Job Description
Sr. SAP FICO Consultant Type of hire: 12+ Months Contract Location: Houston, TX (onsite) Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive SAP FICO Consultant to support and enhance our Finance operations within SAP S/4HANA, with a specific emphasis on Group Reporting and core financial accounting processes. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise across SAP FICO modules and possess a solid background in accounting and financial operations, including journal workflows, bank integrations, intercompany transactions, and financial close activities.
Key Responsibilities • Lead and support the implementation, configuration, and optimization of SAP FICO modules (GL, AP, AR, AA, CO-PA, CO-PC, etc.).
• Design and deploy consolidated financial reporting structures using SAP Group Reporting within S/4HANA.
• Collaborate with finance teams to ensure accurate data mapping, intercompany eliminations, and reporting hierarchies.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues related to manual journal entry workflows, payment proposal processing, and master data integrity.
• Manage bank integration processes using SFTP and assist with issue resolution and vendor-related failures.
• nalyze business requirements and translate them into scalable SAP FICO solutions.
• Coordinate configuration changes in collaboration with technical teams; serve as a liaison between finance and IT.
• Prepare business requirement documents (BRDs) and support testing and validation during finance-related projects.
• Provide end-user training and documentation for new solutions and processes.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams, including SAP MM, SD, and PP.
Required Qualifications • 13+ years of hands-on experience in SAP FICO implementations and/or production support.
• 6+ years of experience with S/4HANA environment.
Direct experience with SAP Group Reporting in ECC and S/4HANA
• Proven experience supporting financial consolidation and reporting processes in SAP.
• Strong understanding of:
o Financial close and period-end processes
o Journal entry workflows and approvals
o Bank integration (SFTP, payment proposals)
o Intercompany transactions
• Solid grounding in financial accounting principles and practices.
• bility to assess and direct SAP configuration changes (though hands-on config is not required).
• Familiarity with ticketing systems (e.g., JIRA) and transport/change management processes.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills with a strong customer-service mindset.
• bility to work full-time onsite in Houston, TX is preference.
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