Role Overview :

We are looking for an experienced SAP Finance Tax Business Analyst with strong functional knowledge of SAP Finance (FI/FICO) and taxation processes. The person will work with Finance, Tax, IT and business stakeholders to understand tax requirements, assess their impact on SAP Finance processes, translate business needs into functional specifications, and support configuration, integration, testing and deployment.

This is a Finance- and SAP-functional Business Analyst role. Candidates who have only technical exposure to configuring or supporting standalone tax engines, without detailed knowledge of Finance processes and SAP, will not be suitable.

Key Responsibilities :

- Engage with Finance and Tax stakeholders to gather, analyse and document business requirements related to direct and indirect taxation.

- Understand end-to-end SAP Finance processes, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), tax accounting, invoice posting and period-end activities.

- Assess tax requirements and their impact on SAP FI/FICO and connected business processes; identify gaps and recommend functional solutions.

- Prepare and maintain business requirement documents (BRDs), functional requirement documents, process flows, fit-gap assessments and functional specifications.

- Work on tax-related SAP configuration and functional design, including tax codes, tax procedures, account determination and withholding tax, as applicable to the business scope.

- Coordinate integration between SAP Finance and external tax engines, e-invoicing platforms, tax portals or compliance systems; understand the SAP-side data flow and accounting impact.

- Work closely with SAP functional and technical teams on interfaces, enhancements, mappings, error handling and issue resolution.

- Define test scenarios and support SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect triage, business validation and sign-off.

- Support implementation, rollout, deployment, hypercare and production issue resolution.

- Communicate clearly with business users, functional teams, technical teams and project stakeholders.

Mandatory Skills & Experience:

- Strong hands-on functional experience in SAP FI/FICO, preferably SAP S/4HANA Finance.

- Good understanding of core Finance processes: GL, AP, AR, tax accounting, invoice posting, reconciliations and financial postings.

- Practical knowledge of taxation processes such as GST, VAT, withholding tax/TDS or other applicable indirect/direct tax requirements.

- Ability to understand and explain how tax rules translate into SAP Finance configuration, accounting entries and downstream reporting.

- Experience in business analysis: requirement gathering, stakeholder workshops, process mapping, fit-gap analysis and functional documentation.

- Experience supporting SAP implementation, enhancement or integration projects, including SIT/UAT and defect resolution.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to lead discussions with Finance and Tax stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

- Experience integrating SAP with third-party tax engines, GSTN/GSP platforms, e-invoicing or statutory reporting solutions.

- Exposure to tax determination, tax calculation, tax code/procedure setup, withholding tax and tax account determination.

- Knowledge of SAP DRC, e-invoicing, tax reporting or country-specific tax localisation.

- Experience in global or multi-country tax implementations and working with cross-functional teams.

Not Suitable for This Role:

- Candidates with tax-engine product or technical configuration knowledge only, without meaningful SAP FI/FICO experience.

- Candidates who cannot explain core Finance processes, SAP tax postings or the accounting impact of tax configuration.

- Candidates whose experience is limited to development, interface support or tax-engine administration without business analysis responsibilities.

- Candidates with testing-only exposure and no functional understanding of SAP Finance and Tax.