Sap Fico Consultant

Role & Responsibilities

1. SAP S/4HANA FICO Functional Support

• Provide functional expertise for SAP FI and CO modules in the S/4HANA environment
• Understand existing finance and accounting processes and map them to SAP S/4HANA functionalities
• Configure and support areas including GL, Accounts payable and recievables, Asset accounting, Bank Accounting, Tax and statutory accounting, Profitability analysis, Financial closing and reporting.

2. Business Requirement & Solution Design

• Work with Finance and business teams to understand requirements and prepare functional specifications .
• Analyse existing processes and identify opportunities for process improvement and automation
• Translate business requirements into scalable SAP S/4HANA solutions Participate in solution design, process mapping, gap analysis and fit-gap discussions
• Coordinate with ABAP developers for development of reports, interfaces, forms, enhancements and workflows

3. SAP Integration

• Support integration of SAP S/4HANA FICO with other modules and business systems such as MM, SD, HCM/Payroll, POS, banking and third-party applications.
• Analyse and resolve integration-related issues between SAP and external systems
• Support interface design, testing, validation and troubleshooting
• Ensure accurate flow of financial and transactional data between SAP and integrated applications

4. SAP Development & Testing

• Work closely with SAP technical and functional teams on RICEFW developments
• Prepare functional specifications and support technical teams during development
• Conduct unit testing, integration testing, UAT and regression testing
• Validate business scenarios and ensure solutions meet functional requirements
• Support defect identification, root-cause analysis and resolution

5. Finance & Business Process Support

• Work closely with Finance, Accounts, IT and Operations teams to understand business processes and their SAP impact
• Support month-end, year-end and financial closing processes.
• Ensure proper integration of business transactions with financial accounting.
• Assist in reconciliation between SAP and other operational/business systems.

Preferred candidate profile

• 3 - 5 years of experience in SAP FICO, preferably with hands-on experience in SAP S/4 HANA.
• Strong understanding of Finance and Accounting processes
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA implementation, development support and integration
• Experience working with SAP implementation partners and technical teams
• Good understanding of integration between FICO and MM/SD/POS/other enterprise systems.
• Experience in requirement gathering, functional specification preparation, testing and issue resolution.
• Experience in retail, FMCG, manufacturing or other transaction-intensive businesses will be an advantage