Business Analyst Cost - SAP S4HANA

Business Analyst Cost (SAP S/4HANA Procurement / Source-to-Pay)

Location: Santa Clara, CA Onsite

Interview Process: 2 3 Rounds (May Include In-Person for Local Candidates)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst Cost to support a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Procurement, Source-to-Pay (S2P), Supplier Management, Cost Operations, and SAP ERP implementations. The Business Analyst will work closely with Business Process Owners (BPOs), SMEs, SAP Functional Consultants, and business stakeholders throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of Business Analyst / Functional Analyst experience.
• Mandatory SAP S/4HANA Implementation Experience.
• Strong experience in Source-to-Pay (S2P) processes.
• Experience in:
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Direct Procurement
  • Supplier Management
  • Supplier Collaboration
  • Spend Analytics
  • Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
  • Cost Operations
• Business Requirements Gathering
• Process Mapping (As-Is / To-Be)
• BRD / Functional Documentation
• Gap Analysis
• UAT Planning & Execution
• Data Validation & Data Migration
• Jira / XRay
• Stakeholder Management

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Cost Workstream Lead throughout the SAP S/4HANA ERP implementation lifecycle.
• Gather, analyze, document, and validate business requirements from business stakeholders, SMEs, and Business Process Owners (BPOs).
• Document current-state (As-Is) and future-state (To-Be) business processes.
• Conduct requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution validation sessions.
• Collaborate with SAP Functional teams to ensure business requirements are reflected in solution design.
• Perform Gap Analysis and identify business process impacts, risks, and dependencies.
• Create BRDs, process flows, business scenarios, and functional documentation.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including:
  • Test Planning
  • Test Script Creation
  • Test Execution
  • Defect Tracking using Jira/XRay
  • Test Status Reporting
• Perform data validation, reconciliation, and migration support.
• Validate procurement, supplier, sourcing, contract, and spend-related data.
• Track issues, risks, dependencies, and action items throughout the project.

Support business readiness, training, deployment, go-live, hypercare, and post-production stabilization.

Ajay Pratap Singh