SAP FICO Lead Consultant at Houston, TX

Job Title: SAP FICO Lead Consultant (Chemical Industry)
Location: Houston, Texas (Onsite 5 Days a Week)
Duration: 12+ Months

Experience: 12+ Years

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SAP FICO solution design, implementation, and support activities
• Drive Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, and Internal Order processes
• Work closely with manufacturing and plant finance teams to support costing and margin analysis
• Support month-end and year-end financial closing activities
• Configure and optimize SAP CO-PC (Product Costing) processes
• Analyze standard costing, actual costing, variance analysis, and inventory valuation
• Collaborate with MM, PP, PM, and SD teams for integrated business process solutions
• Support SAP S/4HANA transformation and finance modernization initiatives
• Conduct workshops with business users and provide functional recommendations
• Identify process gaps and recommend business process improvements and optimization opportunities
• Advise stakeholders on SAP best practices and process standardization initiatives
• Prepare functional specifications and support testing activities
• Support audit, compliance, and financial reporting requirements

Required Skills & Experience
Mandatory Skills

• 12+ years of SAP FICO consulting experience
• Strong expertise in:
  • General Ledger (GL)
  • Accounts Payable (AP)
  • Accounts Receivable (AR)
  • Asset Accounting (AA)
  • Cost Center Accounting (CCA)
  • Profit Center Accounting (PCA)
  • Product Costing (CO-PC)
  • Internal Orders
  • COPA
• Deep experience in Product Costing within process manufacturing environments
• Strong understanding of chemical/petrochemical industry business processes
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance
• Strong integration knowledge with MM, PP, SD, and PM modules
• Hands-on experience in costing runs, settlement cycles, and variance calculations
• Strong consulting mindset with ability to drive process transformation discussions
• Ability to provide process improvement recommendations and business optimization ideas
• Experience supporting plant manufacturing operations and inventory accounting
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills