Sr. Functional Analyst, SAP

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, management and innovation solutions and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software. Our comprehensive portfolio of unified solutions help run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database and technology software, enabling our clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources towards strategic projects. The Company has signed thousands of contracts with Fortune Global 100, Fortune 500, midmarket, public sector and government organizations who selected Rimini Street as their trusted, proven mission-critical enterprise software solutions provider and achieved better operational outcomes, realized billions of US dollars in savings and funded AI and other innovation investments.

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We are actively seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sr. Functional Analyst, SAP to join our organization. This critical role will report directly to the Director, Business Solutions. The position is open to candidates based in Canada and offers the flexibility to work from a remote office.

Position Summary

This role is a Sr. Functional Analyst, SAP in our Global Product Development group supporting the US and Canada. The primary responsibility for this role is to lead and deliver SAP system specific legislative and regulatory updates for our customers to ensure their SAP systems are kept compliant with the various legal requirements published by agencies and governments globally. Functional Analysts combine in-depth product expertise with the latest tax and regulatory changes to produce system impact specifications and test strategies for Development & QA. The position will follow each tax and regulatory change from discovery through successful translation into an application update. This role is vital in providing high quality deliverables to our clients and keeping their mission critical enterprise applications in compliance. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the team in translating tax and regulatory requirements for the US and Canada into system changes for clients’ ERP systems
• Lead cross product line implementation of Canadian, including Quebec, Tax and regulatory changes
• Organizing and leading cross product line work groups for Canadian updates
• Function as a Lead Subject Matter Expert across North American Product Lines for Canadian updates
• Organize and facilitate problem-solving discussions with clients, internal operational teams, to resolve issues on complex updates relating to US and Canadian HR/Payroll
• Provide in-depth functional/technical knowledge and understanding of SAP system across multiple versions - US, Canada and Quebec HR/Payroll Modules to development team
• Ensure total product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations through the analysis of each tax and legislative change and production of Business Analysis & Functional specifications detailing the impact to a specific SAP module.
• Provide in-depth knowledge of US and Canadian Payroll from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process.
• Lead the analysis, design and configuration of complex legislative requirements; including testing those updates to ensure product compliance with all applicable legislation and regulations of each tax and productions of stories for Scrum Team to refine and work.
• Leads the team in design on complex and thorough test plans to ensure quality deliverables
• Identifies potential points of contention for deliverables, creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
• Anticipates problems before they occur, defines problems and risk, identifies possible causes and leads the team to identify solutions in implementing most appropriate solution
• Pro-actively identifies risks and issues on development deliveries, leading team to develop and maintain risk management on the deliverables
• Assist with complex troubleshooting of Tax & Regulatory client cases
• Provide expertise in how US, Canadian, and Quebec legislation is configured and processed in SAP
• Provide expertise in how Canada and Quebec payroll taxes are calculated and the respective processes in SAP
• Provide in-depth knowledge and experience with US Tax Reporter including interpreting state tax file specifications and configuring SAP to produce the file
• Provide in-depth knowledge of Canada T4 and Quebec RL forms and respective processes in SAP
• Design and development of business requirements, user stories (functional guidance), configuration requirements, test plans.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure adherence to the functional design and that all business requirements are being satisfied
• Formulate test strategies, review test plans, and perform system tests working with the QA team to ensure high quality deliverables
• Assist the Development and QA Management Team with planning activities related to product specific Tax & Regulatory updates (i.e., bundle scheduling, project planning and tracking, etc.)
• Organization and communication of such information, clearly disclosing the details needed for product specialists and subscribing clients including release documentation, installation instructions, and client manual configuration instructions to make necessary system changes.
• Serve as a liaison between the Global Tax and Regulatory team and the Development & QA team as well as our total client base, ensuring accurate dissemination of information relating to US legislative changes.
• Communicate effectively across various teams, internal and external customers
• Be committed to excellence and high-quality standards

Experience  

• Extensive experience (15+ years) US & Canada SAP HR/Payroll projects as primary duties
• In-depth functional/technical knowledge and understanding of SAP system - US, Canada and Quebec HR/ Payroll
• Expert knowledge of US and Canadian Payroll from a business perspective and as an end-to-end process
• Expert understanding of US & Canada SAP Payroll from a legislative perspective and understanding how a payroll department works and what the payroll department expects
• In-depth knowledge and experience with US Tax Reporter including interpreting state tax file specifications and configuring SAP to produce the file
• Expert knowledge of Canada T4 and Quebec RL forms and respective processes in SAP
• In depth understanding of configuration of SAP Modules
• A track record of successful roles in several Enterprise Application projects (including full development and full QA lifecycle processes)
• Ability to work closely with the Global Tax & Regulatory team to ensure the accurate transfer and comprehension of all critical information relating to each tax and regulatory change
• Ability to work closely with development to ensure adherence to functional specifications and to work with QA team to develop high level test plans and test strategies

Skills  

• Proficient in developing Business Analysis and Functional specification documentations from regulatory and tax data.
• Ability to explain payroll processes and calculations independent of ERP system
• Experience in the support of global SAP operations.
• Strong analytical and product management skills
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Must be strong self-starter and with a committed work environment with stable internet service
• Strong professional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with other groups within the delivery organization.
• Good English, conversational and written.

Desired Qualifications

• AGILE methodology experience a plus
• JIRA experience a plus
• Ability to read/write/speak French a plus
• ABAP/Debugging knowledge a plus

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Location

Remote – Canada

Why Rimini Street?

We are looking for talented, passionate people to help us build our future at Rimini Street. We hire only the best, the most extraordinary professionals and provide compensation, bonuses, and benefits to match the skills of our top-performing team members. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy growing together, and get excited about learning new skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a true impact as part of a team of extraordinary professionals? This is the place for you.

Our work is challenging and meaningful. We start and end each day with a sense of achievement and purpose guided by our core values, the Four Cs: 

• Company
  • We dream big and innovate boldly.  

• Colleagues
  • We work with extraordinary people who create a culture of mutual respect and collaboration. 

• Clients
  • We relentlessly pursue solutions that help clients achieve their goals. Our unmatched client care is rooted in our passion for exceptional service. 

• Community 
  • We believe in leaving the world a better place than we found it. With the Rimini Street Foundation, we’ve made positive impacts in six continents for over 425 charities.

Accelerating Company Growth

• Nasdaq-listed under ticker symbol RMNI since October 2017 
• Over 5,900+ signed contracts to date, including Fortune 500 and Global 100 companies
• Over 2,000 team members in 23 countries
• US and international recognition for industry leadership and philanthropic efforts. See all of our awards and recognitions here: https://www.riministreet.com/company/awards/ 

Rimini Street is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

To learn more about how Rimini Street is redefining the enterprise software support industry, visit http://www.riministreet.com 

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