SAP FICO Architect

K&K Global Talent Solutions Inc. is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the Canada and the USA region since 1993.

This position is with one of our clients in USA, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.

 

Job Title: SAP FICO Architect

Location: Union Beach, NJ/Onsite

Position Type: Full time/Permanent role

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

•              Strong hands-on experience in ->

•              General Ledger (GL) – including New GL, parallel ledgers, Accounts Payable (AP)

•              Accounts Receivable (AR),Asset Accounting (AA), Bank Accounting & Cash Management, Controlling (CO)

•              Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA)

•              Internal Orders, Product Costing (PC), Profitability Analysis (COPA – Costing & Account-based),

•              LSMW / LTMC / Migration Cockpit, Data cleansing and reconciliation

•              Treasury & Risk Management (TRM)

•              FSCM (Collections, Dispute, Credit Management)

•              SAP Ariba / Concur integration

•              Hands-on experience integrating FICO with MM (Procure-to-Pay cycle), SD (Order-to-Cash), PP (Manufacturing / Costing integration), SuccessFactors / HR Payroll (optional but valuable)

•              Strong understanding of Accounting principles (GAAP / IFRS), Financial closing processes, Financial reporting and compliance ,Universal Journal (ACDOCA)

•              Business Partner integration (BP), New Asset Accounting in S/4

•              Experience with & Working knowledge of->

•              Period-end and year-end closing,

•              Taxation basics (VAT, GST depending on region),

•              S/4HANA implementation or conversion (Brownfield/Greenfield),

•              Central Finance / Finance Transformation projects,

•              Fiori apps for finance,

•              Legacy system data mapping to SAP

•              SAP Fiori reporting

•              Financial statements (Balance Sheet, P&L),

•              Drill-down and real-time reporting,

•              Group Reporting (S/4)

•              ABAP debugging (basic level)

•              IDocs / Interfaces / APIs

•              Batch jobs & background processing

•              Design end-to-end finance solution architecture

•              Define system landscape and data flow

•              Create functional specifications (FS) and solution designs

•              Relevant SAP FICO certifications would be add on

 

Roles & Responsibilities

•              Collaborate with client SME, Finance leaders, Business stakeholders

•              Design end-to-end SAP Finance (FICO) solutions aligned with business goals

•              Define system architecture, data models, and financial processes

•              Cr eate blueprints and functional solution designs

•              Establish global templates for multi-country implementations

•              Lead full lifecycle implementations (Greenfield, Brownfield, Rollouts)

•              Oversee configuration of:

•              GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting

•              Costing & Controlling (CO modules)

•              Ensure solutions follow SAP best practices and standards

•              Drive or support S/4HANA migration/conversion projects

•              Implement key S/4 features:

•              Universal Journal,New Asset Accounting,Fiori-based finance processes

•              Enable finance transformation initiatives (Central Finance, automation)

•              Coordinate with technical teams

•              Conduct workshops, requirement gathering, and solution presentations

•              Translate business needs into technical/functional solutions

•              Lead and mentor SAP FICO consultants and analysts

•              Review deliverables and ensure quality standards

•              Financial Process Optimization, Financial closing processes

•              Reporting cycles, Cost management processes

•              Drive automation and efficiency improvements

•              Data Migration & Validation, Design financial reports:

•              Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cost reports

•              Resolve complex functional and integration issues