Job Description – SAP Senior Consultant (Finance / JVA)
Provide expert financial systems support within the Finance and Planning Group by leveraging in-depth knowledge of finance business processes and financial system architecture. This role plays a key part in supporting the S/4
HANA Finance Transformation, working closely with Finance, IT, and external consultants to ensure successful implementation, data migration, and ongoing enhancements. The role also provides first‑level support to Finance and Planning users through requirements analysis, testing coordination, and training.
The role is primarily focused on supporting the S/4
HANA Finance Transformation Project, ensuring project objectives are achieved across system setup, data migration, and implementation. The consultant will act as a liaison between Finance, IT, and external partners while coordinating Finance & Planning activities.
- Supporting concurrent project implementations and system design improvements
- Ensuring strong access controls and periodic access reviews
- Managing a high volume of daily operational support requests from business users
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather and document business requirements for the S/4
HANA Finance Transformation and implement required customizations. - Provide Business and Functional input and manage Functional Specifications:
- Act as the interface between Finance & Planning, IT, and key users to support SAP transformation decision‑making.
- Facilitate business reviews with key users and Finance & Planning leadership.
- Lead interactions between Finance & Planning and technical teams, including requirements gathering, issue resolution, and alignment on solutions.
- Escalate issues to appropriate governance forums when required.
- Provide financial subject matter expertise to IT development teams and support testing of developed solutions prior to production deployment.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, and Production Support teams throughout the full software development lifecycle.
- Support and drive process change management initiatives.
- Ensure cutover activities are properly planned and that business continuity plans are in place during cutover.
- Coordinate Finance & Planning activities including:
- Testing cycles
- Training programs
- Data migration and reconciliation
- Other project‑related activities
- Prepare detailed process documentation, SOPs, and testing documentation.
- Develop SAP training materials to support knowledge retention and deliver end‑user training.
- Provide first‑level support to Finance users for day‑to‑day system‑related issues.
– Minimum Requirements Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline
- Internationally recognized SAP FICO Certification, including SAP S/4
HANA Financial Accounting
- 10+ years of experience in financial systems implementation, including S/4
HANA transformation, migration, and upgrade projects - Strong knowledge of IT accounting and ERP systems (SAP)
- Experience in financial data reconciliation (master and transactional data)
- Strong financial knowledge across cost allocation, treasury, consolidation, and financial analysis
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Strong computer literacy, including SAP and business software applications
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (complex formulas, analytics, data handling)
- Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in process documentation (flow diagrams, Visio)
- Strong consultative, analytical, organizational, and planning skills
- Flow diagrams
- Upgrade
- Visio
- Analytical
- S/4
HANA - Cost allocation
- Financial data
- Migration
- ERP
- Stakeholders
- Financial analysis
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