SAP CoE FICO Lead

• Lead and own SAP FICO (FI + CO) within the SAP CoE
• Act as senior functional authority in business discussions, incidents, and change
• Line-manage and develop a small onshore/offshore FI team, ensuring service quality and SLAs
• Drive Record-to-Report (R2R) best-practice process design, including:

• Fixed Assets
• Intercompany
• Project Accounting
• Period-end close and consolidation

• Oversee and support month-end finance processes (strong Controlling focus)
• Partner closely with Finance, Retail Operations, Global Process Owners, SMEs, and Technology
• Analyse incident trends and lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead analysis, design, testing, and documentation of system enhancements
• Support strategic roadmap initiatives including:

• Migrating custom developments to SAP BTP
• Assessing and implementing next-generation digital finance tools

• Collaborate with other SAP CoE workstreams (e.g. MM, SD)

Core Experience

• 5+ years SAP FICO experience
• Minimum 3 end-to-end SAP implementations

• At least 2 within SAP FICO
• Preferably in a lead role

• 2+ years supporting BAU SAP environments
• Hands-on SAP S/4HANA experience (upgrade or greenfield)
• Retail sector experience preferred

Functional Expertise

• New GL, AR, Banking, Asset Accounting
• Cost Center, Profit Center, COPA, Product Costing
• Project System, Results Analysis, Unsettled Costs
• Month-end close and R2R processes
• Cross-module knowledge (MM / SD)
• Interfaces and third-party integrations
• Functional specifications and business change delivery

Leadership & Attributes

• Senior stakeholder management capability (business & IT)
• Strong sense of accountability and delivery ownership
• Confident influencing and decision-making skills
• Calm, resilient, and effective under pressure
• Proactive, improvement-driven mindset
• Thrives in fast-paced, evolving organisations

A rapidly growing, multi-country retail organisation has recently upgraded its back-office systems to SAP S/4HANA and established a SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE) to support and continuously optimise the platform.