Job Title

SAP Application Expert - Finance

Job Summary

Primary job purpose: Manage, support, and assist in the design and implementation of the Financial Accounting and Controlling template including configurations and determining the best ways to use S/4 HANA by merging business and IT needs, and focusing on utilizing the system for the greatest efficiency and utilization.

Responsibilities

- As a senior member of the Global IT team, responsible for defining solution architecture and leading SAP FICO (Financial Accounting and Controlling) design, configuration, and delivery in alignment with SAP S/4HANA best practices.

- Lead Finance workstream for SAP S/4HANA implementations, rollouts, and transformations, ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery across all project phases.

- Drive end-to-end solution design including Global Template definition, localization, and standardization across multiple geographies and business units.

- Own and govern the creation, review, and approval of functional specifications for WRICEF objects (Workflow, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms), ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical feasibility.

- Partner with business stakeholders to analyze, optimize, and re-engineer finance processes, leveraging S/4HANA capabilities such as Universal Journal, New Asset Accounting, and FSCM.

- Provide leadership during all project phases including design, configuration, SIT, UAT, training, data migration, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and upgrades. Minimum 5 full lifecycle implementations / roll outs & support experience in FICO in S/4 HANA or SAP ECC Projects.

- Oversee and support incident management and change requests for live business units,



ensuring adherence to SLAs and continuous improvement.

- Bring extensive experience with multiple global full lifecycle implementations (minimum 4-6) including S/4HANA conversions, greenfield implementations, and rollouts.

- Should have a strong integration knowledge between FI-SD, FI-MM, FI-PP

- Should have a strong knowledge Bank master setup, electronic bank statement (EBS) configuration, and cash management.

- Proven experience in design, concept, principles, and configuration in SAP FICO area.

- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously (implementations, enhancements of ERP templates etc.)

Selection Criteria

Essential:

- Bachelor / master's degree in finance/accounting, or equivalent discipline from a recognized Accounting Body.

- Minimum 4 - 6 full lifecycle implementations / roll outs & support experience in FICO in S/4 HANA or SAP ECC Projects with a minimum experience of 15+ years.

- Strong communication skills in English, self-driven and motivated.

- Ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities in a constrained timeline.

Desirable:

- SAP Certification in SAP Financial Accounting/Controlling.

Work Setting Factors

- Office based/Remote with occasional international travel.

- Health and Safety accountability statements.

- Working times are European time zone, however open to be available in APAC/US time zone as well for the need basis.

Location

Chennai

Job Details

- Job Level: Associate

- Travel Required: 0%-10%

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