Ariba Functional Analyst III

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Job Category:
Accounting/Finance

Department:
Accounting Services

Location:

Los Angeles, CA, US, 90017

Position Type:
Full Time

Requisition

Salary Range:$(Min.) -$(Mid.) -$(Max.)

Established in 1997, L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public agency created by the state of California to provide health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents. We are the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. Serving more than 2 million members, we make sure our members get the right care at the right place at the right time.

Mission: L.A. Care’s mission is to provide access to quality health care for Los Angeles County's vulnerable and low-income communities and residents and to support the safety net required to achieve that purpose.

The Ariba Functional Analyst III will be responsible for supporting the procure-to-pay business processes. This position requires collaboration with various stakeholders, including business groups, the procurement team, and the S/4 team, to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues impacting the Ariba system, Ariba integration processes, and MM modules.

The Analyst will also provide support for enhancements and projects related to the Ariba application and procure-to-pay processes within both Ariba and S/4 environments. Core responsibilities include supporting and optimizing existing business processes, as well as contributing to the design, build, and testing of new solutions. Furthermore, the Analyst will provide comprehensive support for the FI/CO applications, including:
Ariba to FI integration, Accounts Payable (vendor maintenance, invoicing and payments), Materials Management (Purchase Orders, Purchase Requisition s, logistics Invoicing), Controlling (G/L, Cost Center and Internal Orders maintenance) and Reporting.

Acts as a Subject Matter Expert, serves as a resource and mentor for other staff.

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.

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.

Manage outsourced…