IT Business Analyst SAP FICO (CO-PA & Costing)

Location – Krakow

Why is this job for you:

The IT Business Analyst SAP FICO provides functional support and expertise across SAP Finance and Controlling, with a particular focus on Profitability Analysis, product costing and cost management processes. The role supports operational stability, business requirements, system enhancements and project delivery across the EMEA region. It works closely with Finance and Controlling stakeholders, SAP teams and technology partners to ensure that solutions are effective, supportable and aligned with business and control requirements.

You will:

• Provide functional support across SAP FI and CO
• Investigate incidents and recurring problems and coordinate their resolution
• Support month-end and year-end activities where SAP expertise is required
• Monitor solution performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Maintain system, process and support documentation
• Provide functional expertise in SAP CO-PA and product costing
• Support cost centre accounting, profit centre accounting, internal orders and allocation processes
• Support costing, profitability reporting, settlement and reconciliation activities
• Analyze issues affecting cost flows and profitability information
• Support integration between SAP FI/CO and MM, SD, PP and other relevant areas
• Enhancements and Project Delivery
• Gather and analyze business requirements
• Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications
• Review proposed solutions and assess their alignment with business and system requirements
• Coordinate functional, integration and regression testing
• Support user acceptance testing, deployments, rollouts and system upgrades
• Ensure that changes are appropriately documented and follow internal governance processes
• Stakeholder and Partner Engagement
• Work closely with Finance, Controlling, SAP teams and business stakeholders
• Cooperate with external technology partners throughout solution design and delivery
• Evaluate proposed solutions and provide functional guidance
• Communicate progress, risks and dependencies to relevant stakeholders
• Support audit, SOX and internal control requirements

You have:

• Minimum 5 years of SAP FI/CO experience, with strong, demonstrable expertise in CO-PA and product costing.
• Depth of specialist knowledge is more important than the exact number of years
• Strong practical experience with SAP CO-PA and product costing
• Experience supporting cost centre accounting, profit centre accounting, internal orders and allocations
• Experience analysing business requirements and functional SAP solutions
• Experience coordinating functional, integration and user acceptance testing
• Experience working with Finance stakeholders and cross-functional SAP teams
• Experience working in an international or matrix-managed organisation
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology or a related field\ SAP FI/CO or SAP S/4HANA certification
• ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management qualification
• Project or change management certification
• Fluency in English

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products.We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation,manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us! As the journey continues of bringing together the strengths of both organisations, during your candidate experience you may engage with our colleagues from International Paper! You could visit an International Paper or DS Smith site or office.