SAP Finance Consultant; FICO

We are seeking an experienced SAP Finance Team Lead (FI/CO) to lead Finance & Controlling work streams across SAP and transformation projects. The role is responsible for solution design, configuration, localization, cross-functional integration, and delivery leadership while ensuring compliance with regulations and IFRS standards. You will act as the primary advisor to Finance stakeholders and lead a team of SAP FI/CO consultants throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP FI/CO work streams across SAP implementation, rollout, and transformation projects.
• Conduct Fit-to-Standard and Fit-Gap workshops, define solution architecture, and produce functional design documentation.
• Configure SAP FI/CO modules and oversee integration with MM, SD, PP, HR/Payroll, Treasury, and other business functions.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, ZATCA regulations, VAT, WHT, and statutory financial reporting requirements.
• Lead Finance testing activities, including SIT, UAT, cutover planning, data migration, opening balances, and Hyper Card support.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, quality assurance, and workstream governance.
• Coach and mentor SAP FI/CO consultants while ensuring knowledge transfer and delivery excellence.
• Collaborate with Finance executives, business stakeholders, auditors, and cross-functional teams to deliver business-focused SAP solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement, solution optimization, and SAP Finance best practices across client engagements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related.
• Professional certifications such as SAP Certified Application Associate.
• +7 years of experience in SAP Finance (FI/CO).

Job-Specific Skills

• SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance (FI/CO)
• General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting & Cash Management
• Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, CO-PA & Profitability Analysis
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA), Advanced Asset Accounting & Group Reporting
• SAP Treasury (TRM), Bank Communication Management (BCM), Advanced Financial Closing (AFC), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning
• SAP Fiori, SAP Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, Migration Cockpit (LTMC), Analysis for Office
• SAP Document & Reporting Compliance (DRC)
• Cross-Module Integration (MM, SD, PP, HR/Payroll)
• KSA Localization, ZATCA e-Invoicing, VAT, WHT, IFRS & Arabic Financial Reporting
• Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership & Executive Communication