Aster Group offers competitive compensation and outstanding career  opportunities. We seek individuals with experience improving back office  operations using top tier software tools. EPM applicants should have  experience with software such as Cognos, Hyperion or OutlookSoft. Aster  Group also implements the ERP application, Lawson. For this practice,  applicants should have experience with software such as Lawson,  PeopleSoft, Oracle or SAP.
Current Openings
The Senior Application Consultant is responsible for the design,  build and knowledge transfer of SAP’s BPC (formerly OutlookSoft)  Performance Management solution within the customer’s operating  environment.
This includes design preparation, application development,  application testing, knowledge transfer to the customer and deployment  support resulting in a successful implementation of the product to meet  the customer’s business needs. The Senior Application Consultant may be  involved in various stages of a project life cycle from pre-sales  through implementation. 
Qualifications
BA/BS in Accounting or Finance or equivalent level of education  and experience
Experience directly or indirectly with one or more of the  following business processes: budgeting, forecasting, consolidations,  operational reporting and scorecarding
Five plus years of Accounting or Finance experience 
One plus years of user or implementation experience with the  OutlookSoft, Hyperion, Cognos or other OLAP-based product
Demonstrated leadership roles over teams or projects that span an  organization’s departments
Excellent oral and written skills, which allow for the ability to  translate between information technology and business solutions
Ability to engage various levels of stakeholders in the customer’s  organizations and communicate the necessary level of knowledge  regarding the solution being built
Demonstrated history of attributes consistent with the Aster Group  culture: can-do attitude, customer-focused, flexible, proactive,  quality-conscious, responsive, team-oriented
Required Skills
Ability to travel independently throughout the country to meet  with employees, customers and partners. Travel up to 75%; relocation is  not required
Ability to excel in a team environment and consistently deliver on  assigned application development tasks
Ability to work under stress, with interruptions as well as with  conflicting needs and tight deadlines
Ability to problem solve and answer questions
Ability to work with general instruction on assignments
The Technical Consultant is responsible for the development and  testing of technical solutions to support the implementation of SAP’s  (OutlookSoft) Performance Management application.
This includes integration development, application development,  testing, knowledge transfer to the customer and deployment support  resulting in a successful implementation of the product to meet the  customer’s business needs. The Technical Consultant may be involved in  various stages of a project life cycle from pre-sales through  implementation.
Qualifications
BA/BS or equivalent level of education and experience
Five plus years of information systems experience
One plus years of experience with OutlookSoft, Hyperion, Cognos,  MS Analysis Services or other OLAP-based product
Demonstrated leadership roles over teams or projects that span  across an organization’s departments
Excellent oral and written skills, which allow for the ability to  translate between information technology and business solutions
Ability to engage various levels of stakeholders in the customer’s  organization and communicate the necessary level of knowledge regarding  the solutions being built
Demonstrated history of attributes consistent with the Aster Group  culture: can-do attitude, customer-focused, flexible, proactive,  quality-conscious, responsive, team-oriented
Required Skills
Ability to travel independently throughout the country to meet  with employees, customers and partners. Travel up to 50%; relocation is  not required
Ability to excel in a team environment and consistently deliver on  assigned application development tasks
Ability to work under stress, with interruptions as well as with  conflicting needs and tight deadlines
Ability to problem solve and answer questions
Ability to work with general instruction on assignments
High level experience in SQL 2000/2005 Server and DTS/SSIS
Ability to develop advanced queries and stored procedures
Advanced SQL programming skills with data  manipulation/transformation tasks
Knowledge of SQL Analysis Services and OLAP technology
Experience in developing ASP.NET applications (C#, VB)
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and VBA code
Experience with server installations, including Microsoft Server  2003 operating system and Microsoft SQL server 2005
Compensation is commensurate with experience
Excellent benefits
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