We are seeking a skilled SAP FICO Functional Consultant with experience in SAP S/4HANA implementation, rollout, support, and finance transformation projects. The ideal candidate should possess strong functional knowledge of Financial Accounting (FI), integration with MM and SD modules, production support, and exposure to configuration activities.
The candidate will collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, and cross-functional departments to deliver SAP Finance solutions, ensure seamless business operations, and support continuous process improvements.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
SAP Implementation & Rollout
- Participate in end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation, rollout, enhancement, and support projects.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional SAP solutions.
- Support fit-gap analysis, solution design, and system realization activities.
- Assist in cutover planning, data migration validation, go-live, and hypercare support.
- Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams during implementation and rollout activities.
SAP FI Functional Support
- Configure and support SAP FI modules including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), and Bank Accounting.
- Configure document types, posting keys, field status groups, tolerance groups, payment terms, and other financial settings.
- Perform issue analysis and resolve functional incidents related to SAP Finance.
- Provide L2/L3 production support while ensuring adherence to agreed service levels (SLAs).
Financial Closing & Accounting
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities.
- Perform GR/IR reconciliation, vendor reconciliation, customer reconciliation, and bank reconciliation.
- Monitor financial postings and ensure data accuracy across business transactions.
- Support foreign currency valuation, accruals, provisions, depreciation, and financial reporting activities.
Integration Management
- Coordinate and validate integration between SAP FI and MM, SD, and CO modules.
- Ensure accurate account determination and seamless end-to-end business processes.
- Work closely with technical teams to resolve interface and integration issues.
Testing & Documentation
- Prepare functional specifications, business process documents, and user guides.
- Execute unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Support business users during testing and ensure successful deployment of SAP solutions.
Production Support
- Analyze and resolve functional tickets, posting errors, and system issues.
- Perform root cause analysis and recommend preventive measures for recurring issues.
- Support master data validation and correction activities.
- Monitor system performance and recommend process improvements.
User Training & Business Support
- Conduct end-user training sessions and knowledge transfer activities.
- Provide functional guidance to business users on SAP Finance processes.
- Assist users during go-live and post-implementation stabilization.
Compliance & Governance
- Support internal and external audits by providing SAP documentation and system reports.
- Ensure compliance with financial controls, accounting standards, and organizational policies.
- Assist in Segregation of Duties (SoD) monitoring and SAP GRC compliance activities.
Required Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Finance (SAP FICO)
- General Ledger (GL)
- Accounts Payable (AP)
- Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Asset Accounting (AA)
- Bank Accounting
- GR/IR Clearing
- Month-End & Year-End Closing
- SAP FI-MM Integration
- SAP FI-SD Integration
- Data Migration & Validation
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Production Support (L2/L3)
- SAP Fiori
- Financial Reporting
- MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP)
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- SAP FICO Certification is preferred.
- CA Inter, CMA, CPA, or equivalent accounting qualification is an added advantage.
- Experience in at least one end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation or global rollout project.
- Strong understanding of Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C) business processes