Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Job Role: Senior SAP FICO Consultant

Job Location: Bangalore/Mumbai

Work Mode: (WFO/Hybrid)

Experience: 10-15+Years

Role Overview

• We are looking for a seasoned SAP FICO expert to lead our financial transformation journey from SAP ECC to S/4HANA.
• The ideal candidate will have over a decade of hands-on experience, bridging the gap between legacy ECC structures and the new Universal Journal architecture.
• You will be responsible for the end-to-end migration strategy, system configuration, and post-go-live stabilization and support.

1. Migration Strategy & Execution (ECC to S/4HANA)

• Be the expert and work with the functional solutions lead for the migration planning, including Readiness Checks, Custom Code Analysis, and Simplification Item checks.
• Manage the functional conversion of Customer/Vendor masters to Business Partners (CVI).
• Execute the migration to the Universal Journal (ACDOCA), ensuring data integrity across GL, AA, CO, and ML.
• Configure New Asset Accounting, handling technical clearing accounts and parallel valuation areas specific to S/4HANA.
• Oversee data migration using SAP LTMC (Migration Cockpit) and legacy tools like LSMW where applicable.

2. S/4HANA Solution Design & Configuration

• Configure core Finance modules: New GL, AP, AR, Bank Accounting, and Fixed Assets.
• Configure core Controlling modules: Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders, and Product Costing (CO-PC).
• Implement Material Ledger (mandatory in S/4HANA) and configure actual costing.
• Transition from Costing-based CO-PA to Account-based CO-PA (Margin Analysis).
• Deploy and customize standard SAP Fiori apps for Finance to improve user experience.

3. Support, Optimization & Integration

• Provide Level 3 support in the S/4HANA environment, resolving complex critical issues and performing root cause analysis.
• Manage integration points with Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash.
• Work closely with ABAP teams to remediate custom code and design RICEFW objects optimized for HANA.
• Conduct workshops and training for business users to adopt new S/4HANA functionalities.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 10-15 years of SAP FICO experience.
• Project History: Must have completed at least 3 full lifecycle implementations and minimum 1 end-to-end S/4HANA migration project .
• Education: Bachelors/Masters degree in Commerce, Finance, or Engineering. CA/CPA/ICWA/MBA Finance preferred.
• Certification: SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting certification is highly desirable.

Technical Skills & Competencies

• Architecture: Deep understanding of the HANA database capabilities and the Universal Journal architecture.
• FSCM: Experience with SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (Credit, Collections, Dispute Management) within S/4HANA.
• Treasury & Risk: Basic knowledge of Treasury Management and Cash Management in S/4HANA is a plus.
• Reporting: Familiarity with Analysis for Office (AO) and Fiori Embedded Analytics.
• Taxation: Strong knowledge of localization (e.g., GST, VAT, Withholding Tax) and electronic invoicing frameworks (e.g., e-Invoicing)

Overall, highly experienced in AR, AP, GL, Asset, Interfaces, COPA, Data Migration and Testing