SAP FI Senior Consultant

BearingPoint, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BearingPoint, Inc. in Bengaluru seeks an experienced SAP FI consultant to optimize client ERP/CRM operations. You’ll work across SAP FI modules, SAP S/4HANA Finance, and related CO/SD/MM integrations, guiding deployments and ensuring regulatory compliance. Strong ITIL awareness and teamwork are essential.

Role focuses on incident resolution, change delivery, and knowledge transfer across multiple client projects within AMS. Excellent English required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on SAP FI experience, with at least 3 years in AMS/support.
• Strong S/4HANA Finance expertise: Universal Journal, New Asset Accounting, Business Partner, and bank configuration.
• Solid understanding FI integrates with CO, SD and MM.
• Familiar with SE16N, FI tables (BKPF, ACDOCA, BSEG, SKB1) and basic ABAP debugging.
• Familiar with ITIL and ticketing tools such as ServiceNow or Jira.
• Able to prioritise across several clients under SLA pressure.
• Accounting background (IFRS / local GAAP).
• Fluent English; German / other language is a plus.
• Willing to work on multiple clients.

Responsibilities

• Run: incident and problem management
• Resolve 2nd and 3rd level FI incidents within SLA in GL, AP, AR, AA, Bank Accounting and Tax.
• Find the root cause of recurring issues and drive permanent fixes.
• Investigate posting and integration errors with SD (VKOA), MM (OBYC), CO, IDocs and bank interfaces.
• Support month‑end and year‑end closing: payment runs (F110), bank statements, FX valuation, GR/IR, asset closing and balance carryforward.
• Assess, estimate and deliver change requests from requirement through to deployment.
• Write functional specifications for developments (reports, interfaces, enhancements) and guide developers.
• Manage transports through DEV, QAS and PRD following the client’s release process.
• Deliver legal and regulatory changes, such as VAT, e‑invoicing / DRC and localisation updates.
• Analyse ticket trends and propose automation and simplification.
• Keep the knowledge base, runbooks and solution documentation up to date.
• Contribute to service reviews and SLA/KPI reporting.
• Act as the FI lead and escalation point for clients and internal teams.
• Mentor junior and offshore/nearshore consultants.
• Support the onboarding of new AMS clients and their knowledge transfer.

Skills

SAP FI

S/4HANA Finance

IFRS / GAAP

ITIL / ServiceNow / Jira

Team leadership / mentoring

Education

Accounting background

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Our Consulting team at BearingPoint is dedicated to optimizing client business operations through advanced ERP and CRM systems. With deep expertise in SAP across various domains like finance, logistics, data, and technology, we streamline processes and enhance decision‑making efficiency. Our proficiency in Salesforce helps us improve customer relationships with innovative strategies. We leverage data tools like PowerBI for insightful analytics and excel in Microsoft cloud technologies, particularly Azure, to provide secure and scalable solutions. Additionally, our team develops integrated mobile front‑end and back‑end applications, ensuring user‑friendly mobile access to ERP and CRM systems.

BearingPoints consulting services are designed to deliver tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of each client, driving growth and operational excellence. We pride ourselves on our client‑centric approach, focusing on delivering measurable results and sustainable improvements.

Primary Functions and Tasks

• Run: incident and problem management
• Resolve 2nd and 3rd level FI incidents within SLA in GL, AP, AR, AA, Bank Accounting and Tax.
• Find the root cause of recurring issues and drive permanent fixes.
• Investigate posting and integration errors with SD (VKOA), MM (OBYC), CO, IDocs and bank interfaces.
• Support month‑end and year‑end closing: payment runs (F110), bank statements, FX valuation, GR/IR, asset closing and balance carryforward.

Change: enhancements and small projects

• Assess, estimate and deliver change requests from requirement through to deployment.
• Write functional specifications for developments (reports, interfaces, enhancements) and guide developers.
• Manage transports through DEV, QAS and PRD following the client’s release process.
• Deliver legal and regulatory changes, such as VAT, e‑invoicing / DRC and localisation updates.

Improve: service excellence

• Analyse ticket trends and propose automation and simplification.
• Keep the knowledge base, runbooks and solution documentation up to date.
• Contribute to service reviews and SLA/KPI reporting.

Lead and coach

• Act as the FI lead and escalation point for clients and internal teams.
• Mentor junior and offshore/nearshore consultants.
• Support the onboarding of new AMS clients and their knowledge transfer.

We are looking for

• At least 6 years of hands‑on SAP FI experience, including at least 3 years in AMS or support roles.
• Strong S/4HANA Finance expertise: Universal Journal, New Asset Accounting, Business Partner, and bank and payment configuration.
• Solid understanding of how FI integrates with CO, SD and MM.
• Confident with SE16N, the FI tables (BKPF, ACDOCA, BSEG, SKB1) and basic ABAP debugging.
• Familiar with ITIL and with ticketing tools such as ServiceNow or Jira.
• Able to prioritise across several clients under SLA pressure.
• Accounting background (IFRS / local GAAP).
• Fluent English; German / other language is a plus.
• Willing to work on multiple clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP Certified Associate S/4HANA Financial Accounting.
• Experience with Treasury, Group Reporting, Central Finance or DRC.
• Experience in multi-country rollouts (e.g. DACH, CEE).

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