Job Title:  Manager | SAP FICO | Kolkata | SAP | DSA Oil, Gas and Utilities

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SAP FICO + Tosca Manager – SAP S/4HANA Finance Transformation

Experience: 10+ Years

Your work profile

• Lead the Finance workstream for large-scale SAP S/4HANA Greenfield transformation programs.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives leveraging SAP best practices, fit-to-standard methodologies, and SAP Activate framework.
• Own solution architecture, process design, and governance for Finance and Controlling processes.
• Partner with Finance leadership, business stakeholders, and project sponsors to define business requirements and transformation objectives.
• Lead fit-to-standard workshops, solution design sessions, and executive-level discussions.
• Define implementation strategy, delivery roadmap, project governance, and deployment approach.
• Manage functional consulting teams, resource allocation, project planning, and delivery execution.
• Ensure high-quality design, configuration, testing, deployment, and business readiness activities across the Finance workstream.
• Oversee integrations between SAP Finance and related modules including MM, SD, PS, PM, Treasury, SuccessFactors, and external applications.
• Lead data migration, reconciliation, cutover planning, and transition activities to ensure successful program delivery.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, escalations, and governance reporting while driving issue resolution.
• Provide leadership during Go-Live, Hypercare, stabilization, and post-implementation support phases.
• Support organizational change management, user adoption, training, and business readiness initiatives.
• Mentor, coach, and develop consultants and senior consultants while establishing delivery excellence standards.

Key skills required

• SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO)
• SAP FICO Solution Architecture
• Record-to-Report (R2R)
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
• Order-to-Cash (O2C)
• Fixed Asset Accounting
• Costing & Product Costing
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
• Financial Closing & Reporting
• Universal Journal
• Group Reporting
• Financial Planning & Analysis Integration
• SAP Activate Methodology
• Greenfield SAP S/4HANA Implementations
• Fit-to-Standard Workshops
• Data Migration & Reconciliation
• Cutover Planning & Hypercare Support
• Functional Design & Configuration
• Integration with MM, SD, PS, PM, Treasury, and SuccessFactors
• Functional Specifications (RICEFW)
• Testing Management (SIT/UAT)
• Program Delivery & Governance
• Stakeholder & Executive Management
• Team Leadership & Mentoring

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• MBA (Finance), CA, CMA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification preferred.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Minimum three full-cycle SAP implementations, including at least one SAP S/4HANA Greenfield implementation.
• Experience leading large-scale Finance transformation and ERP modernization programs.
• Exposure to global SAP transformation programs and multi-country deployments.
• Experience with SAP Central Finance (CFIN), Treasury, Group Reporting, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and SAC Planning.
• Knowledge of advanced SAP S/4HANA Finance innovations and reporting capabilities.
• Prior consulting experience with Big Four firms or leading SAP System Integrators.
• Experience managing onsite/offshore delivery teams across multiple geographies.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, project governance frameworks, and transformation management.