SAP S/4HANA Finance Group Reporting Lead

Synergize Consulting; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A large consulting organization is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Group Reporting Lead to oversee the design and delivery of group reporting solutions. The role involves leading the financial close processes and ensuring compliance with IFRS and GAAP. Candidates must have proven experience in group reporting within SAP S/4HANA and possess strong knowledge of consolidation and statutory reporting. This position offers a remote work arrangement with occasional travel required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Group Reporting and Consolidation within SAP S/4HANA programmes.
• Extensive expertise in GL, parallel ledgers, and consolidation rules.
• Ability to engage confidently with CFOs, auditors, and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle design and delivery of Group Reporting.
• Define global chart of accounts and ledger structures.
• Implement SAP Group Reporting and manage data migration.
• Establish processes for foreign currency translation and consolidation.

Skills

Group Reporting and Consolidation experience

Expertise in GL, parallel ledgers

Knowledge of IFRS and GAAP

Hands-on experience with intercompany processing

Experience running financial close rehearsals

Strong understanding of integration points

Job description

SAP S/4HANA Finance – Group Reporting Lead

Our client, a large consulting organisation, is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Group Reporting Lead to join their team. This is a senior role with functional ownership of statutory and management consolidation processes, responsible for designing and delivering harmonised finance and group reporting solutions in SAP S/4HANA.

Location: Remote (with occasional travel to client sites)

Security Clearance: SC clearance required

Eligibility: Sole British nationals only

Please note: Due to security requirements, candidates must be eligible for or currently hold SC clearance. This requires candidates to have been UK residents for the past 5 years, without having spent more than 28 consecutive days abroad during that time.

The role

• You will lead the full lifecycle design and delivery of General Ledger, parallel ledgers, consolidation, and SAP Group Reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and local statutory standards, and enabling a seamless financial close.
• Define and deliver a global chart of accounts and ledger structure
• Implement SAP Group Reporting
• Establish and test processes for foreign currency translation, minority interest, and investment consolidation
• Own functional specifications for WRICEF objects relating to reporting, interfaces, and reconciliations
• Manage data migration of GL balances, open items, and consolidation structures from legacy systems
• Run at least two full mock close cycles prior to go-live, ensuring full reconciliation of trial balances and eliminations
• Ensure integration with Treasury (cash positions, intercompany loans), Tax (deferred tax and statutory reporting), and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• Act as design authority across GL and consolidation workstreams, ensuring audit-readiness and compliance

Must have

• Proven experience delivering Group Reporting and Consolidation within SAP S/4HANA programmes
• Extensive expertise in GL, parallel ledgers, consolidation rules, and statutory reporting
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, GAAP, and multi-GAAP reporting environments
• Hands‑on experience with intercompany processing, eliminations, and automated reconciliation
• Experience running financial close rehearsals and resolving reconciliation issues
• Familiarity with SAP Central Finance and its interaction with Group Reporting (desirable)
• Strong understanding of integration points with Treasury, Tax, and Analytics
• Ability to engage confidently with CFOs, auditors, and financial regulators