SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Lead for Utilities

EY; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 143,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY seeks an SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Manager to lead end-to-end design and delivery of FI-CA solutions within SAP IS-U. You will own the FI-CA workstream, align receivables and payments with business policies, and collaborate with Finance, Revenue Operations, and Customer Care to drive quality and readiness.

You will lead functional teams, govern requirements, workshops, testing, cutover, and post-go-live support, while ensuring controls, auditability, and robust integration with IS-U Billing,

Qualifications

• Typically, no less than 4 to 6 years of SAP IS‑U or SAP Utilities experience, including substantial expertise in FI‑CA or a related utility financial functional area, with 3+ years leading a functional workstream or team.
• Proven experience owning SAP IS‑U FI‑CA functional solution design and delivery through implementation, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
• Experience designing and delivering FI‑CA solutions across payments, receivables, clearing, collections, dunning, refunds, deposits, write‑offs, financial integration, and reconciliation.
• Experience leading Finance and business workshops, requirements gathering, fit‑gap analysis, design governance, functional design, testing, defect resolution, cutover, and operational readiness.
• Experience governing cross‑functional integrations and reconciliation across SAP IS‑U Billing, Customer Service, financial systems, banking and payment processes, and FI/CO General Ledger.
• Experience overseeing testing and readiness for payment, clearing, collections, posting, period close, reconciliation, and high‑volume FI‑CA processing.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams, managing dependencies and risks, and driving decisions with business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication, planning, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to balance business outcomes, solution quality, financial controls, delivery constraints, and operational readiness.
• A flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40‑60%.

Responsibilities

• Owning the SAP IS‑U FI‑CA workstream, including scope, target processes, solution decisions, delivery plans, quality, risks, and outcomes from requirements and blueprint through deployment and post‑go‑live stabilization.
• Defining and governing the functional design for receivables, payments, clearing, collections, dunning, refunds, deposits, write‑offs, and related financial controls.
• Leading requirements gathering, fit‑gap assessments, solution workshops, and design reviews to translate Finance, Revenue Operations, Customer Care, and business requirements into scalable and maintainable FI‑CA solutions.
• Driving integration and reconciliation design across SAP IS‑U Billing, Customer Service, Retail Choice, banks and payment providers, collection agencies, tax solutions, and SAP FI/CO General Ledger.
• Establishing and governing FI‑CA financial controls, posting and reconciliation processes, ensuring solutions support auditability and approved business and accounting requirements.
• Managing cross‑workstream dependencies with Billing, Customer Service, Finance, Retail Choice, Data Conversion, and other business and technology workstreams to ensure alignment across end‑to‑end utility processes.
• Developing and overseeing functional specifications, solution documentation, configuration standards, and design decisions to ensure consistency and quality across the FI‑CA workstream.
• Leading and coaching FI‑CA functional consultants, coordinating technical and integration partners, establishing clear ownership, and driving timely resolution of functional and cross‑workstream issues.
• Overseeing end‑to‑end testing and defect resolution for payments, clearing, collections, financial postings, period close, reconciliation, integrations, exceptions, and high‑volume processing.
• Managing workstream scope, estimates, dependencies, risks, defect priorities, stakeholder decisions, and escalations while clearly communicating options and impacts to program and business leadership.
• Leading cutover and support transition activities, including open‑item and balance reconciliation, procedures, training, production readiness, and post‑go‑live stabilization.
• Building trusted relationships with client stakeholders and providing functional guidance on SAP IS‑U FI‑CA capabilities, financial‑process design, controls, solution decisions, and transformation priorities.

Skills

SAP IS-U FI-CA

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Requirements gathering

Financial controls

Tools

BRF+

SAP S/4HANA Utilities

Job description

EY seeks an SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Manager to lead end-to-end design and delivery of FI-CA solutions within SAP IS-U. You will own the FI-CA workstream, align receivables and payments with business policies, and collaborate with Finance, Revenue Operations, and Customer Care to drive quality and readiness.

You will lead functional teams, govern requirements, workshops, testing, cutover, and post-go-live support, while ensuring controls, auditability, and robust integration with IS-U Billing,