Senior SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Lead

EY; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 143,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

EY is seeking an SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Manager to lead end-to-end FI-CA design and delivery for utility clients in the US. You’ll own the FI-CA workstream, define functional design, ensure alignment with policy and accounting requirements, and drive integration with SAP IS-U modules and GL processes.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coach FI-CA consultants, and manage testing, cutover, and transition activities. Travel is 40–60% as needed to support client engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 4–6 years SAP IS-U or SAP Utilities experience, including 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

• Own 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.
• Define and govern the functional design for receivables, payments, clearing, collections, dunning, refunds, deposits, write-offs, and related financial controls.
• Lead 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.
• Drive 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.
• Establish and govern FI-CA financial controls, posting and reconciliation processes, ensuring solutions support auditability and approved business and accounting requirements.
• Manage cross-workstream dependencies with Billing, Customer Service, Finance, Retail Choice, Data Conversion, and other workstreams to ensure alignment across end-to-end utility processes.
• Develop and oversee functional specifications, solution documentation, configuration standards, and design decisions to ensure consistency and quality across the FI-CA workstream.
• Lead and coach FI-CA functional consultants, coordinating technical and integration partners, establishing clear ownership, and driving timely resolution of functional and cross-workstream issues.
• Oversee end-to-end testing and defect resolution for payments, clearing, collections, financial postings, period close, reconciliation, integrations, exceptions, and high-volume processing.
• Manage workstream scope, estimates, dependencies, risks, defect priorities, stakeholder decisions, and escalations while communicating options and impacts to leadership.
• Lead cutover and support transition activities, including open-item and balance reconciliation, procedures, training, production readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and provide functional guidance on SAP IS-U FI-CA capabilities, financial-process design, controls, and transformation priorities.

Skills

SAP FI-CA

SAP IS-U

Financial controls

Leadership

Client-facing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

FI/CO

Job description

EY is seeking an SAP IS-U FI-CA Functional Manager to lead end-to-end FI-CA design and delivery for utility clients in the US. You’ll own the FI-CA workstream, define functional design, ensure alignment with policy and accounting requirements, and drive integration with SAP IS-U modules and GL processes.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coach FI-CA consultants, and manage testing, cutover, and transition activities. Travel is 40–60% as needed to support client engagements.