Role:- SAP FICO Finance Functional Expert/ Lead- S/4HANA Semiconductor/Hitech Domain
Location:- Hemlock, MI( Onsite Role)
Mode of Hire:- Subcon
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SAP FICO Finance Functional Expert- S/4HANA Semiconductor Domain
The Senior SAP S/4HANA Finance Functional Expert serves as the primary liaison between Finance business stakeholders and IT delivery teams. This role combines deep Finance business experience with hands‑on SAP S/4HANA functional expertise to support, optimize, and transform end‑to‑end Finance processes. The individual acts as a trusted subject matter expert for Finance business processes, SAP solutions, reporting, analytics, data governance, AI‑enabled capabilities, and continuous process improvement initiatives. This role is for full‑time in‑person work at Client Semiconductor facility in Hemlock, MI.
- Responsible for the Finance IT ecosystem that includes SAP S/4HANA and integrated applications such as OneStream.
- Serve as the primary SAP S/4HANA Finance Functional Expert, providing leadership for solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of Finance‑related capabilities.
- Configure, maintain, and optimize SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions to support Accounting, Costing, FP&A, Treasury, Reporting, and related business processes.
- Partner with Finance business stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze business needs, and translate them into scalable SAP functional solutions and technical requirements.
- Lead SAP Finance master data governance, transactional data management, configuration changes, and system enhancements to improve process effectiveness and data integrity.
- Collaborate with SAP technical teams, developers, integration teams, security teams, and AMS providers to deliver system improvements and resolve complex issues.
- Ensure seamless integration between SAP Finance and upstream business processes, including Procure‑to‑Pay (PTP), Order‑to‑Cash (OTC), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing, and Plant Maintenance (PM).
- Support SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Joule AI capabilities, and Microsoft Copilot initiatives that enhance user productivity, reporting, analytics, and business decision‑making.
- Provide production support, incident resolution, root‑cause analysis, transport coordination, change management, and release support following ITIL best practices.
- Develop and maintain business process documentation, functional specifications, process flows, work instructions, training materials, and knowledge articles.
- Lead or participate in SAP implementation, upgrade, enhancement, and transformation projects using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies while driving continuous process improvement and user adoption.
- Participate and partner with operations to improve inventory control, cycle count program, and inventory transactions for production and work order processing.
Assist with interim and year‑end audits
Mandatory Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of hands‑on SAP Finance functional experience, including SAP S/4HANA configuration, implementation, enhancement, and support experience.
- 5+ years of hands‑on Finance business experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Costing, Controlling, Treasury, Planning, and Financial Reporting.
- 8+ years of hands‑on SAP Finance functional experience, including SAP S/4HANA configuration, implementation, enhancement, and support experience.
- 5+ years of hands‑on Finance business experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Costing, Controlling, Treasury, Planning, and Financial Reporting.
- Proven experience configuring SAP organizational structures, master data, business rules, financial controls, workflows, reporting structures, and Finance‑related system processes.
- Strong understanding of SAP Finance integration with Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Plant Maintenance, Logistics, and Sales processes.
- Demonstrated ability to gather business requirements, perform process analysis, and translate requirements into functional designs, configuration specifications, and technical deliverables.
- Experience with SAP master data governance, transactional data management, testing, change management, release management, and production support.
- Working knowledge of SAP Fiori applications, role‑based user experiences, embedded analytics, and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
- Experience supporting SAP Security, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), Segregation of Duties (SoD), and SAP transport management processes within an ITIL‑controlled environment.
- Strong business‑facing communication skills with the ability to act as an effective liaison between Finance stakeholders, business process owners, IT teams, external consultants, and support partners.
- Hands‑on experience with Microsoft 365 tools, Microsoft Copilot, process documentation tools, user training, knowledge transfer, and continuous business process improvement initiatives.
- Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience of working in Chemicals or Process Manufacturing industry
- SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification.
- Experience with SAP Central Finance/ OneStream Planning, Consolidation, or Financial Reporting.
- Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA deployments and Finance transformation programs.
- Experience with AI‑enabled business solutions, SAP Joule, intelligent automation, or process mining platforms.
Minimum Required Education/Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience may be considered.
Behaviors
- Analytical and solution‑oriented problem solver.
- Strong communicator capable of interacting with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative team player with strong stakeholder management skills.
- Committed to continuous improvement, operational excellence, governance, and user enablement.
- Effective trainer, mentor, and change champion supporting business adoption of new technologies and processes.