Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end SAP FICO implementations, rollouts, and support projects.
- Gather business requirements, perform fit-gap analysis, and design solutions in SAP FICO.
- Configure SAP Finance and Controlling modules (GL, AR, AP, AA, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, COPA, Product Costing, Internal Orders, etc.).
- Lead workshops with business stakeholders for requirement gathering and solution design.
- Ensure successful integration with other SAP modules (MM, SD, PP, WM, HR, PS).
- Manage system upgrades, enhancements, and S/4HANA Finance migration projects.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to junior consultants and offshore teams.
- Work with business stakeholders for UAT, training, and change management.
- Drive SAP best practices and ensure compliance with global finance standards.
- Support interfaces with external financial systems and reporting tools.
Technical Skills Required:
Core SAP FICO:
- General Ledger (New GL, Document Splitting, Parallel Ledger, Segment Reporting).
- Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Bank Accounting (BCM).
- Asset Accounting (FI-AA).
- Controlling (CO-CCA, CO-PCA, Internal Orders, Cost Elements).
- Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) Account-based & Costing-based.
- Product Costing (Standard Costing, Actual Costing, Cost Component Split).
- Profit Center Accounting.
- Integration with SD/MM/PP modules.
SAP S/4HANA Finance:
- Universal Journal (ACDOCA).
- Central Finance concepts.
- S/4HANA Fiori Apps for Finance.
- Group Reporting & Consolidation (good to have).
- New Asset Accounting (NAA).
- Data Migration using LTMC / Migration Cockpit.
Cross-functional & Integration Skills:
- Integration with SAP SD (Revenue Recognition, Billing, Taxes).
- Integration with SAP MM (GR/IR, Procurement, Inventory Valuation).
- Integration with SAP PP (Production Order Settlement, WIP).
- Integration with Treasury & Risk Management (TRM).
- Taxation (Withholding Tax, GST, VAT, Sales Tax, Localization).
- Interfaces with external systems (e.g., Banking Interfaces, Treasury Tools, Reporting tools).
Reporting & Analytics:
- SAP Fiori analytical apps.
- SAP BW/BI integration with FICO.
- SAP Group Reporting (consolidation exposure preferred).
- Report Painter, Report Writer, Financial Statement Version (FSV).
Tools & Technical Exposure:
- SAP Solution Manager (ChaRM, Monitoring).
- Data Migration tools (LSMW, BODS, LTMC).
- SAP Authorizations & Security (Finance-specific roles).
- IDoc processing, ALE/EDI interfaces.
- Knowledge of BAPIs, User Exits, Enhancements (ABAP debugging familiarity).
Leadership & Soft Skills:
- Ability to lead finance transformation projects.
- Strong client-facing, requirement gathering, and solutioning skills.
- Stakeholder management across business, IT, and external vendors.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
- Team leadership, mentoring, and offshore coordination.