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SAP FICO Consultant- Group Reporting Experience (Accounting & Financial Background)
Houston, TX
Long Term Contract
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.
- Analyze 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
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in SAP FICO implementations and/or production support.
- 2+ 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:
- Financial close and period-end processes
- Journal entry workflows and approvals
- Bank integration (SFTP, payment proposals)
- Intercompany transactions
- Solid grounding in financial accounting principles and practices.
- Ability 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.
Thanks & Regards,
Ron (Vineeth Damarla)
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist Recruitment
American IT Systems
1116 S Walton Blvd, Suite 113 Bentonville, AR 72712