Senior SAP Functional Analyst

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.

The Impact You Will Have

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is hiring a Senior SAP Functional Analyst in Eagan, MN. We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive professional to serve as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our SAP ECC 6.0 EHP7 environment. This is a high-impact, end-to-end role acting as the bridge between Finance business partners and technical teams, including Basis and ABAP.

As our sole Senior SAP Functional Analyst, you will own the health, configuration, and ongoing evolution of a Financial (FI)-centric SAP landscape, leading solution design and functional configuration across FI-GL, AP, AR, Treasury, and FS-CD. You will oversee daily production support, manage a complex ecosystem of third-party integrations—including Workday, Kyriba, Concur, Blackline, Zycus, and TM1; and collaborate on custom enhancements and Fiori applications. This role also includes ownership of release, transport, testing, and change management processes, ensuring a stable, scalable, and well-governed SAP environment.

Your Responsibilities

· Analyze, design, configure, debug, maintain new or existing SAP systems.

· Work collaboratively on a daily scrum team with a scrum master, product owner, analysts, developers, and testers to iteratively deliver functional software to production.

· Provide leadership for projects and products to ensure usability, usefulness, feasibility, and cost effectiveness.

· Work with analysts and customers to establish product or project requirements.

· Contribute innovative solutions while utilizing best practices, design standards, and governance.

· Perform system administration activities including data loading, data migration/conversion, data clean-up tasks, system integration monitoring, etc.

· Research technology trends and contribute to designs and platform decisions.

· Mentor, lead, train other team members.

· This job may include on-call duties.

Required Skills and Experience

· 5+ years of related professional experience. All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered.

· Cloud Service Provider Certification (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals, etc.) – required within 1 year of employment

· Essential Candidate Qualities:

• Creative thinking, strong communication skills, creativity, curiosity, self-motivated, time managements skills
• Strong configuration and administration experience with:
• Core Module Expertise: Expert-level knowledge of General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Treasury.
• Industry Specifics: Strong experience with FS-CD (Financial Services Cash Ledger) is highly preferred.
• Integration Expertise: Proven track record of managing complex interfaces between SAP and external systems (SaaS and On-Prem). Specific experience with Workday integration is a significant plus.

· Knowledge, experience, and familiarity with:

• Technical Proficiency: Experience with SAP Fiori (designing and supporting custom apps).
• Advanced knowledge of IDocs, File-based transfers, and EDI.
• Ability to perform ABAP debugging to identify root causes of issues.
• Familiarity with MoveIT (File Transfer) and Stonebranch (Job Scheduling) or similar tools.

· Experience with automated and manual testing coordination and using change management tools to move transports through the landscape.

· High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred Skills and Experience

· Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

· SAP Certifications in FI/CO are a plus.

· Experience with the following ecosystems:

• Spend/Procurement: Zycus, Beeline, VNDLY, Levelpath.
• Financial Operations: Blackline (Reconciliation), Kyriba (Treasury), Concur (Expense).
• Reporting/Planning: TM1, Simplepay, Calidus.
• Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 EHP7 HANA DB on HEC.

· Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical business stakeholders.

· A self-starter comfortable being the "sole expert" and taking full ownership of the functional domain.

· A "detective" mindset for troubleshooting data discrepancies across multiple integrated systems.

· Comfortable running meetings, driving deadlines, and managing expectations at the leadership level.

Compensation and Benefits:

Pay Range: $102,400.00 - $138,300.00 - $174,200.00 Annual

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401k
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• And more

To discover more about what we have to offer, please review our benefits page.

Role Designation

Hybrid

Anchored in Connection

Our hybrid approach is designed to balance flexibility with meaningful in-person connection and collaboration. We come together in the office two days each week – most teams designate at least one anchor day to ensure team interaction. These in-person moments foster relationships, creativity, and alignment. The rest of the week you are empowered to work remote.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.

Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please contact us at: talent.acquisition@bluecrossmn.com.

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