Business Systems Analyst II – Finance & Controlling

Graphic Packaging International, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), is committed to providing consumer packaging that makes a world of difference. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are a leading global provider of paper-based packaging solutions for a wide variety of products to food, beverage, foodservice and other consumer products companies. We are one of the largest producers of folding cartons and hold a leading market position in solid unbleached sulfate, coated unbleached kraft and coated recycled paperboard. Graphic Packaging’s customers include some of the most widely recognized companies in the world.

We achieve our vision by delivering value to our customers, building a high-performance culture for our employees, creating superior returns for our shareholders, and being an environmentally responsible leader in our industry and in the communities where we operate.

Graphic Packaging has approximately 17,000 employees working in more than 60 locations in North and South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefit programs that are among the best in the industry to reward the talented people who make our company successful. We invite you to review the following employment opportunity and to learn more about us at www.graphicpkg.com.

Mission:

As a staff member within the Systems Department reporting to the Finance Business Systems manager, this position is responsible for coordinating the application of technology from a Systems and end-user (customer) perspective, participating in project management, providing business/technological expertise and information to IT Leadership and other business leaders within the Company.

The position is also responsible for production support, documentation and maintenance for specific modules in the company’s suite of business applications. This position collaborates with business process owners to foster a positive IT customer relations environment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Analyze business and user needs, document the requirements, and translate into proper Systems requirement specifications.
• Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems to meet the customer/users’ needs.
• Provide support for designated application systems. Augment and facilitate the design, development, documentation implementation of enhancements to existing business systems.
• Apply technical knowledge of all phases of Systems analysis, considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment, and consider the systems lifecycle including supportability, ongoing maintenance and support requirements. Technical solutions must satisfy current and future business needs (e.g. Company growth)
• Participate in project plans preparation, which includes definition, scope, identifying resources, tasks prioritization and schedule as well as conducting meetings with the user community to determine their requirements and consulting with the different functional areas to get their inputs.
• Maintain familiarity with the business plans of the departments serviced. Remain knowledgeable of information technology and Company business operations.
• Assist the users and IT management in setting priorities within their functional areas and work with Systems Leadership to communicate with senior management.
• Provide guidance in creating standards, testing procedures, version control, etc. Maintain a professional awareness of tools and techniques that might be used to improve the quality of service.

Background/Education/Experience:

Background / Experience:

4-year college degree in general or a degree in IT-Related field required. Equivalent work experience considered.

Specialized or technical knowledge:

• 3+ years’ experience or demonstrated knowledge implementing, configuring and testing SAP in the Finance (GL, AP, AR, AA) & Controlling (CCA, PCA, product costing, product cost controlling) modules and analytics reporting tools required.
• Experience in SAP New ledger, S/4 Hana, Simple Finance, Special Ledger, Project System, Investment management and material ledger is a plus.
• Experience with interface processes between SAP and external systems, such tax engine software (Sabrix or Vertex), banking is a plus.
• Experience with IFRS in SAP is a plus.
• Experience in both SAP (ECC or S/4 Hana) implementation and application support is desired. General experience should include business processes similar to those at GPI and production support on SAP.
• 2+ years project management experience

Other Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of business operations and best industry practices
• Demonstrated perceptual and analytical thinking
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to translate technical information into language non-technical people will understand
• Ability to identify deficiencies in technical work and implementation plans, and to identify schedule conflicts
• Fortitude to demand excellence from self and others
• Business process mapping and flow charting expertise
• Tenacity to set and achieve complex objectives from multiple teams to meet business objective, and to effectively work with cross-functional resources
• Successful track record of collaboration with teams that deliver on operational priorities.
• Understanding of infrastructure and governance policies and associated processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across a broad range of personnel across all business functions. Experience in a manufacturing environment desirable.
• Ability to work in a virtual global team environment across all time zones.

Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Click here to view the EEO is the Law Poster.

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