S​/HANA Finance Functional Lead

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HANA Finance Functional Lead role at Genesis Consulting Partners, LLC
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Job Type: Full-Time

Job Location:

Hybrid in Houston, TX

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4

HANA Finance Functional Lead to drive the finance transformation of a public sector organization migrating from SAP ECC to SAP S/4

HANA using RISE with SAP Private Cloud. This role will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and optimization of the SAP S/4

HANA Finance module, ensuring alignment with public sector accounting, compliance, and reporting standards. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in SAP S/4

HANA Finance, a strong understanding of RISE with SAP, and experience guiding public sector organizations through complex ERP migrations.

• Lead the SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance (FI/CO) workstream, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Controlling (CO), Funds Management (FM), and Public Sector-specific financial processes.
• Provide strategic guidance on best practices for SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance in a public sector environment, ensuring compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements.
• Assess current ECC system configurations, analyze business requirements, and design the SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance solution to meet future-state needs.
• Drive Fit-to-Standard workshops to identify gaps, propose enhancements, and minimize customizations.
• Work closely with technical teams on SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform), integration strategies (SAP Fiori, SAP Central Finance, APIs, and other middleware solutions).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and SAP partners to ensure a smooth transition and alignment with RISE with SAP Private Cloud deployment best practices.
• Support data migration activities, ensuring financial data integrity and validation.
• Conduct system testing, user training, and hyper care support post go-live.
• Provide thought leadership on SAP S/4
  
  HANA innovations such as Universal Journal, Group Reporting, Embedded Analytics, and AI/ML-driven finance automation.

• 10+ years of SAP Finance experience, with a focus on SAP ECC and SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance.
• Proven experience in leading at least one end-to-end SAP ECC to S/4
  
  HANA migration, preferably in a public sector environment.
• Strong knowledge of RISE with SAP Private Cloud, including its architecture, deployment options, and integration strategies.
• Expertise in Public Sector Accounting, Funds Management (FM), and Government Financial Reporting (GFR) is a plus.
• Experience with SAP Activate Methodology and Agile project delivery.
• Familiarity with SAP Fiori-based UX, embedded analytics, and SAP Central Finance is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Transit Industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Treasury and Risk Management (TRM) and Public Sector Budgeting.
• Knowledge of SAP Business Workflow, Taxation, and Cash Management.
• Hands-on experience with SAP BW/4
  
  HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or SAP BPC for financial planning and reporting.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance certification a plus.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Finance and Sales
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting