IT Consultant - Finance & Reporting Systems

Date Posted

Country

Canada

Location

The Opportunity:

The Consultant, IS Finance & Reporting is responsible for the design, implementation, enhancement, and day‑to‑day support of SAP BPC solutions supporting enterprise‑wide budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and legal consolidation processes. This role partners closely with FP&A, Controllership, and cross‑functional IS teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and integrated planning and consolidation solutions across the SAP landscape.

Reporting to IS Finance leadership, this role translates business requirements into sustainable system solutions, supports change initiatives, manages enhancements, and ensures system stability across both planning and financial close cycles. The consultant will operate within a complex SAP ecosystem including S/4

HANA, BPC (Standard), SAC Planning (where applicable), BW, and integrated Finance modules.

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role is encouraged to apply online by March 17. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Reason for vacancy:
Existing Headcount

Compensation: $119,000 – $169,000 CAD base pay annually plus annual short‑term incentive

Snapshot of a Day‑in‑the‑Life:

Act as the primary IS partner to FP&A and Controllership teams by providing deep SAP BPC expertise across both Planning and Consolidation processes.

Gather, analyze, and document business requirements; translate them into detailed functional and technical specifications.

Design, build, test, and deploy planning models, consolidation models, input schedules, business rules, script logic, EPM reports, and Data Manager packages.

Support end‑to‑end processes including Budget, Forecast, Strategic Plan, Monthly Outlook, and Legal Consolidation cycles.

Troubleshoot system issues, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate resolutions with BW, Basis, and ABAP teams as required.

Ensure data integrity, reconciliation, and alignment between BPC and source systems (ECC/S/4, BW, etc.).

Support master data governance, hierarchies (entity, account, ownership), and reporting consistency within planning and consolidation models.

Planning & Consolidation Responsibilities
Planning

Support driver‑based budgeting, rolling forecasts, allocations, and scenario modeling.

Maintain and enhance script logic, business rules, and planning templates.

Manage work status, version control, and data validations.

Consolidation

Support legal consolidation processes including intercompany eliminations, currency translation, ownership calculations, minority interest, and journal adjustments.

Maintain consolidation rules, logic scripts, and reporting outputs.

Support financial close timelines and ensure system readiness for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.

Assist with audit support, reconciliation processes, and data validation controls.

Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Cycle

Provide production support during month‑end, consolidation and forecast cycles.

Review, prioritize, and manage enhancement requests and defect resolution backlog.

Participate in project status meetings and provide updates on deliverables and issue resolution.

Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to manage transports, releases, maintenance window & System changes.

Support and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with Finance stakeholders.

Document configuration changes and ensure compliance with IS governance standards.

Annual Budgeting & Financial Close

Lead system readiness activities for the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including support for Latest Estimate (LE) and rolling forecasts.

Validate and optimize consolidation rules, elimination logic, currency translation settings, and ownership structures.

Support data loads, scenario management, version control, work‑status locking, and troubleshooting of data discrepancies.

Provide responsive support during budgeting and year‑end close cycles to ensure uninterrupted operations.

Conduct post‑cycle reviews and recommend system and process optimizations.

POSITION OUTCOMES:

Delivery of scalable, high‑quality planning and consolidation solutions aligned to IS and Finance priorities.

Stable and reliable BPC environment…