Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Indian, India
Summary: The SAP Group Reporting and Financial Consolidation Functional Lead role is a contract position based in India, primarily remote with occasional client travel. The position requires extensive experience in SAP Finance transformation, particularly in the Life Science industry, focusing on Group Reporting and Financial Consolidation. Candidates should possess deep functional knowledge and have completed multiple end-to-end S/4 HANA Finance implementations. The role demands a solid understanding of financial consolidation platforms and accounting concepts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead SAP Group Reporting and Financial Consolidation projects, ensuring successful implementation and integration.
- Utilize expertise in S/4 HANA Finance and Group Reporting to guide clients through financial transformations.
- Oversee the consolidation process, including intercompany matching, currency translation, and ownership management.
- Provide insights on legacy and modern financial consolidation platforms and their integration with SAP solutions.
- Ensure compliance with statutory and management consolidation accounting standards.
Key Skills:
- 12-15 years of relevant experience in SAP Finance and Group Reporting.
- Experience with at least 3 end-to-end S/4 HANA Finance or CFIN implementations.
- Deep knowledge of SAP Group Reporting and financial consolidation concepts.
- Strong understanding of various financial consolidation platforms (e.g., SAP BPC, Hyperion).
- Solid grasp of consolidation accounting concepts and practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Indian
Country: India
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SAP Group Reporting and Financial Consolidation Functional Lead
Contract
India – remote with occasional travel to client
12 months
Our client are a global SI and have won a major SAP Finance transformation in the Life Science industry. We need experts with the following experience:
- ~12-15 years of relevant experience and domain experience
- At least 3 end-to-end S/4 HANA Finance or CFIN implementations with Group Reporting.
- Deep functional and solution architecture knowledge of SAP Group Reporting including consolidation units/groups, financial data collection, intercompany matching and elimination, currency translation, ownership management, and consolidation of investments
- Strong understanding of legacy and modern financial consolidation platforms including SAP BPC, SAP Financial Consolidation (FC), Hyperion FCCS/HFM, OneStream, Tagetik, or similar enterprise consolidation solutions
- Solid grasp of consolidation accounting concepts: statutory consolidation, management
- consolidation, intercompany reconciliation, minority interests, equity pick-up, and group-level P&L and B/S reporting
In-depth understanding of:
- SAP Group Reporting concepts: consolidation units, consolidation groups, financial data collection, ICMR, currency translation, reclassification, consolidation methods, task hierarchies, validation rules, and financial close cockpit automation
- Migration and coexistence strategy from legacy consolidation tools
- Strong understanding of Record-to-Report and Group Close operating models including close governance, submission processes, auditability, disclosure requirements, and close acceleration initiatives
- Understanding of enterprise structure and master data implications on consolidation design including company codes, profit centers, segments, consolidation units, partner dimensions, and chart of accounts for IFRS and local GAAP reporting requirements and their implications for consolidation design
- Interplay between SAP S/4 HANA with adjacent tools: SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), BW/4HANA, and 3rd party consolidation platforms (BPC, FC, Hyperion, OneStream, Tagetik)