SAP FICO Consultant with Divestiture experience

SAP FICO Consultant

Location: on-site 3 days a week in central NJ. However, they will consider a strong candidate on a remote basis.

Our direct client is looking for an SAP FICO consultant to provide SAP FICO functional support for the Canada platform to enable a successful separation, ensuring accurate financial configuration, statutory compliance, clean data separation, and business continuity through go-live and stabilization.
Services & Deliverables

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
• Lead finance requirements gathering for the Canada platform
• Analyze current-state finance processes impacted by the separation
• Document Canadian statutory, tax, and reporting requirements
• Identify gaps between current and target-state FICO processes
• Validate requirements with Finance, IT, and separation stakeholders
• Separation Support
• Support company code and organizational structure separation activities
• Define and validate:
• Company code setup and dependencies
• Chart of Accounts mapping
• Intercompany and cross-company transaction flows
• Support financial data separation including:
• General Ledger balances
• Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable open items
• Asset Accounting (if applicable)
• Assist with financial cutover planning and validation
• SAP FICO Configuration & Design
• Configure and support SAP FICO modules including:
• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Asset Accounting (as required)
• Controlling (Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders)
• Support Canada-specific tax configuration (GST, HST, PST, QST)
• Ensure alignment with SAP best practices and internal finance standards
• Integration Support
• Coordinate with SD, MM, Supply Chain, and Tax teams to ensure end-to-end process integrity
• Validate FICO integration points across:
• Order-to-Cash
• Procure-to-Pay
• Inventory valuation and costing
• Support intercompany and cross-border transaction scenarios
• Testing & Validation
• Develop and execute unit and integration testing
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Validate financial postings, tax calculations, and reporting outputs
• Support defect triage, resolution, and retesting
• Cutover, Go-Live & Hypercare
• Support cutover planning and execution for the Canada platform
• Validate opening balances and financial integrity post-migration
• Provide go-live and hypercare support to ensure operational stability
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
• Produce functional documentation including:
• Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
• Functional Design Documents (FDDs)
• Configuration documentation
• Test scripts and results
• Support knowledge transfer to internal IT and Finance teams

2. Roles & Responsibilities

Service Provider Responsibilities

• Provide qualified resources with expertise in SAP FICO
• Deliver all services and artifacts in alignment with PMO expectations.
• Participate in meetings, workshops, and stakeholder sessions as required.
• Maintain documentation, templates, and deliverables in approved repositories.
• Communicate risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
• Collaborate with Client stakeholders and partners to ensure alignment.