Senior SAP Finance Consultant (GL)

1 Month ago • 8-10 Years • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

LSI is seeking a Senior SAP Finance Consultant (GL) with 8-10 years of SAP experience, specifically in the public sector. The role requires expertise in S/4HANA finance modules, including GL, CO, FM, AP, AR, and AM, with a preference for ECC to S/4HANA migration experience. Responsibilities include leading project implementations, providing functional and configuration knowledge, designing SAP solutions, gathering user requirements, writing functional specifications, and coordinating with technical developers. The consultant will also be involved in testing, training, data conversions, and issue resolution, while ensuring the integrity of finance configurations. This role requires strong analytical, business, consulting, and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor junior consultants and manage project tasks effectively.
Must have:
  • 8-10 years of SAP experience
  • State government/Public Sector experience
  • S/4HANA finance expertise (GL, CO, FM, AP, AR, AM)
  • Intercompany accounting, RAR integration, Group Reporting
  • Specification writing skills
  • At least 5 full life-cycle implementations
  • At least one S/4HANA implementation
  • SAP Activate Methodology understanding
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
Good to have:
  • Migration experience from ECC to S/4HANA
  • Public Sector Accounting knowledge
  • Experience writing Reporting Functional Specifications with Public Sector clients
  • Microsoft Office suite proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
Perks:
  • This position may require some travel.

Job Details

LSI has been focusing strategically on SAP higher education and public sector implementation services and solutions over the last 27 years, starting with the first US higher education implementation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) and the first US government implementation at the City of Phoenix. Since 1998, LSI has developed a practice specifically working with government, higher education, research, and academic medical research organizations across North America. We have been involved with numerous higher education SAP application implementations, solution design, and ongoing support, maintenance, and advisory services. Twenty of twenty-two US Universities using SAP have been LSI clients. 

SAP Senior Finance Consultant (GL)
Migration experience preferred from ECC to S/4HANA.
 
SAP Experience
  • 8-10 years of SAP experience.
  • State government and/or Public Sector experience required.
SAP Skills
  • Must have excellent functional knowledge of S/4HANA finance subject matters: GL, CO, FM, AP, AR, AM, etc.
  • Must have Expertise in intercompany accounting, RAR integration, intercompany cost allocation and Group Reporting.
  • Must have the ability to drive reporting requirements with the FI functional team by interacting with those resources.
  • Must have the ability to understand existing blueprints and requirements documents.
  • Must have excellent specification writing skills.
  • Must have the ability to recognize when reporting requirements overlap within a subject matter for the purposes of report consolidation.
  • Experience writing Reporting Functional Specifications with Public Sector clients.
  • Be able to perform under pressure and a fast-paced project.
  • At least 5 full life-cycle implementation projects (from Blueprint/Explore through Go-Live).
  • At least one full-cycle S/4HANA implementation.
  • Understanding of SAP Activate Methodology.
  • Sound knowledge of configuration and master data, in GL, AP, AR, Asset accounting and Cash and Bank accounting including New GL accounting, document splitting and closing cockpit.
  • Sound knowledge of cost element, cost center, internal order, and has a working knowledge of profit center accounting.
Responsibilities 
  • Leads project implementations as a General Ledger Lead and understands integration to Funds Management and Grants Management modules following SAP ASAP or Activate Methodology standards.
  • Understands Public Sector Accounting and all the dependent master data objects required for financial reporting.
  • Provides specialist level functional and configuration knowledge in designing SAP solutions in the FI and CO modules. 
  • Should have sound knowledge of configuration and master data, in GL, AP, AR, Asset accounting and Cash and Bank accounting including New GL accounting, document splitting and closing cockpit.
  • Should have sound knowledge of cost element, cost center, internal order, and has a working knowledge of profit center accounting.
  • Understands configuration dependencies and interrelationships between separate functional modules of SAP and provide financial expertise into the definition and resolution of issues in this area with this knowledge.
  • Conducts or participates in user requirements gathering, blueprinting & documentation designs. Ensure compliance to existing, and development of required data and reporting standards.
  • Ensure the integrity of the finance configuration of the SAP system across multiple landscapes.
  • Leads workshops with customers to demonstrate and explain module functionality and best practice processes.
  • Assists customers improve business processes and documents changes required to SAP configuration settings to implement redesigned business processes.
  • Develops to-be design documentation for Master Data and Process designs.
  • Unit tests standard transactions and applications.
  • Develops functional specifications for Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Data Conversions, Enhancements and Forms.
  • Coordinates with technical developers to review specifications with customers, explain the design and obtain approval of specifications. 
  • Makes SAP configuration settings as required.
  • Unit tests standard transactions and applications.
  • Develops functional specifications for Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Data Conversions, Enhancements and Forms.
  • Coordinates with technical developers to review specifications with customers, explain the design and obtain approval of specifications. 
  • Assists developers by responding to questions and clarifications.
  • Assists customer develop test cases, test scripts and test plans.
  • Assists customer perform integration and acceptance testing.
  • Resolves defects and issues identified by customer in integration testing.
  • Assists training developers by providing conceptual content, exercise content and demonstration content. Reviews training materials for correct representation of SAP functionality.
  • Executes data conversions and provides data validation assistance to customer.
  • Assists customers anticipate, identify and resolve post go-live issues.
  • Updates all design, configuration and specification documentation and conducts a documentation walk through with customer.
  • Provides knowledge transfer to customer throughout the project.
  • Responsible for the management of module Scope. 
  • Identifies and logs issues and risks.
  • Establish clear expectations regarding status reporting, team communication and deliverable management. 
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior consultants and project team members.
  • Manages and provide oversight of team tasks. 
  • Reports to Functional lead. 
Business Skills 
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
  • Understanding of business processes for focus area or module.
  • Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Understands business functionality related to SAP module/application as well as can identify and understand touch points between modules.
  • Understands how to solve detailed SAP problems.
  • Understands and can explain best business practices, especially those that SAP enables.
Consulting Skills 
  • Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.  
  • Ability to explain ideas and concepts to other project team members and to client personnel.
  • Has a solid foundation for consulting “soft” skills necessary on client engagements.
  • Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.
  • Ability to identify upsell opportunities and assists in management of scope.
Supervision Skills 
  • Self-starter with ability to manage their own time and task in order to meet project milestones.
  • Manages their own / team task lists in order to meet project milestones.
  • Monitors team status and reports variances.
Leadership Skills 
  • Maintains positive working relationship with others.
  • Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution and team effectiveness.
  • Works in conjunction with peers.
  • May act as a mentor to other associate consultants.
  • Works well as a member of a team.
  • Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution / team effectiveness.
  • Works well as a leader of a team (motivates team).
  • Seeks ways to increase the team’s level of contribution / team effectiveness.
Personnel Development 
  • Further self-development of SAP skills and management skills.
General Skills/Tasks 
  • Can lead and focus project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.
  • Evaluates and designs application and/or technical architectures.
  • Leads team effort in developing solutions for projects.
  • Completes assignments within budget, meets project deadlines, makes and keeps sensible commitments to client and team.
  • Meets billing efficiency targets, complies with all administrative responsibilities in a timely and effective manner.
  • Keeps project management appraised of project direction and client concerns.
  • Understands client’s business and technical environments.
  • Regularly prepares status reports.

This position may require some travel. 

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