SAP S/4 HANA Finance Application Expert

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is rolling out SAP S/4 HANA across the Division which will enable and support its business expansion strategy in line with the new operating business model.

PRIMARY JOB PURPOSE 

The SAP S/4HANA FICO Regional Application Consultant is responsible for supporting and deploying SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) solutions across the Americas region. Working within an established global SAP template and governance model, this role will support Finance operations, lead regional rollout activities, deliver approved enhancements, and drive adoption of standardized financial processes.

The successful candidate will partner with Finance stakeholders, project teams, and the Global SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE) to provide production support, continuous improvement, and rollout execution while ensuring alignment with global standards, approved templates, and SAP best practices.

KEY POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Serve as the primary SAP FICO functional consultant supporting Finance business users across the Americas region.
• Act as the primary point of contact for SAP FICO production support, incident resolution, service requests, and operational stabilization activities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand business requirements and assess alignment with approved global template capabilities.
• Ensure all solutions, enhancements, and process recommendations comply with approved global SAP templates, standards, and governance policies.
• Configure and support SAP FICO processes including:
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting (AA)
• Bank Accounting
• Cash Management
• Electronic Bank Statement (EBS)
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Product Costing
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
• Recommend standard SAP solutions aligned with global template standards while minimizing custom developments and regional deviations.
• Create and maintain functional specifications for WRICEF (Workflow, Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, Forms) objects.
• Work closely with technical teams to design, test, and deploy enhancements, reports, interfaces, workflows, and forms.
• Support configuration, system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), data migration, cutover, go-live, and hypercare activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between Finance and other SAP modules including SD, MM, PP, EWM, and related business processes.
• Support Finance master data activities including chart of accounts, cost centres, profit centres, banks, and business partners.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents, service requests, and change requests in accordance with agreed service levels.
• Support month-end and year-end financial closing activities by ensuring system availability and timely issue resolution.
• Drive root cause analysis and reduction of recurring incidents through process improvements, knowledge sharing, and proactive support activities.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process efficiency, controls, and user experience.
• Collaborate with the Global SAP CoE to evaluate enhancement requests, support process standardization, and ensure compliance with governance processes.

GOVERNANCE & DECISION AUTHORITY

• Operate within the governance framework established by the Global SAP CoE.
• Global process ownership, template ownership, and solution design authority remain with the Global SAP CoE.
• This role may recommend improvements and provide business impact assessments but is not responsible for approving regional process deviations or template changes.
• Requests for process changes, template deviations, or new solution capabilities must follow established SAP CoE governance and approval processes.
• Support business stakeholders in adopting approved global standards and minimizing regional customizations.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5-7 years of SAP FICO consulting, support, and solution delivery experience.
• Minimum 1 full lifecycle SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA implementations, rollouts, or major enhancement projects.
• Strong hands-on SAP FICO configuration experience covering:
• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Asset Accounting
• Cost Centre Accounting
• Profit Centre Accounting
• Internal Orders
• Cash Management
• Electronic Bank Statement (EBS)
• Financial Closing Processes
• Strong understanding of Financial Accounting and Controlling processes.
• Strong integration knowledge across:
• FI-SD (Order-to-Cash)
• FI-MM (Procure-to-Pay)
• FI-PP (Manufacturing Costing)
• Experience creating functional specifications for reports, interfaces, enhancements, workflows, forms, and conversions.
• Experience with testing, data migration, cutover planning, deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Experience supporting production environments, incident management, and change request delivery.
• Experience working within a globally governed SAP environment utilizing standardized templates and processes.
• Demonstrated ability to balance production support, continuous improvement, and rollout activities.
• Proven experience driving adoption of standardized business processes across regional business units.
• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori applications.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities, projects, and support activities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• SAP Certified Application Associate – Financial Accounting with SAP S/4HANA.
• Experience with S/4HANA Finance implementations, rollouts, or transformation programs.
• Experience with:
• Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• Document Splitting
• Parallel Accounting
• Group Reporting
• Central Finance
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori, Embedded Analytics, and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• Experience supporting Finance processes within manufacturing, industrial products, consumer products, or distribution environments.
• Familiarity with Treasury, Cash Forecasting, and Advanced Cash Management capabilities.
• Basic ABAP debugging knowledge and familiarity with enhancement frameworks.
• Experience working with distributed global teams and offshore delivery models.

WORK ENVIRONMENT FACTORS

• Office-based / Remote with occasional international travel.
• Health and Safety accountability requirements apply.
• Working hours primarily aligned to the US Central Time Zone (CST), with flexibility to support APAC and European business requirements on an as-needed basis.

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