SAP FICO Consultant in Vadodara

Job Description:

Position Overview

• We are seeking an experienced SAP FICO Consultant with 3-6 years of relevant experience in SAP Finance and Controlling modules.
• The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on experience in SAP FICO configuration, implementation, support, and business process optimization.
• The incumbent should have a sound understanding of financial accounting, controlling, asset accounting, cost management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking operations, and financial reporting.
• The candidate will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, finance teams, and IT teams to ensure seamless operation and continuous improvement of SAP financial processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• SAP Finance (FI):
• Configure and support SAP FI modules including: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Bank Accounting f. Financial Closing and Reporting
• Perform configuration and maintenance of: Company Codes, Chart of Accounts, Fiscal Year Variants, Posting Period Variants, Document Types, Tax Procedures
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial closing activities.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and statutory requirements.
• SAP Controlling (CO):
• Configure and support: Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Cost Element Accounting, Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
• Design and maintain cost allocation cycles, assessments, and distributions.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, planning, and variance analysis activities.
• Drive cost optimization and reporting initiatives through SAP CO functionalities.
• Asset Accounting:
• Configure and manage the complete asset lifecycle: Asset Acquisition, Asset Capitalization, Asset Transfers, Depreciation Processing
• Asset Retirement/Scrapping, Ensure proper integration of Asset Accounting with the General Ledger, Support fixed asset audits and statutory compliance requirements
• Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable:
• Configure and support vendor and customer accounting processes.
• To manage: Vendor Payments, Customer Billing, Credit Management, Dunning Processes, Payment Programs
• Resolve transactional and reconciliation issues related to AP and AR
• Banking & Reconciliation, Configure and support, Bank Master Data, Electronic Bank Statements, Automatic Payment Programs, House Bank Configuration
• Perform and Support: Bank Reconciliation, Cash Management Activities, Treasury-related integrations, Project & Support Activities
• Participate in: End-to-End SAP Implementations, Rollouts, Upgrades, Enhancements, Support Projects, Gather business requirements and translate them into SAP solutions
• Prepare functional specifications for developments, reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, and workflows
• Coordinate with ABAP, BASIS, MM, SD, PP, PS, and other SAP module teams.
• Conduct testing activities including: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, UAT Support

Education Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• SAP FICO Certification is preferred.
• Professional accounting qualifications such as CA, CMA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• 3 - 6 years of hands-on experience in SAP FICO.
• Experience in at least one full-cycle SAP implementation project.

Technical Competencies/Skills:

• SAP Modules such as SAP FI & SAP CO
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• General Ledger (GL)
• Bank Accounting
• Cost Center Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Profit Center Accounting
• Product Costing
• CO-PA
• SAP Knowledge
• SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA
• Financial Closing Processes
• Electronic Bank Statements
• Automatic Payment Program (APP)
• Financial Reporting
• Integration with MM, SD, PP, PM, PS, and HR modules