Palo Alto Business Solutions Analyst SAP Ariba 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

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● Own & drive solution design in Ariba Source to Pay space to meet future business needs, scalability, keeping industry-leading best-practices in mind
● Collaborate with stakeholders to create functional design documents from Business requirements, drive the system solutions and implement it
● Preparing exhaustive Functional Requirement Specifications
● Prepare and Review test plans and test scripts
● Participate in system-level tests responsible for comparing actual results with expected results
● Implement solutions to streamline processes, reduce redundancy, enhance internal customers experience

● Quickly learn and adapt to a fast paced work environment
● Experienced with API Integrations with Ariba
● Interact with non SAP applications like 360 Insights (Rebates), Tax Engine (OneSource) or other API applications

Maintenance and Support

• Monitor system performance and resolve issues proactively to minimize downtime and customer impacts
• Conduct regular audits of data quality and integrity, implementing corrective actions as necessary
• Provide ongoing support and training to users, ensuring they are equipped to leverage Ariba effectively

Best Practices and Documentation

• Establish and enforce best practices for Ariba development and configuration.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, processes, and procedures

Collaboration and Leadership

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT and business units, to align Ariba and SAP standard capabilities with business objectives

Your Experience

• Bachelor OR masters degree in Business, Sales, Finance, Information Technology or military experience required
• 5 -10 years of experience in SAP Ariba Upstream and/or Downstream
• Strong functional configuration and implementation experience in Procurement and Accounting and Sourcing
• Multiple end-to-end project experience in Source to Pay and prior support experience
• Very good working knowledge of SAP Tables and SAP Technical Troubleshooting and similar TCODES that is relevant for P2P.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams across geographies
• Significant depth in SDLC and Agile practices of enterprise-class products.
• Demonstrated ability to understand product design and architecture.
• Experience in crafting creative functional solutions to difficult business problems
• Demonstrated proactive, self-motivated, quality focus, customer-centric mindset
• Additional SAP or Ariba certifications are a plus

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex business solutions/concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to keep up with current industry technology trends to assess and make recommendations on processes, designs, operations, in keeping with the latest technology

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