SAP FICO Architect

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