Senior FICO Consultant

Role Overview: We are looking for a seasoned SAP FICO (Financial Accounting & Controlling) Senior Consultant to lead finance transformation projects, design enterprise-grade accounting solutions, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients. The candidate will drive the full-cycle delivery of SAP FI and CO modules while ensuring alignment with statutory, regulatory, and business requirements. Key Responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end SAP FICO implementations, upgrades, and support projects across industries. - Configure and implement core FI components: General Ledger (New GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Bank Accounting, and Travel Management. - Design and configure Controlling (CO) components: Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders, Product Costing, and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). - Conduct fit-gap workshops, process blueprinting, and produce functional design documents. - Integrate SAP FICO with SD, MM, HR/Payroll, PP, and PS modules. - Design chart of accounts, financial statement versions, and fiscal year variants for global deployments. - Manage period-end closing activities: depreciation runs, revaluation, accruals, and reconciliation. - Implement document splitting, parallel ledgers, and multi-currency accounting. - Support tax configuration: GST, VAT, withholding tax, and tax reporting. - Oversee data migration of financial master data and open items using LSMW, BAPI, or Migration Cockpit. - Coordinate with ABAP teams for custom reports, enhancements (BADIs/user exits), and interfaces. - Drive UAT, resolve issues, and ensure successful go-live and hypercare. - Mentor junior consultants and build internal capability. - Maintain solution documentation, training materials, and operational runbooks. Required Qualifications & Skills: - 10+ years of SAP FICO functional consulting experience. - Minimum 3 full-lifecycle SAP implementations (S/4HANA preferred). - Deep expertise in New GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, and multi-ledger architecture. - Strong Controlling background: CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PA, and Product Costing. - Hands-on S/4HANA Finance experience including Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and Central Finance. - Experience with SAP Activate methodology and project governance. - Working knowledge of ABAP debugging for issue resolution. - Familiarity with financial regulations: IFRS, GAAP, GST, VAT, and local statutory reporting. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills. - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting (preferred). Nice-to-Have: - Experience with SAP Group Reporting, BPC, or SAC for financial consolidation and planning. - Exposure to SAP Treasury & Risk Management (TRM) or In-House Cash (IHC). - Knowledge of SAP Revenue Accounting & Reporting (RAR / IFRS 15 / 16). - Familiarity with SAP Fiori apps for Finance. - Global rollout experience with multi-country, multi-currency deployments. Education: - Bachelor degree or Master degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, CA/CPA, or a related field. - SAP Certification in FI / CO / S/4HANA Finance is an added advantage.