SAP Finance Principal Consultant

• Leading the Finance Stream and Conduct workshops with finance stakeholders (CFO, Controllers, Treasury, AP/AR teams).
• Perform fit-gap analysis and document business requirements.
• Advise on SAP S/4 best practices for Finance & Controlling.
• Lead design of end-to-end financial processes, including:
• General Ledger (New GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Controlling (CO) – CCA, PCA, COPA, Internal Orders
• Bank Accounting & Cash Management
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
• Product Costing
• Drive integration between Finance and other modules like MM, SD, PP, PS, EWM, SuccessFactors, Concur, Ariba, Treasury systems.
• Collaborate with technical teams for interfaces, IDocs, AIF, middleware, and third party integrations.
• Experience with:
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• New Asset Accounting
• Margin Analysis (PCA/CO-PA)
• Central Finance (optional but preferred)
• Embedded Analytics, Fiori apps, CDS views
• Project Delivery by leading and execute all SAP Activate phases:
• Prepare functional specs, configuration docs, test scripts, and training materials.
• Support SIT, UAT, cutover, go-live, and hyper care activities.
• Collaborate with ABAP team on WRICEF developments.
• Work with senior finance leadership and business process owners.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer to end-users and support teams.
• Ensure smooth change management and adoption across the organization.
• Provide L3 support and solution enhancements post go-live.
• Recommend improvements, automation opportunities, and process optimization.
• Drive continuous improvement using analytics and KPI monitoring.

Skills

• Must Have experience in SAP FICO including S/4HANA with at least 2 full-cycle SAP S/4 implementations
• GL accounting
• AP/AR
• Asset accounting
• Cost center & profit center accounting
• Internal orders
• CO-PA
• Tax, FSCM (preferred), Treasury (optional)
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA architecture and finance data models.
• Experience with Fiori, ACDOCA, Universal Journal, and embedded reporting.
• Ability to write or review functional specs (WRICEF).
• Experience with integration technologies (IDoc, BAPI, OData).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Leadership in large/global teams.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification ( Nice to Have).
• Good to Have Accounting or finance background (CA, CPA).
• Experience with Central Finance, Group Reporting, or Treasury