SAP Finance Controlling (FI/CO) Architect

Position Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated SAP FI/CO Consultant to join our collaborative team supporting SAP Finance and Controlling efforts. This role involves full-cycle SAP implementation, support, and enhancement of financial systems to meet evolving business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Customize SAP FICO solutions to meet business requirements and deliver full-cycle upgrades.
• Provide day-to-day support, resolve tickets within SLA timelines, and ensure system stability.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into SAP solutions.
• Deliver post-go-live support and continuous process improvement.
• Maintain and analyze GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting , FSCM-CM,DM, COPA, Cost center, profit center, result analysis modules.
• Execute financial closing and reporting (New GL, Document Splitting, Parallel Accounting).
• Support integration with external financial systems and third-party applications.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and SAP best practices.
• Manage Cost Center Accounting (CCA) and profitability analysis.
• Generate reports and dashboards for recurring and transactional data.
• Collaborate with business teams to enhance budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation.
• Support Account to report, Order to Cash and Procure to Pay processes and their integration with FICO.
• Work with SAP MM, SD, and PP consultants to ensure seamless cross-module integration.
• Participate in SAP rollouts and system upgrades across global sites.
• Analyze pain points and propose automation or optimization solutions.
• Provide guidance on SAP S/4HANA migration and new FICO functionalities.
• Work with SAP master data, EDI/IDOC, BAPI, user exits, and custom solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to demonstrate and enable end-user solutions.
• Document configurations, enhancements, and process flows.
• Create specifications for custom programs, testing, cutover coordination, and post-go-live support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Advanced degree preferred).
• Minimum 10+ years of hands-on Expertise in SAP FI, SAP CO.
• Strong understanding of SAP FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-AA New, COPA, PCA, RA, PS, CCA.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in SAP FSCM (AR) preferred.
• Customization experience on SAP Treasury -In house cash, money markets preferred.
• Support SAP finance business functions such as accounts payables, billing , , general ledger, End of day, month end closing and other finance activities.
• Cross functional expertise integration with other SAP core modules like OTC,P2P, AtR.
• Familiarity with SAP RISE, BW/BObj, BTP, Process Orchestration, SuccessFactors, ARIBA, Concur,BPC and other financial integrators like vertex, onesource, open text etc.,
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, architectures, and tools including APIs, middleware, and ETL technologies.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite and project management tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed, and international environment.
• Prior experience in professional services industry preferred.
• Experience with SAP integration across modules and external systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work in fast-paced, matrixed environments and drive consensus.

Skills Required
Successfactors, Sap Fscm, Apis, Bpc, Sap Fi, Ms Office Suite, Concur, Sap Co, Ariba, SAP Treasury, Middleware