Job Description

Job Description: SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant – Level 4

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant – L4

Department: SAP Consulting / Finance Transformation

Experience: 15-18 years of relevant SAP consulting experience

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Summary

The SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant – L4 will lead the design, implementation, and support of SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling solutions, with a strong focus on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. The role requires deep functional expertise, proven customer-facing skills, and the ability to independently drive finance workstreams through the full project lifecycle—from discovery and fit-to-standard workshops through go-live and hyper care.

The consultant will work closely with client finance teams, project managers, technical teams, and other SAP functional consultants to deliver scalable, compliant, and business-aligned solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SAP S/4HANA FICO workstreams for implementation, rollout, enhancement, and support projects.
• Conduct customer workshops, requirement-gathering sessions, fit-to-standard workshops, and solution demonstrations.
• Analyze business processes and translate finance and controlling requirements into SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud standard capabilities.
• Configure and support SAP S/4HANA Finance processes, including:

o General Ledger Accounting

o Accounts Payable

o Accounts Receivable

o Asset Accounting

o Bank Accounting and cash-related processes

o Tax configuration

o Closing and financial reporting processes

o Cost Center Accounting

o Profit Center Accounting

o Internal Orders

o Product Costing and profitability-related processes, where applicable

• Configure enterprise structure, chart of accounts, fiscal year variants, posting periods, document types, payment terms, tolerance groups, and other core finance settings.
• Support integration of FICO with SAP modules such as MM, SD, PP, EWM, and SuccessFactors, as applicable.
• Lead data migration activities for finance master and transactional data, including data validation, reconciliation, mock loads, and cutover support.
• Prepare functional specifications for reports, forms, workflows, integrations, extensions, and custom developments in line with clean-core principles.
• Coordinate with ABAP, integration, data migration, security, and Basis teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Plan and execute unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, and regression testing.
• Support go-live planning, cutover execution, hypercare, and post-production stabilization.
• Provide expert guidance to business users and stakeholders on SAP best practices, standard processes, and Public Cloud capabilities.
• Prepare and maintain project deliverables, including business process documents, configuration documents, functional specifications, test scripts, training materials, and cutover plans.
• Manage customer expectations, communicate project status, identify risks, and propose practical mitigation plans.
• Mentor junior FICO consultants and review functional deliverables for quality and completeness.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5–10 years of relevant SAP consulting experience in SAP Finance and Controlling.
• Strong hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA FICO configuration and business process design.
• At least one end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation experience.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, especially fit-to-standard, explore, realization, deploy, and hypercare phases.
• Proven expertise in core SAP Finance areas, including GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, tax, financial closing, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, and Internal Orders.
• Experience with finance integration points across MM, SD, PP, and other relevant SAP applications.
• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud extensibility, business configuration, scope items, SAP Best Practices, and clean-core principles.
• Experience with data migration, reconciliation, master data validation, and finance cutover activities.
• Ability to prepare clear functional specifications and work effectively with technical and integration teams.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills for finance process and integration issues.
• Strong customer-facing, stakeholder-management, presentation, and delivery capabilities.
• Ability to independently manage priorities, workstreams, project risks, and client communications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• SAP certification in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition – Financial Accounting and/or Management Accounting.
• Experience with SAP Central Business Configuration (CBC).
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori apps, embedded analytics, and standard S/4HANA financial reporting.
• Experience with SAP Group Reporting, Treasury, Advanced Financial Closing, SAP Analytics Cloud, or SAP Ariba.
• Exposure to multi-country or global finance transformation programs.
• Knowledge of IFRS, local statutory reporting, tax, audit, and financial compliance requirements.
• Experience in Agile project delivery methodologies.

Key Competencies

• Strong functional leadership in SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling.
• Customer-first mindset with the ability to build trusted client relationships.
• Ability to challenge requirements constructively and promote fit-to-standard adoption.
• Strong ownership, planning, and execution capabilities.
• Ability to communicate complex SAP concepts clearly to business and technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented approach to finance controls, compliance, reconciliation, and data quality.
• Ability to lead teams, mentor consultants, and drive delivery under project timelines.

Key Performance Indicators

• Successful delivery of assigned SAP S/4HANA FICO workstreams within agreed scope, timeline, and quality standards.
• Customer satisfaction and stakeholder feedback.
• Quality and completeness of configuration, documentation, testing, and training deliverables.
• Successful completion of fit-to-standard workshops, testing cycles, data migration, and go-live activities.
• Reduction of defects, finance process gaps, and post-go-live incidents.
• Adherence to SAP Public Cloud standard processes, clean-core principles, and project governance.

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Recruiter Name: Aravind Botla

Recruiter Email ID: Aravind.Botla@nttdata.com

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