SAP FICO Consultant – Multi-Country Tax Localization (Minimum 6–10 years of SAP FICO experience)

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAP FICO / S/4HANA Finance Consultant with strong expertise in multi-country tax localization, statutory compliance, and global SAP rollouts. The consultant will be responsible for analyzing country-specific tax and finance requirements, designing solutions within the global SAP template, configuring tax and financial processes, and supporting implementation, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.

The role requires strong knowledge of SAP FI, tax determination, VAT/GST, withholding tax, statutory reporting, e-invoicing, and country-specific localization, with the ability to work across multiple geographies and coordinate with Finance, Tax, IT, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- - Lead SAP FICO localization activities for multiple countries and legal entities.
- Analyze local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements and translate them into SAP solutions.
- Perform fit-gap analysis between the global SAP template and country-specific requirements.
- Configure and support:

o General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable

o Tax codes and tax procedures

o Input and output VAT/GST

o Withholding tax

o Tax account determination

o Intercompany and cross-border taxation

o Customer/vendor tax classifications

o Country-specific statutory reporting

- - Design tax determination scenarios for domestic, import/export, intercompany, B2B and B2C transactions.
- Support country localization for VAT/GST, withholding tax, e-invoicing, e-reporting and other digital tax requirements.
- Support integration of SAP FICO with SD, MM, Procurement, Billing and other business processes to ensure correct tax determination and accounting.
- Define requirements for country-specific master data, including:

o VAT/GST registration numbers

o Tax classifications

o Business places

o Plants and ship-from locations

o Customer/vendor tax attributes





- - Coordinate with local tax advisors and country SMEs to validate statutory requirements.
- Prepare functional specifications for tax/localization enhancements and interfaces.
- Lead configuration, unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover and hypercare activities.
- Support tax reconciliation between SAP transactions, tax reports and statutory filings.
- Maintain localization documentation and ensure changes in tax legislation are assessed and implemented.
- Provide production support and resolve country-specific tax and finance issues.
- Participate in global-template governance and ensure local solutions remain scalable and compliant.

Multi-Country Localization Experience

Experience of the following regions/countries is preferred:

Brazil or China

Technical Skills

- - SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA Finance
- SAP FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR
- SAP Tax Configuration
- Tax procedures and tax codes
- Account determination
- Withholding Tax
- VAT/GST
- Cross-border and intercompany taxation
- Statutory reporting
- E-invoicing / e-reporting
- Integration with SAP SD and MM
- SAP Fiori/S/4HANA where applicable
- Interfaces and third-party tax

Project Experience

- - Minimum 6–10 years of SAP FICO experience, preferably with significant S/4HANA experience.
- At least 2–3 full-cycle SAP implementations or global rollouts.
- Proven experience in multi-country rollout and localization projects.
- Strong experience in country-specific tax and statutory requirements.
- Experience working with a global template and localization governance model.
- Experience across the complete implementation lifecycle:

Requirement Gathering Fit-Gap Design Configuration Testing Cutover Go-Live Hypercare.

- - Experience coordinating multiple countries/workstreams is highly desirable.

Functional Integration

Robust understanding of integration between FICO and:

- - SAP SD – sales, billing and revenue
- SAP MM – procurement, purchasing and inventory
- SAP Tax/DRC
- Intercompany processes
- Banking and payment processes
- Master data
- External tax engines
- Statutory reporting platforms

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