Principal Business Systems Analyst, SAP Finance (India)

A Day in Your Life at MKS:
As a Principal Business Systems Analyst at MKS, you will have deep knowledge of SAP Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules, strong functional and technical understanding, and proven experience in end-to-end implementations, rollouts, and support projects. Basic understanding of SAP Project System (PS) is also required, as cross-functional collaboration with PS-related processes is expected in this role.

This position is on-site and must be within drivable distance to our location in Gurgaon or Bangalore, India.
You Will Make an Impact By:

SAP Project System:

• Lead and own all SAP PS developments, configuration, and support activities across the organization.
• Design and deliver standard/custom developments in SAP PS for:
  • Engineer to Order (ETO)
  • Project to Order (PTO)
  • Make to Order (MTO) sales order WIP
  • Resource-related intercompany billing
• Configure and support:
  • Non-valuated project stock
  • Result Analysis (RA) with Percentage of Completion (POC) valuation
  • Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Networks
  • Network Activities and Milestone Billing
  • Project budgeting and availability control
  • Progress Analysis and Earned Value Management
  • Project settlement to various receivers (CO-PA, assets, orders)
  • Warranty tracking and claims management
  • Capacity planning for project resources
  • Timesheet (CATS) integration with projects
  • Material procurement for projects (external/internal)
  • Billing plans and revenue recognition
• Ensure strong integration of SAP PS with FI, CO, SD, MM, PP for seamless project execution.
• Act as the single point of accountability for SAP PS, collaborating with business and IT stakeholders.
• Lead system testing, cutover, user training, and hyper-care for PS-related initiatives.
• Troubleshoot SAP PS-related issues, ensuring minimum disruption to project and financial operations.

SAP FI/CO:

• Provide functional support and guidance for SAP FI and CO modules including:
  • General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA)
  • Cost Element Accounting (CEA), Center Accounting (CCA), Internal Orders (IO), Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA)
• Lead or support custom developments and enhancements in FI/CO to align with project financial requirements.
• Ensure accurate integration of project data with financial postings, controlling reports, and management reporting.
• Collaborate with finance stakeholders to optimize project-related billing, cost settlement, and reporting.
• Resolve incidents, troubleshoot issues, and provide end-user support in FI and CO processes linked to projects.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Finance, Engineering, or related field; Masters preferred.
• 10+ years of SAP experience, with:
  • Proven expertise in SAP PS (configuration, development, integration)- minimum 5-8 years.
  • Strong functional knowledge of SAP FI/CO
• Deep experience in:
  • Custom developments in SAP PS (enhancements, BADIs, BAPIs, user exits)
  • Result Analysis, POC valuation, project settlement
  • Non-valuated project stock and WIP accounting
  • Integration of SAP PS with FI, CO, SD, MM, PP
  • Engineer to Order, Project to Order, Make to Order scenarios
  • Network activities, milestones, capacity planning, progress analysis
  • Resource-related intercompany billing
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and balance project delivery with support needs.
• Fluent in English; German language skills is a plus.
• Willing to work aligned to European time zones.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time
• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for 90% of the time
• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
• Must be able to exchange accurate information
• Operates in a professional office environment
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery
• Ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Noise level in the work environment is usually average

In addition to the above responsibilities, the following are considered material job duties of the position:

• Ability to take and follow directions and instructions.
• Ability to interact with other employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, or the public, in a safe, professional, and respectful manner.
• Access to sensitive and confidential business systems and software, personally identifying information, the company’s financial information, and/or the ability to maintain physical security and safety.
• Because this position involves the above material job duties, trustworthiness, reliability, and good judgment also are material job duties.

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