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Job Summary:We are looking for highly experienced SAP FI/CO Subject Matter Experts to join as Senior Architect and Principal Architect, responsible for end-to-end ownership of SAP Finance & Controlling solutions across S/4HANA implementation, rollout, and support engagements. The role requires a strong Chartered Accountant/CMA background combined with deep, hands-on SAP FI/CO expertise, proven delivery leadership, and the ability to engage confidently with senior business and IT stakeholders.Job Description:<ul><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Act as the SME and solution owner for SAP FI/CO, driving requirement gathering, fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Own and drive Business Blueprint/Explore workshops, prepare solution design documents, and sign off functional specifications with business stakeholders.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Lead configuration and design of the General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), and Bank Accounting modules as SME.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Guide and review the work of module leads, consultants, and offshore teams; ensure quality, timelines, and adherence to project governance standards.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Own cutover planning, data migration strategy (LSMW/LTMC/Migration Cockpit), reconciliation, and go-live readiness for FI/CO.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Drive continuous improvement, value realization, and adoption of SAP best practices and standard processes across engagements.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Support pre-sales activities — solutioning, effort estimation, RFP/RFI responses, proposal development, and client presentations.</li></ul>Profile Description:<ul><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Must have strong, demonstrable integration knowledge between FI/CO and the following modules:</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">SD (Sales & Distribution) – Order-to-Cash, revenue recognition, billing, credit management integration with FI/CO.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">MM (Materials Management) – Procure-to-Pay, invoice verification, material valuation, and account determination.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">PP (Production Planning) – Product costing, cost object controlling, WIP, and variance settlement.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">PM (Plant Maintenance) – Maintenance order costing and settlement to FI/CO.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">HR/HCM – Payroll postings, personnel cost planning, and travel & expense integration.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">FSCM (Financial Supply Chain Management) – Credit management, dispute management, and collections integration.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:25px;">PS (Project System) – Project costing, budgeting, WBS settlement, and revenue recognition.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">S/4 Hana & FIORI Expertise: <ul><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Strong working knowledge of new S/4HANA functionalities including the Universal Journal (ACDOCA), real-time integration of FI-CO, Central Finance, and simplified data models.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Hands-on experience with SAP Fiori apps for Finance and Controlling — GL/AP/AR reporting apps, Manage Journal Entries, Asset Accounting apps, Cost Center/Internal Order apps, and analytical/transactional Fiori tiles.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Exposure to Group Reporting, Advanced Financial Closing, Predictive Accounting, and embedded analytics within S/4HANA.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Familiarity with S/4HANA migration approaches (New Implementation, System Conversion, Selective Data Transition) and related tools.</li></ul></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">SME Areas – Financial Accounting (FI):<ul><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">General Ledger (GL): Chart of accounts design, document splitting, parallel ledgers, period-end closing activities.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Accounts Payable (AP): Vendor master data, payment terms, automatic payment program (APP/F110), vendor down payments.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Accounts Receivable (AR): Customer master data, credit management, dunning, incoming payments, dispute/collections management.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Asset Accounting (AA): Asset master data, depreciation areas, asset transactions, and integration with CO/PS.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Bank Accounting: House bank configuration, electronic bank statement processing, cash & liquidity management.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Strong, hands-on understanding of bank connectivity models including Host-to-Host (H2H) interfaces and Bank Communication Management (BCM).</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Working knowledge of payment file formats (SWIFT/MT, ISO 20022/XML), payment medium workbench (PMW), and bank statement reconciliation.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Good understanding of FSCM sub-modules — Credit Management, Dispute Management, Collections Management, In-House Cash, and Treasury/Cash Management touchpoints with core FI/CO.</li></ul></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">SME Areas – Financial Accounting (CO): <ul><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Cost Element Accounting: Primary/secondary cost elements, cost element categories, reconciliation with FI.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Cost Center Accounting: Cost center hierarchy design, planning, allocations, assessments, and distributions.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Internal Orders: Order types, budgeting/availability control, settlement rules, and reporting.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Product Costing: Costing variants, cost estimates, standard/actual cost runs, WIP and variance analysis.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Material Ledger & Actual Costing: Multi-currency valuation, actual costing runs, and periodic unit price (PUP) processes.</li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:6pt;">Margin Analysis (Account-Based CO-PA): Characteristic/value field derivation, profitability reporting, and integration with SD/Universal Journal.</li></ul></li></ul>

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