SAP FI Consultant
Alpharetta, GA - USA
Job Summary
Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
1 SAP FI GL AR AP Asset Accounting Bank Accounting (10 yrs) 9 SAP MM Procurement GR/IR Invoice Verification Valuation
2 SAP CO Cost Center Acctg Profit Center Acctg Internal Orders 10 SAP PP MTO / MTS / ETO Production Orders MRP Capacity Planning
3 SAP Product Costing (Cost Estimates WIP Variance Settlement) 11 Discrete Manufacturing Shop Floor integration Confirmations
4 SAP COPA (Profitability Analysis costing-based & account-based) 12 SAP Project System (PS) WBS Networks for ETO scenarios
5 Revenue Planning Cost Planning Budgeting & Rolling Forecasting 13 Reorganization in SAP Company Code Cost Center Profit Center reorg
6 SAP S/4HANA Finance Universal Journal New Asset Accounting 14 AI / ML in SAP Intelligent RPA Joule Predictive Accounting
8 Intercompany Transfer Pricing & Legal Consolidation 16 MS Excel Advanced Power BI / SAC dashboards
Key Responsibilities:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Generic Managerial Skills If any
Cross-functional Collaboration -- Bridges Finance Manufacturing (MM/PP) Supply Chain and IT; facilitates integrated design across organizational silos
Change Management & Adoption -- Leads finance process transformation; drives user adoption through training communication plans and executive sponsorship
Team Leadership & Mentoring -- Manages and mentors a team of 3 8 FICO consultants; conducts design reviews quality gates and performance coaching
Analytical & Problem-Solving -- Root-cause analysis of complex FICO/CO issues; financial modelling validation; proactive escalation management
AI & Innovation Mindset -- Continuously evaluates emerging SAP AI capabilities (Joule Predictive Accounting) and applies them to finance efficiency use cases
Communication & Executive Reporting -- Presents solution options program status and finance metrics to C-suite; clear written documentation of technical designs