SAP CO Analyst **About Advanced Energy** Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AEIS), headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, enables design breakthroughs and drives growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. Our precision power and control technologies, along with our applications know-how, inspire close partnerships and innovation in thin-film and industrial manufacturing. We are proud of our rich heritage, award-winning technologies, and we value the talents and contributions of all Advanced Energy's employees worldwide. **POSITION SUMMARY** The SAP CO Analyst executes the analysis, design, configuration, developments, testing, training, implementation and operational support related to Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, CO-PA (Margin Analysis), Project Systems and SAC Planning and Reporting. In this role you will provide day-to-day support, ongoing process improvement and implementation of new functionalities. You will act as a liaison between business areas and the IT organization; you will set customer expectations, communicate effectively with the business and technical teams, and provide timely project status. Your efforts will primarily focus on supporting cross-functional applications in SAP and other globally integrated ERP solutions. **RESPONSIBILITIES:** + Configure SAP and business systems across multiple functional areas + Defines business processes, improvements, system scope, and business objectives + Must have hands-on experience with one or more of the following – + Project Systems + SAC + Must have multiple full cycle implementations & ERP integration experience for mergers & acquisitions (M&A) + Assists user community in analyzing and defining needs + Creates detailed functional specification documents for RICEFW objects + Develops business cases for large-scale system and process solutions and presents to executive management; works with end users to define and configure new application modules. + Manages own workload, and may direct the work of other analysts and coworkers + Independently learn about new or upcoming functionality available in relevant area to proactively provide suggestions or solutions to the business + Configuration of SAP CO & PS modules in IMG, based on business requirements + Looking for improvement opportunities in business systems + Assisting in the testing process to discover errors and issues in business processes and documentation. + Application support and training of end users **SKILLS:** + Experience/expertise in mapping business processes using MS Visio or similar product. + Excellent communication skills. + Ability to solve problems and provide innovative solutions. + Team player. + Experience supporting and integrating SAP ERP system(s) + Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding environment **EXPERIENCE:** **Essential:** + 7+ years of design & configuration experience in multiple SAP FI & CO modules + Cost Center Accounting + Profit Center Accounting + Internal Orders + Product Costing (Product Cost Planning, Cost Obj Controlling, Material Ledger) + CO-PA (Margin Analysis) + Project Systems + SAC Planning and Reporting + Strong knowledge and cross functional understanding of SAP modules (SAP FI/ CO/MM/ PP/ QM/ WM/ SD/CS(Service)) + Full lifecycle SAP implementation experience + S/4 HANA implementation experience in Mfg. Domain **Desirable:** High Tech/Electronics industry experience. **EDUCATION:** **Essential:** Bachelors degree in Business or Computer Information Systems, or equivalent. **Desirable:** Functional area training or studies.