Description :

Job Title : Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Experience : 10+ Years

Location : Bangalore

Employment Type : Contract with Client

Job Overview :

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SAP FICO Consultant with deep expertise in Product Costing and extensive hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA migration projects. The ideal candidate will lead design, configuration, and implementation efforts across SAP Finance & Controlling modules, driving process improvements and ensuring seamless migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA.

This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, a solid understanding of manufacturing industry costing, and the ability to support and build interim state financial processes during a complex transition environment.

Key Responsibilities :

1. SAP ECC to S/4HANA Migration :

- Plan, design, and execute the migration of FICO processes from SAP ECC to S/4HANA.

- Assess ECC configurations, financial processes, and data to create migration strategies.

- Lead full-cycle S/4HANA migration activities including system conversion, greenfield/ brownfield implementations.

- Identify gaps and enhancements between ECC and S/4HANA capabilities.

- Manage data migration (ETL) ensuring accuracy, integrity, and compliance.

- Conduct system validation, issue resolution, and support go-live and postgo-live activities.

2. SAP FICO Configuration & Functional Expertise :

Lead configuration and implementation across key FICO modules :

i. Product Costing (CO-PC)

ii. Cost Object Controlling (CO-OM)

iii. AR, AP, GL, Asset Accounting, Taxation

- Design and build business-critical processes for financial reporting and controlling.

- Reconfigure FICO modules to align with S/4HANA best practices and functionality.

- Partner with technical teams to implement solutions involving workflows, reporting, and analytics.

3. Cross-Module Integration :

Ensure seamless integration between FICO and modules such as :

i. SD (Sales & Distribution)

ii. MM (Materials Management)

iii. PP (Production Planning)

- Work with cross-functional teams, business process owners, and external vendors to drive end-to-end process alignment.

Support integrations with external financial systems such as :

i. Snowflake, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Adaptive Planning

ii. SAP RAR, Vertex, Concur, Blackline, Bloomberg, etc.

4. Process Optimization & Design :

- Analyze existing financial processes and optimize them for the S/4HANA environment.

- Support change management and ensure minimal disruption during transition.

- Recommend continuous improvements leveraging new SAP capabilities and industry best practices.

5. Data Migration & Validation :

- Collaborate with the data migration teams to ensure smooth transfer of financial and controlling data.

- Validate, reconcile, and troubleshoot migrated data for completeness and accuracy.

- Address system inconsistencies and provide timely resolutions.

6. Stakeholder Collaboration & Project Leadership :

- Work closely with finance leaders, business teams, and IT teams to gather requirements and propose effective solutions.

- Assist with user training, documentation, and UAT activities.

- Ensure alignment of project deliverables with business expectations and timelines.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 10+ years of experience in SAP FICO with strong functional and configuration expertise.

- Proven expertise in Product Costing and manufacturing costing processes.

- Hands-on experience in S/4HANA migration projects (system conversion or implementation).

- Strong knowledge of financial modules : AR, AP, GL, Asset Accounting, Taxation (Direct & Indirect), Consolidation.

- Solid experience in cross-module integrations (SD, MM, PP).

- Experience with cross-system integrations including FP&A tools and third-party systems.

- Strong understanding of financial processes, reporting, and SAP best practices.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

- Strong communication and documentation capabilities.