Conduct workshops with Finance, Logistics and business stakeholders to understand the current freight invoice process and define the future-state process.
Own functional requirements for approved Freight Invoice and Credit Note integration into SAP.
Define SAP invoice-posting requirements, accounting rules and validation logic.
Determine appropriate SAP posting processes/document types and required accounting treatment.
Define Vendor, GL Account, Cost Center and other accounting mappings required for invoice posting.
Analyze tax, currency, company code, payment and other relevant FI posting requirements.
Define business rules for successful posting, rejection and exception scenarios.
Define SAP acknowledgement/status information required by the external Freight Audit solution.
Design functional requirements for invoice attachments/supporting documents received from the external platform.
Define reconciliation requirements between LOOP and SAP to ensure completeness and accuracy of invoice processing.
Define functional requirements for logging, error handling, reprocessing and monitoring.
Analyze and define the Freight Accrual process/reporting requirements in coordination with Finance and Logistics.
Prepare detailed Functional Specifications, interface mappings, business rules and test scenarios.
Work closely with SAP BTP/CPI and ABAP developers during technical design and development.
Review technical solutions to ensure alignment with Finance requirements and SAP accounting controls.
Perform functional/unit testing of SAP posting scenarios.
Support end-to-end SIT and business UAT.
Analyze posting failures and coordinate defect resolution across SAP, integration and external vendor teams.
Support cutover, Go-Live and post-production validation for each rollout.
Provide hypercare support and knowledge transfer to the SAP support organization.
Required Skills
Strong hands-on experience in SAP FI, particularly Accounts Payable (FI-AP).
Strong knowledge of vendor invoice and credit-note processing.
Good understanding of SAP accounting documents, posting keys, document types, GL accounts, Cost Centers and account determination.
Experience with automated/interface-based financial postings into SAP.
Strong SAP configuration knowledge in relevant FI areas.
Experience designing validation, error handling, reconciliation and reprocessing processes.
Strong experience in SAP development/integration projects involving interfaces, APIs and RICEF objects.
Ability to prepare detailed Functional Specifications and data/interface mappings.
Experience working closely with ABAP and middleware/integration developers.
Experience with SIT, UAT, cutover, production deployment and hypercare.
Strong analytical and production-issue troubleshooting capability.
Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to independently own requirements through design, development, testing and Go-Live.
Flexibility to collaborate with India, US and third-party vendor teams across time zones.
Preferred Skills
Experience with freight invoice processing, freight audit or logistics invoice integration.
SAP S/4HANA / SAP RISE project experience.
Exposure to SAP BTP Integration Suite/CPI and API-based SAP integrations.
Knowledge of freight accrual/accounting processes.
Experience integrating SAP with third-party invoice-processing, freight or logistics platforms.
Experience with multi-phase/global SAP rollout projects.
