Principal SAP FICO Consultant

Job Description

In the assigned Job Role of Principal SAP FICO Consultant, 

Required Skill and Experience

● SAP FICO implementation and support experience, with a full-cycle S/4 HANA implementations.
● Deep expertise in SAP S/4 HANA Finance modules including:
○ General Ledger (New GL) – parallel ledgers, document splitting, ledger-specific postings
○ Accounts Payable (AP) & Accounts Receivable (AR) – payment runs, dunning, credit management
○ Asset Accounting (AA) – depreciation areas, parallel valuation, S/4 migration
○ Bank Accounting – house banks, payment methods, electronic bank statement (EBS) configuration
○ Treasury & Risk Management (TRM) – cash management, liquidity planning
● Proficiency in SAP Controlling (CO) including:
○ Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting (PCA)
○ Product Costing (PC) – cost estimates, manufacturing orders, WIP, variance analysis
○ Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) – costing-based and account-based CO-PA
○ Material Ledger / Actual Costing
● Hands-on experience with SAP S/4 HANA Central Finance (CeFi) and financial consolidation scenarios.
● Experience with Fiori Apps for Finance, embedded analytics, and real-time financial reporting.
● Knowledge of integration touchpoints with MM (procure-to-pay), SD (order-to-cash), PP (production), and HCM payroll.
● Experience with IFRS/US GAAP accounting standards and their SAP configuration implications.
● Ability to perform Business Blueprint / Solution Design workshops and prepare Functional Specification documents.
● Exposure to SAP S/4 HANA migration tools – SUM, SPDD/SPAU, and system conversion methodology.

Preferred Skill and Experience

● Experience of end-to-end lifecycle implementation activities including:
○ Requirement gathering & Business process design
○ SAP configuration & RICEFW Functional design
○ System Integration Testing (SIT) & User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
○ Cut-over planning, Go-live support, and post-go-live stabilization
● Strong client-facing experience with excellent communication and presentation skills.
● Strong analytical skills with ability to work with advanced Excel-based data analysis and financial modelling.