Sap Fico Consultant

Job Description

SAP FICO L3 Support & Project Consultant

Position Overview

We are a leading tile manufacturing company seeking an experienced **SAP FICO L3 Consultant** to join our IT team. Because our business includes a highly customized trading processblending manufactured goods with deeply integrated third-party procurement and complex order-to-cash cyclesthis role requires someone who goes beyond standard FICO boundaries.

You will balance day-to-day Business-As-Usual (BAU) support with hands-on involvement in continuous improvement projects. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in FICO and a sharp understanding of the FICO-SD (Sales & Distribution) and FICO-MM (Materials Management) integration touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

1. BAU Support & Operations (L3)

* **Incident Management:** Troubleshoot and resolve L3 tickets across FI (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting) and CO (Product Costing, Profitability Analysis) modules within defined SLAs.

* **Highly Customized Support:** Maintain and debug our unique trading process, which includes custom pricing procedures, revenue recognition logic, and intercompany tracking.

* **Period-End Closing:** Provide critical support during month-end and year-end financial closing activities, ensuring smooth execution of assessment cycles, variance calculations, and settlement runs.

### 2. Project Delivery & Enhancements

* **Requirement Gathering:** Partner with business stakeholders (Finance, Sales, and Procurement teams) to translate complex business requirements into robust functional designs.

* **System Configuration:** Perform hands-on configuration changes in SAP FICO to support new business initiatives, continuous improvements, and rolling roll-outs.

* **Testing & Deployment:** Lead Unit Testing (UT), Integration Testing (IT), and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Prepare comprehensive functional specifications (FSDs) for custom ABAP developments (RICEFW objects).

### 3. FICO-SD Integration Mastery

* **Trading Process Optimization:** Monitor and refine the flow of financial data coming from heavily customized SD processes (e.g., third-party sales, individual purchase orders, specialized tax structures, and rebate agreements).

* **Account Determination:** Own and maintain the integrity of revenue account determination (VKOA) and material ledger configurations affected by specialized sales flows.

## Technical Skills & Qualifications

* **Experience:** 4 to 7 years of hands-on experience as an SAP FICO Functional Consultant, with a strong background in manufacturing or distribution environments (Building Materials, Ceramics, or FMCG preferred).

* **Core FI/CO Competencies:** Strong knowledge of FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), and Profit Center Accounting (PCA).

* **Advanced CO Skills:** Experience with **Product Costing (CO-PC)** and **Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)** is highly desirable due to our manufacturing footprint.

* **Integration Prowess:** Deep knowledge of **FI-SD integration** (specifically regarding custom pricing, condition types, and billing) and **FI-MM integration** (PO tracking, inventory valuation).

* **Debugging Skills:** Ability to read basic ABAP code and perform troubleshooting/debugging to identify issues within highly customized Z-transactions and user exits is a massive plus.

* **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field. Professional certifications (e.g., CA, ICWA, MBA Finance, or SAP Certification) are highly valued.

## Soft Skills

* **Adaptability:** Comfortable shifting gears quickly between a high-priority BAU ticket and a strategic system enhancement.

* **Problem-Solving:** Analytical mindset capable of untangling complex, highly customized business logic built over years of operations.

* **Communication:** Strong interpersonal skills to effectively bridge the gap between technical developers (ABAPers) and business finance users.Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile