SAP FICO Senior Consultant

Summary

We seek an experienced and talented SAP FICO Senior Consultant with a proven track record in SAP FICO implementations, upgrades and AMS support. As a FICO Senior Consultant, you will support the SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules to meet our client s business needs. The ideal candidate will have exceptional consulting skills, deep technical expertise in SAP FICO, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Should have worked on Incidents, Tickets, Change Requests, and Change Management processes.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand financial processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and recommend SAP FICO solutions.
• Stay current with SAP best practices, industry trends, and upcoming releases to recommend innovative solutions.
• Provide expert guidance and support for SAP FICO module enhancements, upgrades, and integrations with other SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all FICO-related issues, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Should be able to read and debug the ABAP program.
• Should be able to provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Should be willing to work in Japan, UK, and US rotational shift timings.

Skills Experience

• Bachelors degree or Master s in Commerce, Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, MBA (Finance or equivalent) or a related field.
• 6 - 8 years of hands-on work experience as an SAP FICO Senior Consultant in SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Candidate should have strong exposure in Financial Accounting i.e. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger Accounting, Taxes, Cost center and Profit center accounting, Asset accounting, Bank Accounting, Controlling.
• Should know FICO integration with MM SD Modules, Project System, COPA, Banking - EBS DME.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules, including configuration, customization, and integration with other SAP modules.
• Expert understanding of Interfaces, IDocs, and eDocument.
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles, processes, and best practices.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• SAP certification in FICO is highly desirable.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance is a plus.

Business Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.
• Understand business processes for the focus area or module.
• Research and perform detailed tasks.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Understand business functionality related to SAP module/application as well as can identify and understand touch points between modules.
• Understand how to solve detailed SAP problems.
• Understand and explain best business practices, especially those that SAP enables.

Consulting Skills

• Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem-solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management, and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.
• Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.
• Should be able to work independently on complex developments.
• Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution and team effectiveness.

General Skills/Tasks

• Lead and focus project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.
• Evaluate and design applications and/or technical architectures.
• Lead team effort in developing solutions for projects.
• Complete assignments within budget, meet project deadlines and maintain sensible commitments to client and team.
• Meet billing efficiency targets and comply with all administrative responsibilities in a timely and effective manner.
• Keep project management aware of project direction and client concerns.
• Understand client s business and technical environments.
• Prepare status reports regularly.