Analyst VI, IT Apps

About the role

UCT is seeking a talented Analyst VI, IT Apps in Austin, TX to design, configure, and support core financial and controlling processes within our SAP S/4HANA environment. The analyst will work directly with finance stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust system solutions, streamline the period‑end close, and optimize the end‑to‑end Record‑to‑Report lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain SAP Finance modules (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting) supporting the R2R value stream.
• Support period‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end financial closing activities, ensuring accurate reconciliations and journal entries.
• Partner with finance and accounting teams to analyze business needs and translate them into functional specifications and technical blueprints.
• Oversee cross‑functional data flows between SAP FI/CO and integrated modules such as MM (Procurement) and SD (Sales), as well as external systems via IDocs, APIs, or middleware.
• Support financial consolidations, intercompany eliminations, group reporting, and tax configurations.
• Create test scripts, execute functional integration testing, support system upgrades, and provide post‑go‑live stabilization and user training.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5–8+ years of hands‑on SAP functional experience with a primary focus on S/4HANA Finance and the Record‑to‑Report (R2R) process lifecycle.
• Deep knowledge of General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Asset Accounting (AA).
• Proven understanding of how procurement (MM) and sales (SD) processes automatically post to financial accounting and general ledger balances.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and stakeholder‑management skills with clear verbal and written communication abilities.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification.
• Experience with SAP Group Reporting, Central Finance (CFIN), or CO‑PA / Margin Analysis.
• Familiarity with third‑party tax tools such as Vertex or OneSource and banking integrations.