Senior Accounting Analyst, SAP
- Calgary, AB, Canada
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Our Calgary-based technology client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Accounting Contractor to support its finance team. There is some natural turnover expected and the client seeks a contract-to-permanent candidate to join their team. This is for a CPA who is comfortable working in SAP within projects, capital assets and leans to being system oriented. There is a strong chance this role converts to permanent.
Your Success Will Be Defined By Your Ability To
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Executive Search
Our Calgary-based technology client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Accounting Contractor to support its finance team. There is some natural turnover expected and the client seeks a contract-to-permanent candidate to join their team. This is for a CPA who is comfortable working in SAP within projects, capital assets and leans to being system oriented. There is a strong chance this role converts to permanent.
Your Success Will Be Defined By Your Ability To
- Act as a trusted advisor to Finance, Capital Accounting, and operational stakeholders on SAP master data design, governance, and lifecycle management
- Lead collaborative discussions to optimize WBS design for reporting needs and to facilitate project TECO and close activities.
- Provide expert guidance and troubleshooting support to business users, translating technical SAP concepts into practical, business-oriented solutions
- Partner with Capital Accounting and Financial Reporting to maintain and enhance the SAP asset register
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and improve master data processes, reducing manual effort and enhancing data quality
- Maintain and monitor key master data elements (e.g., WBS elements, cost centers, hierarchies, business partners, JV data), ensuring accuracy and compliance with governance standards
- Support critical month-end processes (e.g., settlements, distributions, overhead and cutback), while identifying opportunities to optimize and automate recurring activities
- Support and influence system enhancements, testing, and upgrades, ensuring business requirements are effectively translated into system solutions
- Contribute to strategic initiatives, including acquisitions, divestitures, and organizational changes, ensuring seamless master data integration
- Maintain WBS plan figures in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and identify opportunities to expand planning and reporting capabilities
- Develop, maintain, and improve master data govern
- CPA or MBA preferred
- Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Fiori, including experience with master data maintenance and support for financial and operational data structures such as WBS elements, cost centers, hierarchies, business partners, and asset-related data
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions
- Excellent communication skills with proven ability to engage business stakeholders requirements, provide recommendations and implement solutions
- Advanced Excel skills, with demonstrated ability to analyze, reconcile, and manage large volumes of data
- Brings a proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented mindset, with the ability to work through ambiguity and move work forward independently
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Responsibilities
Advise finance and operational stakeholders on SAP master data governance, WBS design, asset register maintenance, and month-end accounting processes. Improve and automate data processes, support system enhancements and strategic organizational changes, and maintain WBS plan figures in SAP Analytics Cloud.
Requirements
A CPA or MBA is preferred, along with strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Fiori and financial and operational master data structures. Candidates should have advanced Excel skills, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, and the communication skills to work with business stakeholders and implement solutions independently.
Skills
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP Fiori
- Master Data Governance
- WBS Design
- Capital Accounting
- Asset Register Management
- Month-End Close
- SAP Analytics Cloud
- Advanced Excel
- Financial Reporting
- Data Analysis
- Process Automation
- System Enhancements and Testing
- Stakeholder Communication
- Problem-Solving
- CPA
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Hiring contact
Ben Eckstrand
Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Data & Analytics
- Technology
Keywords
- CPA
- MBA
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP Fiori
- SAP Analytics Cloud
- Advanced Excel
- Master Data
- Master Data Governance
- WBS Elements
- Cost Centers
- Hierarchies
- Business Partners
- Joint Venture Data
- Capital Assets
- Asset Register
- Capital Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Month-End Close
- Settlements
- Distributions
- Overhead
- Cutback
- Data Quality
- Process Automation
- System Enhancements
- System Testing
- System Upgrades
- Acquisitions
- Divestitures
- Planning and Reporting