Job Title:  Senior Consultant | SAP FICO | Bengaluru | SAP | DSA Auto and Auto Components

Sr Team Lead | Enterprise Technology & Performance- SAP | SAP FICO

Location:  Bengaluru 

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Your work profile

We are looking for an experienced Senior Consultant – SAP FICO with 6–9 years of experience in SAP Finance and Controlling. The ideal candidate should have strong functional expertise in SAP FI and CO, experience in SAP implementation, configuration, enhancement, and support projects, and the ability to translate business requirements into effective SAP solutions.

The candidate will work closely with finance stakeholders, business users, and cross-functional SAP teams to deliver high-quality solutions, optimize financial processes, and ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.

Key skills required

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional specifications and SAP solutions.
• Configure and support SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) modules.
• Work on SAP FI submodules, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), and Bank Accounting.
• Configure and support Controlling processes, including Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting, and product costing, as applicable.
• Handle business processes related to general ledger accounting, vendor payments, customer receipts, asset management, and financial closing.
• Support integration between SAP FICO and other modules, including MM, SD, PP, and HR, as applicable.
• Participate in requirement gathering, business process analysis, fit-gap analysis, solution design, and configuration.
• Prepare functional specifications for reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, and workflows in coordination with technical teams.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, financial reconciliations, and reporting requirements.
• Troubleshoot functional issues, perform root-cause analysis, and resolve incidents within agreed service levels.
• Conduct unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Prepare functional documentation, configuration documents, test scripts, and end-user training materials.
• Participate in SAP implementation, rollout, upgrade, migration, and application support projects.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of solutions.
• Provide guidance to junior consultants and contribute to process improvements and best practices.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP FICO configuration and support.
• Good knowledge of SAP FI components:General Ledger Accounting (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Bank Accounting and payment processing
• Experience in SAP CO components:Cost Center Accounting (CCA)
• Internal Orders
• Profit Center Accounting (PCA)
• Product Costing and cost allocation, as applicable
• Understanding of financial accounting principles and business processes.
• Experience with automatic account determination and integration with SAP MM and SD.
• Knowledge of tax configuration, payment terms, house banks, payment runs, and bank reconciliation processes.
• Experience in financial period-end closing, account reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Understanding of SAP master data, organizational structures, and configuration dependencies.
• Experience in preparing functional specifications and working with ABAP developers.
• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA Finance, including Business Partner, Universal Journal, and Fiori applications, is preferred.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 6–9 years of relevant SAP FICO functional consulting experience.
• Experience in at least one SAP implementation, rollout, or support project is preferred.
• Ability to independently manage complex functional requirements and deliver solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Good communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• SAP FICO certification is an added advantage.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation or migration projects.
• Knowledge of financial reporting, taxation, statutory compliance, and audit requirements.
• Exposure to integration with SAP MM, SD, PP, and other business functions.
• Familiarity with SAP Activate methodology and Agile project delivery.
• Experience in ticket management, incident resolution, and change management.
• Ability to mentor junior consultants and support knowledge-sharing activities.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timely and accurate delivery of configuration and functional requirements.
• Effective resolution of functional issues and production incidents.
• Successful execution of testing and implementation activities.
• Compliance with financial processes, controls, and business requirements.
• Quality of functional documentation and stakeholder communication.
• Adherence to project timelines and service-level agreements.
• Contribution to process standardization and continuous improvement.