SAP FICO Senior Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities :

1. High level of expertise on SAP FICO module

2. On demand support to Global Business Process and Operational Divisions Teams as well as partners in charge of administration of data centers (database administration, upgrades, performance,)

3.Accountable for Solution issues escalated to the Global Support team. Ensure that tickets are properly responded to, fixed, tested and follows-up those until they are properly closed according to process defined. Support provided is functional (analysis, feed-back, recommendation …).

4. Analyze content of releases on his / her area and recommend best organization as far as testing is concerned.

5.Liaise with regional / local support teams and testing factory to ensure that release validation process is done properly

6. Analyze, challenge, validate recommendations and actions of on his / her area

7.Liaise with Global Data Excellence and Business Process Leaders organization regarding problem solving and enhancement

8. Support deployments (scoping, design, localization, testing, GoLive, transition to AM)

9. SAP and functional knowledge on Financial and Controlling Processes.

Technology Skills :

8 to 10 years of Experience in SAP FICO module

Around 8+ years of SAP experience as consultant with complex and multiple projects (both complete Core template design / build / validation, roll-out and support) in the area of SAP – FI and CO with hands-on experience on the following areas

FI : G / L, AP, AR, Treasury, Assets, Closing and Reporting

CO : CCA, PCA, Internal order, CO-PA, CO-PC

Very good experience in Controlling submodules like CO-Product Costing and CO-Profitability Analysis and CO-Profit center Accounting is must.

SAP Functional configuration expertise in General Ledger (FI- GL), Controlling (CO), Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), Asset Accounting (AA), Project Systems (PS) Profitability Analysis (PA), New GL,

Experience in Financial Month end Activity, Financial Closing Cockpit(Task template, Task list) and Intercompany reconciliation process.

Any SAP S4H (1709 / 1809 / 1909) implementation or conversion project experience with Simple Finance / Central Finance exposure will be given preference

Project experience activities to include preparation, synchronization, conversion and post processing, table mapping for HANA, comprehensive knowledge of BP roles and functionality of S4 HANA Finance is preferred. Should have an overview of Deployment option for S4H.

Good to have knowledge in Fiori Apps, Fiori Launchpad, Fiori Launchpad Designer configuration & feature and Fiori application types.

Experience in leading and validating cutover activities is required

Exposure to integration with other modules such as MM, SD, PS is preferred

Very good knowledge of SAP functional (processes, available functionalities, …) and technical background (customizing, environment, transport orders, …), different stages of projects (run, deployments, testing, …) as well as project management skills (planning follow-up, team work, multiple teams’ interaction, …)

SAP S / 4 HANA (v1610 and 1709 / 1809 / 1909) and Fiori Certification is preferred.

Behavioral Skills :

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to tailor communication to

the intended audience (excellent English is a must)

Should be able to coordinate with global team and service SLA’s.

Team player and networking (colleagues as well as external partners)

Capacity to challenge partners as well as capacity to show added value in relationship with them

Customer centric and capacity to deliver high level of service.

Work independently with minimum supervision.

Years of Experience : 8-10

Education :

Graduate / CMA / MBA / CA