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Job Description:

Northrop Grumman is seeking Principal /Sr. Principal Enterprise-Wide Applications Accounts/Payable Analyst to join our Enterprise 1ERP organization. This position will report directly to the 1ERP AP, Tax, Travel, and Cash/Treasury Systems Manager.

This position is not location specific and can be performed virtually.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support a diverse, cross-sector, cross-functional team of technical and business experts and end users.

• Be able to prioritize recurring work, changing priorities, and updated ticket status with relevant information, ensuring efforts are carried through to completion.

• Interface between systems analysts/programmers and 1ERP Business Technology Partners (Level 3) to ensure that information technology designs in SAP meet the needs of the end users within the Sector.

• Collaborate, define, and deliver technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational goals and objectives.

• Execute interface development and troubleshooting, enhancement development and testing, business process improvements, and regression testing and validation.

• Provide SAP configuration support and support Configuration Management.

• Oversee development and tracking of system roadmaps and schedules to meet short and long-term strategic execution plans to meet critical milestones.

• Provide routine status, which may include, briefings.

• Represent the 1ERP AP Systems team on different projects that the team supports.

• Regularly interact with the Functional Accounts Payable /Tax / Cash / General Ledger/ Procurement Teams

• Anticipate potential issues and opportunities and Investigate issues reported by Business process Champion (L2s); reviewing data conditions and recommending steps to resolve issues working directly with Level 3s, Level 2s, and business users.

• Support process improvement activities to deliver the highest quality of service to sector customers.

• Work with other SAP Team analysts on cross functional projects.

• Work with 1ERP Business Technology Partners (Level 3) in updating and writing functional specification documents.

• Identify training opportunities for the team.

• Lead process improvement activities to deliver the highest quality of service to sector customers.

• Participate in the definition, implementation, and optimization of automated systems and processes, and support for special projects, as required.

• Handle reporting requests by analyzing the requirements, preparing functional specifications, working with developers, and testing new reports and changes.

• Support non-recurring project planning, requirements gathering, test development/execution, security design, change management and implementation/go-live support working under general supervision.

Candidates will need to be self-starters, with strong organizational and communication skills (written and verbal).

Additionally, candidates will need to possess the following characteristics in order to excel in this role:

• Ability to influence and work collaboratively across an enterprise.

• Ability to work with a team, solve the hardest problems, deliver innovative solutions, and high customer satisfaction.

• Ability to interact with internal and external customers.

This position may be filled at the Principal or Senior Principal Level, depending on the years of experience each candidate brings.

Basic Qualifications:

Principal Level (3) Minimum Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors' degree; OR 3 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree; OR 8 years of experience with an Associate's degree; in lieu of a degree 10 years of experience can be accepted

Sr. Principal Level (4) Minimum Requirements:

• At least 9 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; OR 8 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree OR 12 years of experience with an Associate's degree; in lieu of a degree 14 years of experience can be accepted

Remaining Qualifications at Both Levels:

• Expertise in OpenText VIM Central Workplace and VIM Invoice Workplace (Vendor Invoice Management) version 20.4 in S4HANA, Enterprise Scan and associated Fiori apps

• 2+ years' experience with SAP, OpenText VIM Central Workplace and VIM Invoice Workplace (Vendor Invoice Management) version 20.4 in S4HANA

• Clear understanding of the integration and A/P touch points within SAP which includes Accounts Payable, Tax, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Material Management and Sales/Distribution.

• Working knowledge and experience using OpenText VIM Central Workplace and VIM Invoice Workplace (Vendor Invoice Management) version 20.4 software. Will be required to perform VIM configuration, abort resolution, and troubleshoot issues, including the ability to perform a debug.

• Ability to analyze ABAP programming and work with technical administrators on system Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel and Word, Visio, SharePoint, Web-based Ticketing, and experience with LSMW.

• Demonstrated support and leadership experience as a high performing individual.

• Ability to influence and work collaboratively across an enterprise.

• Ability to work with a team, solve hardest problems, deliver innovative solutions, and high customer satisfaction.

• Ability to interact with internal and external customers.

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and organizational skills

• Develop, design, test and validate SAP configuration/customizing related to new business processes developed as part of the business process improvement initiatives.

• Must be willing and able to occasionally work outside of normal business hours (including weekends) if necessary and be camera ready.

• Ability to act as a Liaison for the customers around break/fix, maintenance and enhancement requests, communications and strategic direction related to Accounts Payable in multiple S4 ERP environments, CostPoint, VIM Central Workplace and VIM Invoice Workplace (Vendor Invoice Management) version 20.4 in S4HANA, Enterprise Scan, Fiori apps and Redwood.

• Ability to directly work with business process experts and other SAP Team analysts on cross functional projects; gathering business requirements, leading focus groups, creating prototype designs.

• Provide systems support for month end accruals, audit responses, and provide interface support. Including afterhours maintenance and upgrade support on critical systems and provide on call support as needed.

• Must be able to work a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned to support customer requirements as it relates to A/P systems for multiple instances.

• Monitor metrics and pro-actively identify, recommend, and execute systemic process improvements.

• Performance and process maintenance related to regular and special payable activities.

• Interface with the SAP security team on identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving authorization issues and provide recommendations on optimal security setup for ongoing projects requirements.

• Able to support after hours maintenance and upgrades on critical systems and provide on call support as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of FAR, GAAP, CAS, and SOX requirements to support systems associated with A/P processing in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), company policy and procedures corporate disclosure statements, and government regulations including FAR and CAS.

• CPA / MBA or CAPP Certification

• Preferrable to have worked on multiple, enterprise-scale SAP implementation projects.

• Experience with Enterprise Scan and Fiori

• Experience with ABAP and de-bugging

• Experience working virtually and being camera ready.

• Experience with Redwood chains and master process chains.

Salary Range: $88,600 - $133,000

Salary Range 2: $109,900 - $164,900

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.