Consulting SAP Principal Functional and Solution Consultant Professional SA

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your role and responsibilities

• Drives design, configuration, and deployment of SAP Finance solutions, ensuring alignment to business objectives, compliance standards, and data integrity. Acts as the primary functional authority for SAP Finance streams.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
• Lead design workshops for SAP Finance (GL, AP, AR, AA, CO, TRM, Group Reporting).
• Translate business requirements into functional designs and solution specifications.
• Guide configuration, testing, and cutover readiness for finance modules.
• Support integration with logistics, HR, and external financial systems.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP) and local regulations.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 10+ years of SAP Finance functional experience.
• Expertise in at least two S/4
  
  HANA Finance domains (e.g., GL, CO, TRM, Group Reporting).
• Experience leading workshops and managing client relationships.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on configuration in S/4
  
  HANA Finance (Universal Journal, CFIN, Fiori Apps).
• Understanding of integration with SD/MM/PP, MDG-F, and Group Reporting.
• Experience with Fiori, CDS Views, and SAP Analytics Cloud Finance content.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with multi-entity consolidations and shared service models.
• Exposure to data migration, data cleansing, and financial reporting automation.
• Familiarity with Central Finance setup and replication.
• Knowledge of SAP Treasury (TRM), Cash Management, and One Exposure.

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