SAP BI/BW Functional Transformation SME – GFEBS Modernization

Position Overview

CODEplus is seeking an experienced SAP BI/BW Functional Transformation SME to support the analysis, reverse engineering, documentation, and modernization of the U.S. Army's General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) reporting, analytics, financial processes, and business intelligence capabilities.

This role serves as the bridge between SAP BI/BW technical architecture, GFEBS functional business processes, Army financial management stakeholders, data teams, architects, and future target-system implementation teams. The selected candidate will be responsible for extracting legacy business logic, reporting requirements, data dependencies, and financial processes from existing GFEBS and SAP BW environments and translating them into platform-independent requirements, configurable workflows, and future-state solutions.

The position plays a critical role in ensuring that existing capabilities supporting Statement of Transactions, FB50 Reclassification, Electronic Funds Distribution (EFD), MILPERS, Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS), and Spend Plans are accurately understood, documented, validated, and successfully transitioned to future systems while maintaining auditability, compliance, and operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities

GFEBS Functional Analysis & Business Process Transformation
Serve as the functional authority for Army financial management business processes within GFEBS.
Analyze existing SAP ECC and GFEBS business processes and custom applications.
Extract and document transactional business logic, validations, posting rules, workflow requirements, and decision points.
Translate legacy SAP functionality into platform-independent functional and technical requirements.

Define configuration and validation requirements for

Statement of Transactions

FB50 Reclassification Tool

Electronic Funds Distribution (EFD)

Spend Plans

Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS)

Map legacy Lines of Accounting (LOA), financial structures, master data derivations, and business rules.

Ensure full auditability and traceability of financial processing and workflow execution.

SAP BI/BW Analysis & Reverse Engineering

Analyze existing SAP BW solutions, reports, dashboards, and analytical products supporting Army financial operations.

Reverse engineer current-state SAP BI/BW functionality, including

BW Queries

InfoProviders

InfoCubes

DSOs and ADSOs

Data Flows

Variables

Characteristics

Key Figures

Calculated and Restricted Key Figures
Custom Objects and Enhancements
Trace report outputs from user-facing reports and dashboards back to originating SAP transactional data.
Identify custom reporting logic, interfaces, enhancements, and calculations required for future-state solutions.

Requirements Discovery & Functional Decomposition

Work closely with Army stakeholders, business process owners, SAP SMEs, data teams, and architects to identify underlying business requirements.

Document and decompose requirements including

Business objectives and use cases
Financial reporting requirements
Source systems and authoritative data
Business rules and calculations
Validation logic
Organizational and financial hierarchies
Security controls and access requirements
Reporting frequencies and latency requirements
Reconciliation requirements
Upstream and downstream dependencies
System interfaces

Translate current-state functionality into

Functional requirements
Technical requirements
Data requirements

Features

User stories

Acceptance criteria

Data Lineage, Mapping & Integration

Perform detailed source-to-target mapping and data lineage analysis.

Analyze and document relationships between

GFEBS

SAP BW

External Army and DoD systems

Develop and maintain

Data dictionaries
Business-rule catalogs
Interface mappings
Field mappings
Transformation specifications
Traceability matrices
Data lineage documentation

Document financial data elements, including

Fund

Funds Center

Functional Area

Commitment Item

Cost Center

WBS Element

Internal Order

Business Area

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Period

Document Number

Document Type

Posting Date

Transaction Type

Vendor

Customer

GL Account

Amount

Identify dependencies on external systems supporting

MILPERS

DRRS

Electronic Funds Distribution

Financial Transaction Reporting

Spend Planning

Army Readiness Processes

Transition, Modernization & Future-State Support

Develop comprehensive documentation describing how existing GFEBS functionality operates.
Support ERP modernization and legacy system replacement initiatives.
Collaborate with developers, architects, LCNC platform teams, and implementation teams to ensure future solutions preserve required business functionality.
Identify capability gaps between current-state and future-state environments.

Provide recommendations regarding

Retain

Replace

Consolidate

Redesign

Retire existing functionality.

Support source-to-target mappings and migration activities for future platforms.

Validation, Testing & UAT Support

Develop testing strategies and validation approaches.

Establish baseline outputs from GFEBS for comparison purposes.

Support

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Data Validation

Reconciliation Testing

Functional Testing

Exception Management and Triage

Compare future-state results against legacy GFEBS outputs.

Analyze variances and identify root causes involving

Source data

Business rules

Configurations

Interfaces

Transformation logic

Assist with transitioning Level 1 support responsibilities to sustainment teams.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business, Data Analytics, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Active U.S. Secret Clearance (or higher).
5+ years of SAP functional and/or SAP technical experience.

Hands-on experience with

SAP BW

SAP ECC

SAP BI/BW Reporting

SAP Financial Management Solutions

Strong understanding of

SAP financial data structures
Reporting architecture
Transaction processing
Financial integrations

Experience with

SAP BW data modeling

Query development

Extractors

Transformations

Reporting solutions

Experience analyzing SAP financial modules including

FI

FM

CO

MM

Ability to reverse engineer existing SAP BI/BW solutions and trace data lineage from reports to source transactions.

Experience documenting

Business rules

Transformations

Interfaces

Dependencies

Data lineage
Functional requirements
Technical requirements
Acceptance criteria

Experience supporting

ERP modernization
Legacy system migration
System transformation programs
Strong knowledge of reconciliation, auditability, validation, and testing methodologies.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with:
Business stakeholders

Functional SMEs

Developers

Architects

Program leadership

Preferred Qualifications

Direct GFEBS and/or GFEBS-SA experience.
Experience supporting Army or DoD financial management operations.
Experience with SAP BusinessObjects and SAP reporting technologies.
Knowledge of Army financial data standards and auditability requirements.
Experience supporting DoD ERP modernization efforts.
Understanding of DoD internal controls, financial compliance, and data governance.
Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.
Experience creating Features, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria from legacy capabilities.
Experience supporting low-code/no-code (LCNC) workflow transformation initiatives.
Ability to obtain additional government clearances as required.