.Analyze end-to-end complex business processes across all modules within PowerPlan.Understand in detail the current and future business environment of the business organizations; effectively anticipate, identify, and fully meet the business needs using an integrated approach leveraging existing and new PowerPlan capabilities.Identify, propose, and influence IT solutions to complex cross- organizational business problems utilizing ERP capabilities; negotiate requirements and deliverables across multiple business and IT customers and organizations.Evaluate current customizations in the system to help business and IT partners understand risks and costs of customizing vs. using standard functionalities, advocating for using standard functionalities to lower future implementation cost and total cost of ownership (TCO) for solutions.Functional Analysis:

Automate/optimize PowerPlan systemMap business requirements to SAP S4 system capabilities and configure to meet requirementsReview design and technical specification documents for alignment with business solutionPerform PowerPlan configuration and do quality review and testing activitiesQualifications:

Minimum:

10 years of job-related experience in Information Technology8 years of experience as a Functional Analyst in PowerPlan systemDesired:

Familiarity with CR, PM, Asset/ARO, Depr modules and their data flowProject creation, estimating, approvalCollecting and classifying charges (derivations and true-up)In-service and completion of work ordersPowerTax and Tax RepairsCreating checks and balances to prevent data issues in automated processesLease Accounting Module** (if Client uses PowerPlan)Month-End Close ProcessesPowerPlan Integration ToolsSDLC and Integration Best Practices/ETL processesAdditional Desired:

SAP:

Familiarity with SAP tables and structure- SAP GUI experience and documenting integrationsHana ExperienceSAP settlement process and integration impacts with PowerPlan/capital projectsS4HANA ERP Implementation and Upgrades:

Large ERP projects, integrations with forecasting and FP&A systemsDashboarding tools for metric trackingFunctional Skills:

Accounting Concepts in Asset Management/DepreciationMass property accountingGroup depreciationVarious asset retirement methodsARO accountingBook vs. tax depreciationGAAP vs. FERC Accounting Concepts:

FERC system of accounts and new accounts for renewables and Software/hardware/communications equipment effective 01/2025AFUDC/CPI/capitalized interestManaging differing capitalization/recovery schedules for GAAP vs. FERCRate cases, depreciation studies, and supporting documentation for assets in GRC - Clauses and tracking recovery costs separately from normal rate base assetsMergers and Acquisitions/DivestituresNon-Technical Skills:

Interacting with both technical and non-technical team members to resolve issuesCommunicating success/failure stories to management teams

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.