Description

Key Responsibilities:

A.SAP FICO Design, Configuration & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end SAP FICO implementation, rollout, and support covering GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Bank/Treasury, Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders, Product Costing, and COPA.

• Configure and optimize SAP S/4HANA Finance – Universal Journal, New Asset Accounting, Predictive Accounting, and Group Reporting.

• Design and own the Chart of Accounts, Controlling Area structure, Profit Center hierarchy, and Cost Center hierarchy in alignment with organizational design changes and SAP reorganization tools.

• Lead SAP system reorganization events: company code mergers/splits, cost center/profit center restructures, and legal entity changes using SAP EC-CS and reorganization workbench.

• Implement Intercompany reconciliation, Transfer Pricing configurations, and Multi-ledger (parallel accounting) setups.

B.Finance Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting (FP&A)

• Own and deliver Revenue Planning, Cost Planning, Headcount Cost Planning, Capex Budgeting, and Rolling Forecast processes integrated between SAP FICO and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).

• Design driver-based planning models, allocation cycles (assessment / distribution), and top-down/bottom-up planning workflows.

• Configure SAC Planning models for Cost Center Planning, Profit Center Planning, and Project Planning feeding actuals from S/4HANA.

• Leverage SAP Predictive Accounting and SAC Smart Predict for AI-powered scenario forecasting and automated planning propositions.

• Support variance analysis (ACT vs. PLAN vs. FORECAST) and management reporting in SAC and SAP Fiori analytics.

C.SAP MM & PP Integration – Discrete Manufacturing

• Act as cross-functional process expert bridging SAP FICO with SAP MM (Procurement-to-Pay) and SAP PP (Plan-to-Produce) in a Discrete Manufacturing environment.

• Configure and validate Material Valuation (Standard / Moving Average Price), GR/IR clearing, Invoice Verification (LIV), and Purchase Price Variance (PPV) flows into FI.

• Lead MTO (Make-to-Order), MTS (Make-to-Stock), and ETO (Engineer-to-Order) cost object controlling – production order costing, WIP calculation, variance settlement to COPA.

• Integrate SAP PS (Project System) WBS cost controlling with FICO for ETO project-based manufacturing scenarios.

• Configure and validate MRP / Capacity Planning outputs impacting cost and financial commitments.

D.AI Adoption & Intelligent Finance

• Champion AI-powered finance capabilities: SAP Joule, Predictive Accounting, Cash Application AI, Intelligent Dunning, and Automated GR/IR reconciliation.

• Drive adoption of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) / Intelligent RPA in procure-to-pay and order-to-cash finance processes.

• Evaluate and implement AI-assisted anomaly detection in journal entries and spend analytics.

• Collaborate with data science teams to integrate Python/ML models with SAC for predictive budgeting and demand-driven cost forecasting.

E.Stakeholder Management & Program Leadership

• Serve as the primary Finance functional lead for SAP program delivery – own functional design documents (FDD), solution design workshops, and fit-gap analysis.

• Manage relationships with CFO, Controller, Plant Finance, and FP&A teams; translate business requirements into SAP solution designs.

• Lead a team of FICO consultants and coordinate with MM, PP, SD, and BW/BI functional leads for end-to-end process alignment.

• Own UAT planning, test script development, defect triage, and cutover/go-live support for Finance workstream.

• Conduct training, knowledge transfer, and post-go-live hypercare for finance super-users and business stakeholders.

• ETO and MTS scenarios. Month end, Quarter end, Year-end closing. Annual costing process

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree