Qualifications needed:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required from an accredited institution.
- At least 10 years of total SAP FICO consulting experience.
- Should have been part of multiple Central Finance support projects
- At least one Central Finance implementation project.
- At least one Group Reporting support/implementation project.
JD for this requirement:
10+ years of total experience in SAP FICO; Should have been part of multiple Central Finance support projects along with at least one Central Finance implementation project & atleast one Group Reporting support/implementation project.
S4 FICO:
- Must have in depth understanding of FICO processes covered or related to GL, AR, AP, AA, IO, CCA, PC, COPA, Integration, tax processes etc.
- Experience in SAP General Ledger (Classic & New) and document splitting process.
- Good understanding of the functional integration aspects with other SAP modules.
- Knowledge and experience with SAP systems and processes that support wholesale and direct-to-consumer/retail financial capabilities.
- Working experience in new Company code setup as required to support business needs.
S4 Central Finance:
- Experience in Consolidations and accounting processes in a Global, multi-currency environment.
- Expertise in configuration of source system, SLTand target CFIN system.
- Significant hands-on working experience with SAP Central Finance through implementation, go-live/stabilization, and production support lifecycles.
- Should have in depth knowledge on initial load and replications activities of Cost objects, FICO document, CO internal postings and carry out monitoring of replication in Central Finance environment.
- Working knowledge of System Landscape Transformation Server (SLT), Application Interface Framework (AIF), Application Link Enabling (ALE), and Master Data Governance (MDG).
- Hands on experience on AIF interface, able to analyze the AIF error and come with resolution steps.
- Able to identify the variances/reconciliation between source and target system andhelp business.
- Provide support for month end closing in CFIN and in the resolution of business-critical tickets related to replication and mapping.
- Working knowledge of the business partner concept, key and value mapping, cost object mapping
- Prior experience with creating configuration documents and mapping files, performing interface analysis, work with high volume loads, error handling.
- Experience in SLT replication support resolution of outages (deactivating and activating replication for any source system outages).
- Knowledge on SAP Central Finance Deployment, BADI's and Data Replication knowledge.
- Experience in CFIN Master data load support.
- Experience working within an SAP architecture with master data managed through MDG.
- Experience in working with standard FIORI apps.
- Knowledge of the new features introduced by SAP in latest CFIN versions.
- Work on CFIN- enhancements as required to support business needs.
Group Reporting (S4HANA Consolidation Module)
- Hands on experience in configuring / defining the following in the S/4 HANA Group Reporting module: Master Data Maintenance, Financial Statement Item mapping, Breakdown Categories, Sub item & sub item categories, Hierarchy maintenance, Balance Carry forwards, Currency translation methods, Reclassifications/IC eliminations, Tasks/selections, Purchase /Equity methods of consolidation, Consolidation of Investments, NCI calculations, Analysis for Office reporting.
- Hands on exposure in Group Reporting: Master data set up, data load from Source system to GR / BPC,Data validation, Reclassifications, Currency Conversion, Inter-company & matrix eliminations, Data validations, Consolidation of Investment activities.
- Working on AFO reports for management / statutory requirements.
General:
- Experience of working in Agile methodology will be an advantage.
- Responsible for functional documentation of solutions and transfer of knowledge within the team.
- Knowledge on the tools such as Service Now, Autosys, Charm, Jira is highly preferred.
- Strong client facing experience, great communication and presentations skills.
- Ability to work with Onshore teams and coordinating work delivery between onsite and offshore.
