SAP FINANCE Consultant
Posted 2 days ago by 1765350854
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The SAP Finance (FICO) Consultant role involves implementing and supporting SAP S/4HANA FICO solutions, collaborating with finance subject matter experts, and managing complex business requirements. The consultant will be responsible for customizing and configuring SAP FI and CO modules, ensuring seamless financial processes, and providing ongoing support. This position requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and technical teams. The role is available as a long-term contract with flexible working arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement and support SAP S/4HANA FICO solutions.
- Collaborate with customer Finance SMEs for SAP Finance requirements.
- Work on rollouts and enhancements for SAP Finance modules.
- Gather and analyze business requirements and document them.
- Design, customize, configure, and test FI/CO modules.
- Provide training and support to key users and end users.
- Identify gaps and propose solutions for issues.
- Act as a liaison between client teams and technical teams.
- Manage multiple deliverables/projects simultaneously.
- Proactively identify and implement process improvements.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial business processes.
- Expertise in SAP FICO configuration and customization.
- Hands-on experience with SAP FI and CO modules.
- Experience in requirements gathering and system design.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication skills for client interaction.
- Ability to work independently and mentor team members.
- Experience with cutover planning for Finance activities.
- Knowledge of Flexible Workflows within Financial Accounting.
- Ability to understand business processes from the customer’s perspective.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: SAP Finance (FICO) Consultant
Location: Onsite / Remote
Long term contract
Core Skills Required
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial business processes, and ability to design solutions for complex business requirements.
- Expertise in SAP FICO configuration and customization.
- Hands-on experience in implementing, configuring, and supporting SAP FI (Financial Accounting) and SAP CO (Controlling) modules.
- Experience in requirements gathering, system design, customization, integration with other SAP modules.
- Proficient in testing, data migration, user training, and providing ongoing support to ensure seamless financial processes and reporting.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Detailed Job Description
- Minimum 6+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA FICO implementation and support.
- Work on rollouts and enhancements for SAP Finance modules in an S/4HANA environment.
- Collaborate directly with customer Finance SMEs for all SAP Finance requirements, issues, and deliverables.
- Experience working with cross-functional areas such as OTC (Order-to-Cash) and PTP (Procure-to-Pay).
- Experience working with interfaces integrating SAP Finance with external applications.
- Working knowledge of Flexible Workflows within Financial Accounting.
- Strong ability to plan deliverables across all phases of rollout projects.
- Gather and analyze business requirements; understand client needs and functionality.
- Document business requirements and validate proposed solutions with the client.
- Design, customize, configure, and test FI/CO modules.
- Experience with cutover planning for Finance activities.
- Identify gaps, issues, and propose workaround or long-term solutions.
- Strong understanding of FI integration points with other SAP modules.
- Act as a liaison between client teams and technical teams for issue resolution.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables/projects simultaneously.
- Work with business users to translate requirements into functional designs, test cases, and documentation.
- Proactively identify and implement process or system improvements.
- Strong communication skills for status reporting and client interaction.
- Provide training and support to key users and end users.
- Ability to work independently; may serve as a subject-matter mentor to team members.
- Must be result-oriented with a positive, proactive can-do attitude adaptable, flexible, and resourceful.
- Ability to understand business processes from the customer s perspective