SAP FICO Senior Consultant (US Citizen or Perm Resident req)

Description

• Bachelor's degree or Master’s in Commerce, Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, MBA (Finance or equivalent) or a related field.
• 6-10 years of hands-on experience as a FICO Lead Consultant in SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules, including configuration, customization, and integration with other SAP modules.
• Good understanding of SAP PM (Plant Maintenance), PS (Project System), FI-MM (Materials Management) and FM (Funds Management) integration.
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles, processes, and best practices.
• SAP certification(s) in FICO modules is highly desirable.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance is a plus.

• Lead end-to-end SAP FICO Support projects, including gathering business requirements, designing solutions, configuring systems, and overseeing testing and deployment.
• Provide expert guidance and support for SAP FICO module enhancements, upgrades, and integrations with other SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for all FICO-related issues, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Conduct workshops, training sessions, and knowledge transfer sessions to empower end-users and support teams.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand financial processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and recommend SAP FICO solutions.
• Stay current with SAP best practices, industry trends, and upcoming releases to recommend innovative solutions.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to communicate with others clearly and concisely.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suites including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Understands 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 touch points between modules.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication 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 for client engagements.
• Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.

• Seeks ways to increase the project team effectiveness.
• Works well as a member of a team.
• Seeking ways to increase their level of contribution and therefore team effectiveness.

• Assists the project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.
• Assist 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, and complies with all administrative responsibilities in a timely & effective manner.
• Keeps project management apprised of project direction and client concerns.
• Analyzes and develops reliable solutions which comply with specifications and standards, executes system test.
• Understands SAP methodologies, tools, standards, and techniques.
• Understands client’s business and technical environments.
• Completes project documentation, demonstrates effective organizational skills, with minimal supervision.
• Meets quality standards, correctly prioritizes own activities in accordance with project plan and budget.
• Provides project team leaders with updates on the progress and difficulties encountered, and provides value-added insight and understanding.
• Demonstrates the ability to accomplish project assignments resulting in quality service.

20% travel required.