Principal Business Analyst, SAP Finance

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Billerica as well as in Canada, and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and have helped physicians enhance patient care with our broad product portfolio.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. Lantheus is in search of an innovative, transformative, high-energy, experienced professional to lead the SAP Finance IT Team.

At Lantheus, our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success, we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone's health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skills sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

This resource will serve as our Principal Business Analyst, SAP Finance with a focus on key SAP FI initiatives and supporting on continuous improvements. This role will partner with the Lantheus Core IT team and focus on the technology supporting the Finance and Controlling processes. The Principal Business Analyst, SAP Finance will act as an intermediary between the financial business and technical community. The resource will work with IT project teams and business clients within all areas across financial functions (AR, AP, Accounting) and is responsible for Requirements gathering and analysis, solution design and implementation, support and system integration.

Lantheus operates and maintains a portfolio of commercial operation systems responsible for quoting, ordering, shipping- receiving- traceability- and reporting on all inventory and financial planning activities across the company. Specifically- this role will be the primary project resource focused on the design, implementation, and enablement of SAP FICO & FP&A transactions. The candidate is expected to perform high-quality project work for his/her stakeholders, continue to build the SAP capability at Lantheus and foster its continued growth within Lantheus' Organization

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Perform detailed analysis of Finance and Controlling business process requirements and provide appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document Lantheus requirements.
• Provide support to finance staff on defining and documenting system processes, data flow, controls and interfaces for financial information systems. Provide analytical and technical support to team members and end users.
• Map client business requirements, processes, and objectives; develops necessary product modifications to satisfy Lantheus' needs.
• Support operations including end user assistance, system troubleshooting, and configuration of the core SAP FICO modules as needed.
• Identify gaps, issues, and work around solutions.
• Document functional designs, test cases and results.
• Proactively identify and propose business process and/or system enhancements
• Act as a liaison between the business functions and the technical team.
• Continually assess the impact of emerging SAP technologies against strategic business needs and interpret business value for the IT management.
• Develop productive relationships with business across the organization to influence how SAP Finance applications can enable new sources of value.
• Ability to work independently, effectively coordinating multiple priorities in a dynamic and changing environment and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. May act as subject matter mentor to business partners which includes ad-hoc training.
• Update and maintain all SAP/WRICEF functional documentation.
• Conduct Unit tests, Integration tests, and Regression tests and document all test results according to the QA process.
• Maintain knowledge of compliance and ensure all work activities are conducted within the regulatory requirements, related policies and procedures, and corporate objectives
• Effectively evaluate and shift priorities appropriately based on multiple considerations and changing demands.

This position is site-centric working out of the Company's Bedford, Massachusetts executive offices ideally three days per week.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in a full cycle implementation as well as in support projects. * Minimum of 10+ years designing and configuring FICO modules and SAC applications.
• The candidate should have strong knowledge of Finance processes and S4 HANA FICO, this includes AP, AR, GL, PCA, Fixed Assets, Project Systems, SAC, Group Reporting, Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) and all associated Master Data.
• Very good understanding of integration with MM, SD, PP and in depth understanding of cross-functional business processes is a must.
• Experience leading SAP teams at a functional level including the creation of architecture standards, reference architectures and data models.
• Experience on interfaces with both SAP and non SAP systems. Examples Ariba, OneSource, Paymentus, to name a few.
• Must be familiar with SOX and General Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables and projects at the same time
• Ability to understand business processes from a customer perspective
• Ability to work in a team environment, effectively interacting with others
• Must be results oriented, and demonstrate a can-do attitude - adaptability, flexibility, and resourcefulness.
• Knowledge of Life Sciences Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process is highly preferred.
• Must be familiar with testing, deployment, and release management.
• Exceptional client stakeholder management experience
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good understanding of Pharma guidelines including GAMP, 21 CFR Part 11 etc.

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Lantheus will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.