We are seeking a Senior SAP S/4HANA FICO Consultant with broad, hands-on expertise across Finance and Controlling for our client in Toronto area. The role will contribute to the design, configuration, enhancement and support of an enterprise SAP S/4HANA environment, working with Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, operations and technology stakeholders. The successful candidate will bring strong end-to-end FI/CO capability, translate business requirements into scalable solutions, and support initiatives from solution design and testing through deployment and ongoing optimization.
Experience with manufacturing finance, Product Costing, SAP Project System and RE-FX / Lease Accounting will be particularly valuable.
Key Responsibilities
SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
- Lead the design, configuration, enhancement and support of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting and Bank Accounting in SAP S/4HANA.
- Support financial close, intercompany processing, tax configuration, statutory reporting and finance process improvements.
- Apply strong knowledge of the Universal Journal (ACDOCA), New Asset Accounting and Business Partner functionality.
- Ensure reliable integration between FI/CO and MM, SD, PP / PP-PI and QM, including account determination (OBYC), valuation and financial postings.
- Analyze complex business requirements, identify solution options and recommend sustainable SAP standard approaches.
Management Accounting & Controlling (CO)
- Configure and support Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Activity Types, Profit Center Accounting and allocations.
- Configure and support Margin Analysis (CO-PA) within the Universal Journal for profitability reporting.
- Support planning, forecasting, management reporting and month-end and year-end controlling close activities.
- Investigate and resolve FI/CO integration, settlement, allocation and reporting issues.
- Partner with Finance and operational stakeholders to improve controls, transparency and process efficiency.
Project Delivery & Solution Leadership
- Lead requirements workshops, fit-gap analysis and solution design, and prepare clear functional specifications.
- Partner with ABAP, Fiori, data and integration teams on enhancements and custom developments (RICEFW).
- Plan and execute unit, integration and user acceptance testing, and support cutover, migration and stabilization activities.
- Provide functional leadership, mentor junior team members and share knowledge with business users and support teams.
- Manage incidents, service requests and enhancements within agreed priorities and service commitments.
Project System & Lease Accounting (Desirable)
- Configure and support WBS elements, networks, project budgeting, results analysis and settlement.
- Support capital-project settlement to Assets Under Construction and integration with Investment Management, Asset Accounting and procurement.
- Configure and support RE-FX contract management and IFRS 16 / ASC 842 lease-accounting processes.
Product Costing & Manufacturing Controlling
- Support Product Cost Planning, Cost Object Controlling, Material Ledger and Actual Costing in SAP S/4HANA.
- Configure costing variants, costing sheets, overhead calculations, valuation variants and cost component structures.
- Support standard cost estimates, cost releases and mass costing, including CK11N and CK40N.
- Support production-order and process-order costing, WIP, variance analysis, settlement and period-end close, including CKMLCP.
- Apply manufacturing-costing knowledge to joint production, co-products, by-products, multi-currency and multi-valuation scenarios.
Qualifications
REQUIRED
PREFERRED / DESIRABLE
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems or a related field.
- 10+ years of SAP FI/CO experience, including significant hands-on work in SAP S/4HANA environments.
- Broad functional capability across core FI and CO processes, configuration, integration, close and reporting.
- Strong knowledge of ACDOCA, New Asset Accounting, Business Partner, Margin Analysis, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders and Profit Center Accounting.
- Solid integration knowledge across MM, SD and PP, with the ability to troubleshoot end-to-end financial postings and process issues.
- Experience leading requirements, solution design, functional specifications, testing, cutover and post-deployment support.
- Strong grounding in accounting, management reporting and financial controls.
- Excellent communication and the ability to translate business needs into scalable SAP solutions.
- Professional accounting designation such as CPA, CMA, CA or equivalent.
- Experience in process manufacturing or another asset-intensive industry.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Project System, Investment Management or capital-project accounting.
- Experience with SAP RE-FX / Lease Accounting and IFRS 16 / ASC 842 compliance.
- Strong Product Costing experience, including standard costing, WIP, variances, settlement, Material Ledger and Actual Costing.
- PP-PI experience in a process-manufacturing environment.
- SAP certification in S/4HANA Finance and/or Management Accounting.
- Familiarity with SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud, Group Reporting, Central Finance, SAP Activate or Cloud ALM.
Pay: $100.00-$150.00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON (York District)
