SAP FICO (Grants Management)

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced SAP Finance & Grants Management Consultant to support a Brownfield system conversion from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. The consultant will lead finance transformation and grants management enablement while preserving historical data, ensuring regulatory compliance, and aligning financial processes with S/4HANA innovations and best practices. The consultant has to be an individual contributor, must do individual hands on configuring the system and on the other defined activities per project plan.

Key Responsibilities

Brownfield Conversion & Finance Transformation

• Lead Finance and Grants Management workstreams in Brownfield conversion from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA
• Perform Finance simplification item analysis and system readiness assessments
• Evaluate legacy customizations and identify remediation strategies
• Ensure continuity of financial operations during system transition
• Support conversion strategy including data, configuration, and reporting alignment

Finance Functional Responsibilities

Core Finance (FI)

• Configure and optimize:
• General Ledger (New GL / Universal Journal)
• Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable
• Bank Accounting & Cash Management
• Asset Accounting
• Tax & Regulatory Reporting
• Enable S/4HANA Finance innovations:
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• Real-time financial analytics
• Parallel ledgers and accounting standards
• Document splitting

Controlling (CO)

• Cost Center Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Profit Center Accounting
• Product Costing
• Margin Analysis (CO-PA)
• Budget availability control

Grants Management Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and optimization of SAP Grants Management functionality
• Configure:
• Grant master data
• Sponsored programs & classes
• Grant budgeting and lifecycle tracking
• Grant billing and cost recovery
• Ensure compliance with sponsor and regulatory requirements
• Integrate Grants Management with Finance, Funds Management, and Projects
• Support reporting for grant audits and funding agencies

Data Migration & System Readiness

• Lead finance and grants master data assessment and cleansing
• Oversee migration of:
• Chart of Accounts
• Vendors, Customers, Business Partners
• Asset master and balances
• Open items and historical transactions
• Grant master data and grant budgets
• Ensure financial data integrity post-conversion
• Support migration tools (e.g., Migration Cockpit, LTMC)

Integration & Reporting

• Ensure integration with:
• Materials Management (MM)
• Sales & Distribution (SD)
• Project Systems (PS)
• Funds Management (FM)
• Asset Management (EAM)
• Enable embedded analytics and Fiori-based finance apps
• Support financial statements and regulatory reporting
• Design CDS views and reporting enhancements where needed

Testing & Deployment

• Develop Functional Unit Testing (FUT) and Integration Test scenarios
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Assist cutover planning and go-live readiness
• Provide hypercare and post-go-live support

Required Skills & Experience

Functional Expertise

• Strong hands-on experience in:
• SAP S/4HANA Finance
• SAP Grants Management
• Proven experience in Brownfield S/4HANA conversions
• Deep knowledge of public sector or grant-funded financial processes
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA Finance data model and simplification impacts
• Experience with Fiori finance applications

Technical & Tools Knowledge

• SAP Migration Cockpit / LTMC
• Data migration frameworks
• Financial data reconciliation tools
• Custom code impact analysis

Project Experience

• 2+ full lifecycle SAP Finance implementations
• At least 1 Brownfield S/4HANA conversion project
• Experience in large enterprise/public sector environments
• Strong documentation and testing expertise

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification
• Experience in Public Sector Management
• Knowledge of Central Finance architecture
• Exposure to Treasury & Risk Management
• Experience with IFRS / GAAP multi-ledger environments
• Position is onsite , consultant has to be at customer premises through out the duration of the project. (Houston, Texas, USA)