SAP FI Lead

Job Title: SAP FI Consultant (m/f/d)

Introduction

We are seeking a skilled and motivated SAP FI Consultant with 5 to 7 years of hands-on experience in SAP implementation, rollout, enhancement, and support projects. The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in SAP Financial Accounting, sound knowledge of end-to-end business processes, and experience working across multiple SAP modules includingCO, MM, SD, Procurement and Inventory Management. Experience in SAP S/4HANA is an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform SAP FI configuration, testing, training, cutover, Go-Live, hyper care, and production support activities.
• Configure and support SAP FI components including:

• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Bank Accounting
• Cash Management
• Electronic Bank Statement (EBS)
• Tax Configuration
• Automatic Payment Program (APP)
• Dunning
• Credit Management
• Integration with CO, MM, SD etc.

• Understand business requirements and translate them into functional specifications.
• Conduct business process workshops, requirement gathering sessions, and fit-gap analysis.
• Prepare functional specifications and coordinate developments with ABAP and technical teams.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, UAT support, defect resolution, and documentation.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial closing activities.
• Handle incident management, service requests, problem management, and change requests following ITIL processes.
• Participate in data migration activities using LSMW, LTMC, Migration Cockpit, or other migration tools.
• Support SAP rollout projects, upgrades, enhancements, and system conversions.

Cross-Module Responsibilities

• Work closely with SAP CO on:
• Cost Center Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Profit Center Accounting
• Profitability Analysis (COPA)
• Collaborate with SAP MM on:
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes
• Invoice Verification
• Material Valuation
• Inventory Accounting
• Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt (GR/IR)
• Automatic Account Determination
• Support integration with SAP SD for:
• Order-to-Cash (O2C)
• Billing
• Revenue Recognition
• Customer Receivables
• Work with Inventory Management processes involving:
• Goods Receipts
• Goods Issues
• Stock Transfers
• Physical Inventory
• Inventory Valuation
• Ensure seamless financial postings from CO, MM, SD modules into FI.
• Analyze and resolve cross-functional integration issues affecting financial postings.

Additional Responsibilities

• Perform reconciliation between FI and submodules (MM, SD, AA, CO).
• Support audit requirements and compliance activities.
• Prepare documentation including configuration documents, functional specifications, test scripts, SOPs, and user manuals.
• Provide end-user training and knowledge transfer.

• Participate in continuous process improvement initiatives and recommend SAP best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• 5-7 years of experience as an SAP FI Consultant.
• Minimum two end-to-end SAP implementation projects with experience in Go-Live and Hypercare.
• Strong configuration knowledge
• Strong understanding of:
• Financial Closing Processes
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Document Flow
• Organizational Structure
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance is preferred.
• Good understanding of Universal Journal (ACDOCA) is an advantage.
• Hands-on experience with data migration tools such as LSMW, LTMC, Migration Cockpit.
• Strong knowledge of cross-module integration with:
• SAP CO
• SAP MM
• SAP SD
• Inventory Management
• Procurement
• Warehouse processes
• Understanding of Material Valuation, Inventory Accounting, and Automatic Account Determination.
• Familiarity with interfaces, IDocs, batch jobs, and error analysis.
• Experience working with SAP Fiori applications is preferred.
• Knowledge of Solution Manager, ChaRM, and ITSM processes is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in cross-functional global teams.

Competencies

• Strong analytical thinking
• Customer-focused approach
• Business process orientation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Ownership and accountability
• Effective stakeholder management
• Continuous learning mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Attention to detail and quality