SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant

The SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant will be responsible for the end-to-end rollout of a global SAP S/4HANA Finance template to Germany, ensuring full compliance with local statutory, legal, tax, and audit requirements. The role requires independent ownership of the Finance workstream, strong stakeholder management, and hands-on configuration experience across SAP S/4HANA Finance modules., The SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant will be responsible for the endtoend rollout

of a global SAP S/4HANA Finance template to Germany, ensuring full compliance

with local statutory, legal, tax, and audit requirements. The role requires

independent ownership of the Finance workstream, strong stakeholder

management, and handson configuration experience across SAP S/4HANA Finance

modules.

Key Responsibilities

SAP S/4HANA Finance Rollout

• Lead the endtoend Finance rollout from legacy SAP / local systems to a

global SAP S/4HANA template for the Germany entity

• Own the Finance workstream across Explore, Realize, Deploy, and

Hypercare phases

• Act as the primary point of contact for local German business stakeholders

Configuration & Solution Delivery

• Configure and support SAP S/4HANA Finance modules including:

o General Ledger (GL)

o Accounts Payable (AP)

o Accounts Receivable (AR)

o Asset Accounting (AA)

o Cash Management and Bank Accounting

• Ensure alignment to global template standards while addressing local

German requirements

Statutory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with German statutory accounting, VAT, local tax

regulations, and audit requirements

• Support local reporting, statutory close, and legal documentation

requirements

• Coordinate with tax, audit, and compliance stakeholders as required

FittoStandard & Workshops

• Conduct FittoStandard / FitGap workshops with business and global

template teams

• Identify, document, and manage gaps, including localization needs and

approved deviations

• Translate business requirements into SAP S/4HANA functional solutions

Testing, Cutover & GoLive

• Support and coordinate Unit Testing, SIT, and UAT for Finance processes

• Lead Financerelated cutover activities, including data validation and

reconciliation

• Provide golive and hypercare support, ensuring stabilization and issue

resolution

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Manage local business users, global template teams, and system

integrators

• Ensure clear communication, issue tracking, and timely escalation of risks and

dependencies

• Contribute to project governance, status reporting, and documentation

Do you have experience in Unit testing?, * 8+ years of SAP Finance experience, with handson SAP S/4HANA Finance

implementations

• Strong functional expertise in GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, and Cash

Management

• Proven experience in country rollouts or global template deployments

• Strong knowledge of German statutory accounting, VAT, and legal

requirements

• Experience conducting FittoStandard / FitGap workshops

• Exposure to SAP Activate methodology

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working on Germany specific SAP S/4HANA rollouts

• Experience in RISE with SAP or S/4HANA Cloud / Private Cloud

environments

• Exposure to integration with tax engines or external compliance tools

• SAP Finance certification (S/4HANA Finance preferred)

Key Competencies

• Ownership and accountability

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills

• Businessoriented mindset with attention to compliance

• Clear communication in both German and English