Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Job Description: Senior SAP S/4HANA Finance / FICO Consultant

Experience: 8+ Years
Role: Senior SAP S/4HANA Finance / FICO Consultant
Level: Senior Consultant / Lead Consultant

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance/FICO Consultant with strong functional and hands-on configuration expertise. The consultant will work independently with Finance stakeholders in a complex enterprise SAP environment and support solution design, configuration, integration, testing, deployment, and production support activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and support SAP S/4HANA Finance / FICO solutions based on business requirements.
• Strong hands-on expertise across FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP and Asset Accounting (FI-AA).
• Configure and support Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting and Internal Orders.
• Manage financial close, reconciliation and financial reporting processes.
• Handle Finance configuration, account determination and related integration settings.
• Work on cross-functional SAP integrations with relevant modules and business processes.
• Analyze business requirements and prepare functional specifications for enhancements, interfaces and custom developments.
• Collaborate closely with ABAP and other technical teams for solution development and issue resolution.
• Perform/support functional testing, integration testing, UAT, defect resolution and regression testing.
• Support cutover, go-live, hypercare and production support activities.
• Troubleshoot complex SAP Finance issues and drive them through to resolution.
• Independently engage with Finance stakeholders, understand business requirements and translate them into effective SAP solutions.
• Ensure solutions follow SAP best practices and meet enterprise business and control requirements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of SAP FICO / Finance experience, with strong hands-on exposure to SAP S/4HANA Finance.
• Strong configuration expertise in:
• General Ledger (FI-GL)
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
• Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
• Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Strong understanding of financial accounting, controlling, period-end/year-end close, reconciliation and reporting.
• Hands-on experience with account determination and Finance configuration.
• Good understanding of SAP cross-functional integration.
• Experience preparing detailed functional specifications and coordinating with ABAP/technical teams.
• Strong experience across testing, defect management, cutover and post-go-live/production support.
• Ability to independently manage requirements, issues and discussions with senior Finance stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Profile

• Experience working in large and complex enterprise SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Experience across S/4HANA implementation, rollout, enhancement and support engagements.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and take end-to-end ownership of Finance workstreams/issues.
• Strong consulting mindset with the ability to bridge Finance business requirements and SAP technical solutions.

Key Screening Priorities

Must Have:
S/4HANA Finance/FICO + FI-GL + FI-AR + FI-AP + FI-AA + Cost/Profit Center Accounting + Internal Orders + Finance Configuration + Account Determination + Integration + Functional Specifications + Testing/Cutover/Production Support

Ideal candidate: A senior, hands-on consultant who can independently own SAP Finance requirements and solutions rather than operating only as a support/configuration resource.