Functional Analyst Iii

**Senior Functional Analyst (Pricing & Promotions)**

**Value Proposition**

If you're currently actively contributing to SAP systems solutions, configuration and/or testing but seek to accelerate your career, broaden and deepen your knowledge, then we'd like to chat with you about this opportunity.

**Role Purpose**

**Role Description**:

- Analyse and understand the functional business requirements as defined by the Business Analysts, owners and other stakeholders.
- Understand the retail domain and applicable context of various business requirements specifications in relation to the specific SAP systems and operational processes.
- Review SAP technical solutions and business processes against the scope of business requirements.
- Undertake systems analysis and participate in system design and documentation for all low to medium complexity solutions including participation in the solution assessment and validation.
- Provide input into the scope of a solution and ensure an understanding of the scope by relevant stakeholders.
- Provide input on alternatives presented by the system designers and answer detailed questions regarding the business design and applicable configuration options.
- Produce fit-for-purpose specification documents for business requirements and processes using appropriate tools.
- Deliver in accordance with systems and unit test standards against IT group standards and best practice.
- Provide support to the systems designer with the solutions for highly complex systems integration.
- Provide support in the identification of data conversion and reporting requirements.
- Prepare test scripts and execute testing of the configured scenarios.
- Facilitate and coordinate User Acceptance Testing.
- Troubleshoot system related issues and channel transactional data.
- Assist with and provide timeous feedback on ad-hoc queries from business stakeholders.
- Build and maintain a trust relationship with business and IT stakeholders by delivering what was promised and providing solid knowledge and support.
- Work closely with Architects, Designers and Business stakeholders, in order to design and implement solutions.
- Take ownership to gain knowledge of the retail environment and share that knowledge across the team. To continuously support the business environment, you are required to maintain an understanding of initiatives and objectives, its various line portfolios, and the current trends and developments in the technology field.

**Qualifications and Experience**
- Relevant Degree (Information Systems, B.Sc Computer Science) - essential. If you do not have a degree, then your demonstrable knowledge and practical ability will be considered.
- 1-3 years - FA I, 3-5 years FA II, 5-8 years FA III
- 3-5 years experience as an Analyst / Programmer or equivalent - including exposure to system integration, testing (unit, system, performance, integration and volume), design, architecture - essential.
- Relevant and demonstrable experience in systems analysis, configuration and user testing - essential.
- Exposure to and an understanding of corporate, retail, financial environment in a similar role - essential.

**Exposure that will be highly advantageous in this role**:

- ** Pricing & Promotions**: configuration ability of SAP SD, Pricing (MM\SD Retail), billing and order management functionality with Retail Pricing, SAP Promotions and Bonus Buy functionality.
- Pricing & Promotion processes and practices.
- IS Retail Master data - Article master, Site master, Organisation and Enterprise Structures.
- IS Retail Merchandising - Assortment Management and Layout Workbench.
- IS Retail POS Integration - Assortment list, POS Interface, Enterprise services.
- Allocation Processing and Import processes.
- Understanding of DRF integration and Da