Senior FICO Consultant

Role Summary

SAP FICO / Senior Consultant Profile (8+ Years, AMS, US Customers)

Location – Bengaluru/Hyderabad

Professional Summary

Highly skilled SAP Controlling (FICO) Senior Consultant with 8+ years of end‑to‑end AMS delivery, enhancement management, and production support experience across Finance, ATR (Accounting‑to‑Reporting), and integrated business processes. Strong expertise in FI and Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis (CO‑PA), PCA, and integration with FI/MM/PP/SD.

Proven track record of supporting multiple US‑based customers in complex global landscapes, delivering high‑quality incident resolution, RCA, continuous improvements, CO month-end closing cycles, and enhancement deployments. Adept at working in night‑shift models, global delivery frameworks, and SLA‑driven AMS environments. Experienced in JIRA and ServiceNow ticketing tools for incident, problem, change, and release management.

Core Skills & Expertise

SAP FI

Configure and support SAP FI modules including:

• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Bank Accounting
• Financial Closing & Reporting

Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into SAP solutions.

Participate in end-to-end SAP implementation, rollout, migration, and support projects.

Perform system configuration, customization, testing, and documentation.

Support month-end and year-end financial closing activities.

Integrate SAP FI with related modules such as CO, MM, SD, PP, and Treasury.

Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.

Conduct user training and prepare functional specifications.

Coordinate with technical teams for enhancements, interfaces, reports, workflows, and SAP developments.

Ensure compliance with accounting standards, taxation, and internal controls.

Primary Skill – SAP Controlling (CO)

• Cost Center Accounting (CCA) – master data, planning, assessments/distributions, activity types
• Internal Orders – budgeting, settlement rules, reporting
• Product Costing (CO-PC) – material cost estimate, cost roll-ups, WIP, variance calculation
• Profitability Analysis (CO‑PA) – configuration, KE30 reporting, derivation rules, value fields
• Cost Object Controlling – production orders, process orders, actual costing
• Period-end closing activities (KKAO, KKAX, KKS1, KKS2, CO closing cockpit)
• Cross-module integration with FI, MM, PP, SD

Finance / ATR (Accounting‑to‑Reporting)

• FI–CO Integration (reconciliation, account determination, OBYC)
• General Ledger, AP/AR, Asset Accounting, Banking integrations
• Month-end & year-end closing support (FI & CO close activities)
• Reporting: Balance Sheet, P&L, Trial Balance, financial reporting controls
• Support for R2R/ATR cycles for global clients, including US GAAP and IFRS alignment

Secondary Skills – AR & Related Finance Areas

• Accounts Receivable (AR) submodule support
• Dunning, cash application, lockbox interfaces
• Revenue recognition support (where integrated with CO‑PA)
• Credit management understanding (FI‑AR/SD integration)

AMS / Support & Enhancements Experience (8+ Years)

• L2/L3 support, incident handling, SLA‑driven service delivery
• Problem management (RCA documentation, recurring issue elimination)
• Change requests (CR), minor/major enhancements, functional design (FDS)
• Regression testing, user acceptance support, go‑live/verifications
• Working with US‑based business users, controllers, finance managers
• Strong offshore–onsite coordination and shift‑based delivery model
• Comfortable working in night shifts supporting US time zones

Tools & Platforms

• JIRA, ServiceNow – incident, change, problem, and sprint management
• SAP Solution Manager
• MS Excel (advanced), PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook
• Familiarity with integrations: IDocs, Interfaces, Middleware

Soft Skills & Leadership - Mandatory

• Lead consultant for multi‑country AMS environments
• Mentoring juniors and coordinating with technical/ABAP teams & MM/SD/BASIS
• Strong analytical, communication, and customer‑handling capabilities
• Experience in preparing training documents, SOPs, process maps
• Proactive ownership mindset with strong SLA and KPI discipline