Sap Fico Consultant

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of project delivery experience
• Experience supporting 3-5+ large-scale enterprise transformation projects
• SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA migration experience
• Finance migration experience
• SAP deployment cutover planning and execution experience
• 3+ years of experience with Jira, qTest and ServiceNow
• Experience coordinating large cross-functional teams (300+ stakeholders)
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Ability to work effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced go-live environments

Experience managing risks, dependencies, and deployment readiness activities

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of finance processes
• Chartered Accountant (CA) background or exposure
• Finance-related degree or coursework
• SAP S/4HANA Finance certifications
• Experience with large consumer products/manufacturing organizations such as PepsiCo, Hershey's, or similar enterprises

Proven process improvement and post-cutover optimization experience

Job Description

• Coordinate end-to-end cutover planning activities for SAP S/4HANA deployments
• Represent the finance organization in planning meetings and leadership forums
• Develop and maintain cutover runbooks, schedules, timelines, and dependency trackers
• Lead deployment readiness reviews and go-live planning sessions
• Coordinate activities across multiple finance and technical workstreams
• Track project milestones and provide executive status updates
• Identify, mitigate, and escalate risks impacting deployment timelines
• Facilitate communication between business stakeholders, technical teams, and implementation partners
• Support command center operations during go-live and hypercare periods
• Coordinate testing completion and defect remediation efforts
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned and process enhancements
• Manage and coordinate activities involving 350+ project stakeholders during critical cutover periods