SAP FICO Consultant - Multi-Country Tax Localization (Minimum
6-10 years of SAP FICO experience)
Position Overview
We are looking for an experienced
SAP FICO / S/4HANA Finance Consultant with strong expertise in
multi-country tax localization, statutory compliance, and global SAP rollouts. The consultant will be responsible for analyzing country-specific tax and finance requirements, designing solutions within the global SAP template, configuring tax and financial processes, and supporting implementation, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.
The role requires strong knowledge of
SAP FI, tax determination, VAT/GST, withholding tax, statutory reporting, e-invoicing, and country-specific localization, with the ability to work across multiple geographies and coordinate with Finance, Tax, IT, and business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead SAP FICO localization activities for multiple countries and legal entities
- Analyze local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements and translate them into SAP solutions
- Perform fit-gap analysis between the global SAP template and country-specific requirements
- Configure and support:
- General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Tax codes and tax procedures
- Input and output VAT/GST
- Withholding tax
- Tax account determination
- Intercompany and cross-border taxation
- Customer/vendor tax classifications
- Country-specific statutory reporting
- Design tax determination scenarios for domestic, import/export, intercompany, B2B and B2C transactions
- Support country localization for VAT/GST, withholding tax, e-invoicing, e-reporting and other digital tax requirements
- Support integration of SAP FICO with SD, MM, Procurement, Billing and other business processes to ensure correct tax determination and accounting
- Define requirements for country-specific master data, including:
- VAT/GST registration numbers
- Tax classifications
- Business places
- Plants and ship-from locations
- Customer/vendor tax attributes
- Coordinate with local tax advisors and country SMEs to validate statutory requirements
- Prepare functional specifications for tax/localization enhancements and interfaces
- Lead configuration, unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover and hypercare activities
- Support tax reconciliation between SAP transactions, tax reports and statutory filings
- Maintain localization documentation and ensure changes in tax legislation are assessed and implemented
- Provide production support and resolve country-specific tax and finance issues
- Participate in global-template governance and ensure local solutions remain scalable and compliant
Multi-Country Localization Experience
Experience of the following regions/countries is preferred:
Brazil or China
Technical Skills
- SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA Finance
- SAP FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR
- SAP Tax Configuration
- Tax procedures and tax codes
- Account determination
- Withholding Tax
- VAT/GST
- Cross-border and intercompany taxation
- Statutory reporting
- E-invoicing / e-reporting
- Integration with SAP SD and MM
- SAP Fiori/S/4HANA where applicable
- Interfaces and third-party tax
Project Experience
- Minimum 6-10 years of SAP FICO experience, preferably with significant S/4HANA experience
- At least 2-3 full-cycle SAP implementations or global rollouts
- Proven experience in multi-country rollout and localization projects
- Strong experience in country-specific tax and statutory requirements
- Experience working with a global template and localization governance model
- Experience across the complete implementation lifecycle:
Requirement Gathering → Fit-Gap → Design → Configuration → Testing → Cutover → Go-Live → Hypercare.
- Experience coordinating multiple countries/workstreams is highly desirable
Functional Integration
Strong understanding of integration between FICO and:
- SAP SD - sales, billing and revenue
- SAP MM - procurement, purchasing and inventory
- SAP Tax/DRC
- Intercompany processes
- Banking and payment processes
- Master data
- External tax engines
- Statutory reporting platforms
