SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Lead (Utilities)

EY; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks an SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Manager to lead end-to-end FI-CA design and delivery for utilities clients in the United States. You will own the FI-CA workstream, define functional approaches, and ensure alignment with business policies and accounting requirements, collaborating with Finance, Revenue Operations, and Customer Care teams.

Responsibilities include leading workshops, defining functional designs, managing integrations with SAP IS-U Billing, banks, and tax solutions, and

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• Typically, no less than 4 to 6 years of SAP IS-U or SAP Utilities experience, including substantial FI-CA expertise.
• 3+ years leading a functional workstream or team.
• Experience owning SAP IS-U FI-CA functional solution design and delivery through implementation, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
• 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.

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 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 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 FI-CA IS-U

Leadership

Client-facing engagements

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

EY seeks an SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Manager to lead end-to-end FI-CA design and delivery for utilities clients in the United States. You will own the FI-CA workstream, define functional approaches, and ensure alignment with business policies and accounting requirements, collaborating with Finance, Revenue Operations, and Customer Care teams.

Responsibilities include leading workshops, defining functional designs, managing integrations with SAP IS-U Billing, banks, and tax solutions, and