SAP S​/4HANA Consultant, Houston, TX (5 days on-site required) (IK

Job Description

Role: SAP S/4

HANA Consultant

Location:

Houston, TX (5 days on‑site required)

Duration: 6 months (extension possible)

Industry: Public Sector / Transit Authority

Reporting to:
Engagement Lead; functional alignment with client.

Position: SAP MM / FICO Consultant with Public Sector Grants Management

Location:

Houston, TX – 5 days onsite presence required.

The client is embarking on its SAP S/4

HANA transformation journey, migrating from a legacy SAP ECC landscape that includes SAP SRM.

The new S/4

HANA solution will consolidate procurement functionality into S/4

HANA Sourcing & Procurement, integrated with SAP Ariba for sourcing, contracts, and supplier collaboration.

A core part of the program is the modernization of Public Sector Grants Management to support the agency’s federal and state grant lifecycle, including FTA (Federal Transit Administration) funding.

Client is seeking an experienced SAP MM / FICO Consultant with Public Sector Grants Management expertise to join the implementation team. The consultant will lead functional design, configuration, and delivery across procurement, finance, controlling, and grants management work streams, partnering closely with the client and the GSI prime.

• Lead design and configuration of SAP MM in S/4
  
  HANA:
  Materials Management, Procurement, Inventory Management, Logistics Invoice Verification, and Source Determination.
• Configure SAP FICO across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, new Asset Accounting (FI-AA), Bank Accounting, and Controlling (CCA, PCA, Internal Orders, Product Costing where applicable).
• Configure Public Sector Management – Grants Management (PSM-GM) and the integration with Funds Management (FM), Funds Reservation, and Budget Control System (BCS).
• Design grant master data, sponsored programs, sponsored classes, budget structures, billing rules, and revenue recognition aligned with federal grant compliance (FTA, Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200).

• Lead functional analysis and process mapping of legacy SAP SRM scenarios (shopping carts, contracts, RFx, supplier collaboration) into the target S/4
  
  HANA Sourcing & Procurement and SAP Ariba footprint.
• Conduct fit-gap analysis, identify Clean Core opportunities, and document target‑state process flows.
• Define the strategy for catalog content, contract management, and operational procurement flows in the post‑SRM landscape.

• Define and validate integration scenarios between S/4
  
  HANA and SAP Ariba (Sourcing, Contracts, Buying & Invoicing, Ariba Network) via Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) or SAP Integration Suite.
• Partner with integration and technical teams on iFlow design, error handling, and reconciliation across PO, GR, invoice, and payment flows.
• Drive end-to-end testing of procure-to-pay scenarios between S/4
  
  HANA and Ariba.

• Conduct discovery and design workshops with business stakeholders; document business requirements and produce functional specifications.
• Author configuration rationale documents (CRDs), functional specifications (FSDs), test scripts, cutover plans, and hypercare runbooks.
• Support data migration activities including Business Partner conversion, master data harmonization, and open document migration (open POs, open invoices, open grants, open commitments).
• Lead UAT facilitation, training enablement, and hypercare support post go‑live.

• 10+ years of total SAP consulting experience, including at least 2 full‑life‑cycle SAP implementations and at least 1 S/4
  
  HANA implementation (Greenfield, Brownfield, or Selective Data Transition).
• Hands‑on configuration experience across SAP MM and SAP FICO in both ECC and S/4
  
  HANA environments.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience with SAP Public Sector Management – Grants Management (PSM‑GM) and Funds Management (FM).
• Prior experience with SAP SRM (Classic, Extended Classic, or Standalone) and demonstrated experience with SRM‑to‑S/4
  
  HANA or SRM‑to‑Ariba transitions.
• Demonstrated experience with SAP Ariba integration to S/4
  
  HANA (Sourcing, Contracts, Buying & Invoicing, Network).
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