Order-to-Cash financial processes including SAP RAR revenue recognition, COGS, billing, AR, intercompany OTC, credit/collections, and light Fixed Assets management for leased capital equipment kits.
Must-have qualifications
8-12 years of SAP delivery experience, with at least 4 years in design lead / lead consultant / architect roles
At least one full-cycle SAP greenfield transformation program (ECC-to-S/4HANA or net-new S/4HANA, global rollout) in TTDL / Solution Lead / Senior Functional Lead capacity
Cross-ERP integration with SAP S/4HANA Central Finance (CFIN) — hands-on with SLT replication, MDG-F for master data harmonization, mapping rules, error handling, source-to-target reconciliation across heterogeneous landscapes
Proven delivery in multi-diverse matrix environments — dual/multiple reporting lines, multiple geographies and business units, ambiguous governance
Design leadership through formal governance bodies (DAB, ARB) with VP/executive stakeholder negotiation experience
Workshop facilitation — leading multi-day Solution Confirmation / Fit-Gap workshops with 10-30 participants
Clean Core thinking — favoring SAP standard over custom code with documented trade-off analysis
Tool fluency: Signavio, JIRA, Confluence, SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM, Microsoft 365
Strong English communication; comfortable operating with VP/executive stakeholders
Specialization-specific Finance modules — see split table at end of document
Must-have SAP Finance modules :
SAP RAR (Revenue Accounting and Reporting) module — contracts, performance obligations, BRF+ rules, ASC 606 / IFRS 15 (the module, not generic concepts)
Cost of Revenue and COGS — split design, recognition timing, GL determination
Billing and Invoicing finance integration — SD-FI integration
billing document flow, credit/debit memo
Accounts Receivable (FI-AR) — customer master, dunning, lockbox, EBS, cash application
Intercompany OTC — IC billing, IC AR/AP reconciliation, IC pricing
Credit Management (FSCM-CR) and Collections (FSCM-COL)
Light Fixed Assets for leased capital equipment kits — activation, depreciation control over lease lifecycle, retirement on return, integration with customer contract data (NOT corporate-wide FA management)
Core FI baseline — FI-GL, CO-CCA/OM, period-end close
Screening deep-dives
SAP RAR implementation projects — contract scenarios, performance obligations, complexity
ASC 606 / IFRS 15 compliance projects
Leased asset / customer-installed equipment experience — activation, depreciation, retirement (medtech / capital equipment / service-leasing industries preferred)
Intercompany OTC flow architecture
CFIN deep-dive — revenue and AR replication, customer MDG-C/MDG-F, RAR coexistence with CFIN
DAB experience on revenue / RAR / billing / AR decisions
Nice-to-have
Medtech, pharma, or life sciences regulated industry experience (GxP, SOX, Part 11, GDPR)
SAP Activate methodology and SAFe/agile delivery (PI Planning, sprint cadences)