SAP FICO Lead

• Client is in IL, Chicago & if they should be ready to travel. For the next 2 months, it would be once or maybe twice in a month, but from June/July, the travel expectation would be high as the project will be on critical phase.
• Please note that a Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification will now be mandatory for this position.
• This requirement is crucial to ensure alignment with our project and business needs.
• They must have a brown field S4 HANA migration exp

Job Description

• Lead the design, configuration, and deployment of SAP FICO solutions across multiple geographies, ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Provide functional leadership across SAP FI (GL, AP, AR, AA, Banking, PCA) and SAP CO (CCA, CEA, Internal Orders, Product Costing MTS/MTO, CO-PA, Allocations, COGS, and Variance Split).
• Drive end-to-end finance processes, including financial close, profitability analysis, cost allocations, and performance reporting.
• Ensure seamless integration of FICO with MM, SD, and PP modules to support order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and manufacturing processes.
• Lead requirement gathering workshops and solution design discussions with finance stakeholders and translate business needs into SAP solutions.
• Manage finance master data, including Business Partner (customers/vendors), Material/Service Master, G/L Master, Asset Master, and Cost Objects (Profit Centers, Cost Centers, Internal Orders).
• Support Material Ledger (Actual Costing), Funds Management, and related financial processes within SAP.
• Provide expertise in country-specific tax, legal, and compliance requirements across global implementations.
• Contribute to financial processes relevant to agro-based or manufacturing businesses, including cost tracking, inventory valuation, and profitability reporting.
• Bring experience in SAP S/4HANA Brownfield Migration projects, including finance data migration, configuration alignment, and post-conversion validation.