Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver 23 full lifecycle SAP SD implementations, including Blueprinting, Solution Design, Configuration, Testing (UT/SIT/UAT), Go-Live, and Hypercare support.
- Act as a Senior SD Consultant with Taxation expertise, ensuring compliant and optimized tax solutions within SAP S/4HANA.
- Configure and manage Pricing Procedures, including:
- Condition Types and Access Sequences
- Tax condition configuration
- Tax routines (VOFM)
- Reverse tax calculations
- Volume-based and jurisdiction-based taxes
- Design and implement Tax Determination Rules, including:
- Tax classifications (Customer/Material)
- Tax Codes
- GST configuration (India localization)
- VAT and indirect tax setup
- Lead and optimize the Order-to-Cash (O2C) process:
- Sales Order processing
- Delivery processing
- Billing & Invoice generation
- Integration with FI (account determination & posting)
- Drive strong integration between SAP SD and FICO, ensuring accurate tax postings, revenue recognition, and reconciliation.
- Collaborate with MM module for tax integration in intercompany, STO, and procurement-related scenarios impacting SD billing.
- Implement and support SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) for:
- E-Invoicing
- E-Way Bill (India)
- Statutory reporting & digital compliance
- Integrate SAP SD/FI with third-party tax engines such as:
- Manage global rollout and localization projects in S/4HANA environments, ensuring country-specific tax compliance.
- Support regulatory reporting requirements such as:
- SAFT
- Intrastat
- E-Document Cockpit
- Perform tax impact analysis for new business models and regulatory changes.
- Conduct workshops with Finance, Tax, Sales, and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable SAP solutions.
- Prepare Functional Specifications (FS) for tax enhancements, reports, and integrations; coordinate with ABAP teams for developments.
- Debug and analyze tax-related document inconsistencies, pricing errors, and ledger posting issues (basic ABAP debugging preferred).
- Ensure accurate Account Determination and Revenue Posting aligned with indirect tax regulations.
- Support testing cycles including complex tax scenario validation and cross-module integration testing.
- Provide Hypercare and post-go-live stabilization for taxation and billing-related issues.
- Maintain documentation:
- Business Process Documents (BPD)
- Pricing & Tax Configuration Documents
- Functional Design Documents (FDD)
- Compliance Reporting Documentation
- Ensure adherence to indirect tax regulations including GST, VAT, Withholding Tax, and excise-related processes.
- Act as a bridge between Tax Teams and Technical Teams, ensuring business requirements are correctly translated into system configuration.
Ideal Candidate
- Strong SAP SD Senior Consultant -Taxation & S/4HANA Profile
- Mandatory (Experience 1) Must have minimum 7+ years of hands-on experience in SAP SD (Sales & Distribution) with SD as core module in previous roles.
- Mandatory (Experience 2) Must have minimm 1 end-to-end SAP implementation with strong hands-on experience in Taxation.
- Mandatory (Experience 3) Must have strong expertise in Pricing and Taxation including Tax Determination Rules, Tax Classifications, GST Tax Conditions (India), and Tax Codes.
- Mandatory (Experience 4) Must have strong functional knowledge of Order-to-Cash (O2C) process including Sales Order, Delivery, Billing, and Integration with FI.
- Mandatory (Experience 5) Must have hands-on experience in S/4HANA (preferably in global rollout or localization projects).
- Mandatory (Experience 6) Must have experience in integrating SAP SD/FI with third-party tax engines such as Vertex, ONESOURCE, or Avalara.
- Mandatory (Experience 7) Must have strong experience in Pricing Procedure configuration including tax routines, reverse calculations, and volume-based taxes.
- Mandatory (Experience 8) Must have hands-on exposure to SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) for e-invoicing and statutory reporting.
- Mandatory (Integration Knowledge) Must have strong integration experience with FICO (Financial Accounting) and MM (Materials Management).
- Mandatory (Tax Domain Knowledge) Must have deep understanding of Indirect Taxes (GST/VAT), Withholding Tax, and excise-related processes.
- Mandatory (Project Exposure) Must have worked on minimum 23 full lifecycle SAP implementations (Blueprint to Go-Live).
- Preferred (Experience 1) Experience in regulatory reporting such as SAFT, Intrastat, and e-Document Cockpit.
- Preferred (Experience 2) Ability to debug ABAP for resolving tax-related document errors or ledger inconsistencies.
- Preferred (Education) BE/BTech, MCA, MTech, MBA, CA, or ICWA background preferred.
- Preferred (Soft Skills) Strong stakeholder management skills to liaise between Tax teams and Technical teams.
Skills: tax,integration,sap sd,sap,sales,reporting,compliance
