Business Services Tech-Level 2 - Experienced

Position: Business Services Tech-Level 2 - Experienced (6 - 10 Years)
Senior SAP Functional Consultant FICO / Accounts Payable (AP)  Client is seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Functional Consultant FICO / Accounts Payable (AP) to lead and deliver complex SAP financial solutions across ECC and S/4

HANA platforms. This role requires deep functional expertise in SAP FICO/AP, strong hands on configuration experience, and proven ability to drive end to end delivery of enterprise scale financial initiatives in a regulated environment. The ideal candidate will operate as a trusted SAP functional lead, partnering closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership to ensure solution integrity, process excellence, and successful program execution.

Key Responsibilities
Provide senior level SAP FI/CO and Accounts Payable functional leadership across SAP ECC and S/4

HANA programs, ensuring high quality, on time delivery of ERP initiatives.
Lead business requirements gathering, process analysis, and solution design; author comprehensive functional specification documents aligned to business and technical standards.
Design, manage, and govern WRICEF objects (Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Forms) in collaboration with development teams.
Own and execute end to end functional testing including FUT, regression testing, and support data readiness for SIT and UAT cycles.
Drive defect management within the AP domain, including prioritization, root cause analysis, resolution coordination, and mentoring of junior consultants.
Proactively identify, assess, and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies, providing clear recommendations to leadership for timely resolution.
Partner effectively with onshore and offshore development teams, delivering detailed functional designs, business scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
Plan, track, and manage assigned work using Agile delivery methodologies, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget commitments are met.
Maintain deep and current knowledge of SAP FI/CO, AP, and related financial processes, including new capabilities, enhancements, and best practices.
Collaborate with cross functional business stakeholders to prioritize demand, manage change, coordinate testing activities, and support organizational readiness.
Support planning, configuration, testing, and production deployment of SAP financial solutions impacting multiple business functions and upstream/downstream integrations.
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; CPA and/or MBA strongly preferred.
6+ years of SAP FICO functional experience with demonstrated expertise in: o FI General Ledger (FI GL) o Accounts Payable (AP) o Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV) o Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) o Third party application integrations
23 full lifecycle SAP implementations (ECC and/or S/4

HANA).
35 years of hands on SAP ECC 6.0 configuration experience supporting production financial systems.
Strong SAP integration experience with: o Materials Management (MM) o Sales and Distribution (SD)
Experience integrating SAP with external tax solutions (Sabrix).

Experience with Open Text Read Soft / Kofax document capture and invoice processing solutions strongly preferred.
Prior experience supporting or delivering ECC to S/4

HANA conversions highly desired.
Exposure to EDI, BI, SAP Portal, and related enterprise integrations preferred.
Proven experience working in Agile delivery environments, including tools such as Atlassian Jira.
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