L.A. Care Health Plan · 15 hours ago
Ariba Functional Analyst III
1200 Building
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$118K/yr - $188K/yr
6+ years expL.A. Care Health Plan is the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, providing health coverage to low-income residents of Los Angeles County. The Ariba Functional Analyst III will support procure-to-pay processes, collaborate with various teams to troubleshoot issues, and enhance the Ariba application and integration with S/4 environments.
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Responsibilities
Applies subject expertise in evaluating business operations and processes
Identifies areas where technical solutions would improve business performance
Consults across business operations, providing mentorship, and contributing specialized knowledge
Ensures that the facts and details are correct so that the project’s/program's deliverable meets the needs of the department, organization and legislation's policies, standards, and best practices
Provides training, recommends process improvements, and mentors junior level staff, department interns, etc. as needed
Support SAP Ariba suite modules – Ariba Upstream & Downstream (Ariba Sourcing, Contract Management, SLP and Buying & Invoicing)
Support Ariba Buying & Invoicing production issues with Guided buying capabilities - Tiles, Policies configuration, Tactical sourcing activation
Support SAP Ariba supplier enablement – Onboarding, VUF, rules set up, country-based invoice rules, user roles creation in Buyer business network, supplier flight plan, enable end points, default transaction rules
Support Ariba sourcing, contract management and Ariba SLP modules
Support the Ariba to S/4 integration processes as well as the purchasing, receiving, invoicing, and payment processes in S/4 MM and FICO
Leverage business and understanding of SAP and accounting expertise to address the business requirements, blueprinting, data analysis, business modeling, unit and integration testing
Work with business leaders to define end state procure-to-pay business processes
Works with business departments and process owners in defining functional requirements
Collaborate with business groups to define and develop best practices to standardize processes
Analyze business processes and coordinate with the project team to provide solutions to optimize productivity and ensure data accuracy
Build process documentation, functional specifications, test scripts and training documentation
Establish reconciliation and monitoring processes to ensure system and data accuracy and integrity
Provide change management support and direction and train users on new systems and processes
Manage projects to roll out applications/business processes to ensure the goals and objectives are accomplish on time and within budget as necessary
Work directly with project stakeholders throughout the entire lifecycle of projects to define, design and implement
Manage outsourced resources to achieve project goals
Prepare project status reports for management and business users
Lead system testing effort necessary as part of project deliverables
Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues during the project and after it goes live
Lead and participate in all the data conversion efforts such as Purchase Orders, vendors, invoices and Contracts
Train the SAP team on any knowledge gaps
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
At least 6 years of experience in SAP FI/CO and ARIBA functional support
Experience completing at least 2 ARIBA implementation
Experience in the creation of Project and Production Support Documentation such as Functional Specs, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, Desktop procedures, Business process procedures, and others
Experience creating and managing Ariba templates for Contract, Sourcing, Events etc. as per business requirements
Experience preparing Ariba User Training guide test scripts
Experience in configuring the S/4 Hana and Ariba integration with CIG connectivity
Experience in configuring Ariba business network (AN) systems
Detail oriented and excellent organizational, time and stress management skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent communication (verbal, written) and customer-facing skills
Willingness to expand knowledge and skills to other technologies and solutions
Understand and familiar with SAP FI/CO, and Internal Orders
Ability to transfer knowledge and training users
Ability to influence at all levels of the organization
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Knowledge of Finance and business operations
Knowledge of application testing and ability to design, plan and execute application testing strategies and tactics to ensure software quality throughout all stages of application development
Preferred
Experience with the integration between Procurement, Accounts Payable and Materials Management
Benefits
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Tuition Reimbursement
Retirement Plans
Medical, Dental and Vision
Wellness Program
Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
Company
L.A. Care Health Plan
L.A. Care’s mission is to provide access to quality health care for L.A.
1001-5000 employees
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