SAP FI Solution Architect Functional Consultant (S/4HANA, CO Backup)

Own the financial backbone of SAP S/4HANA. In this role you combine solution architecture with hands-on functional consulting in SAP FI, taking financial processes from design and configuration through go-live and continuous improvement, and you act as backup for SAP CO so that finance and controlling keep running as one., * Act as solution architect and hands-on functional consultant for SAP FI in end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Finance implementations, rollouts and transformation projects in international environments

• Design and configure core financial accounting processes: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting and intercompany processing
• Own the financial closing processes, including period-end and year-end closing, reconciliations and foreign currency valuation, and support statutory and management reporting requirements
• Define and oversee financial interfaces and integrations, including electronic banking (payment runs, bank statements), tax solutions, eInvoicing and IDoc, XML and EDI, ensuring financial data integrity, compliance and system reliability
• Ensure seamless integration of FI with MM, SD and PP, including account determination, GR/IR and revenue postings, so that logistics transactions flow correctly into finance
• Act as backup for the SAP CO consultant, covering cost center and internal order accounting, product costing and profitability analysis, and supporting controlling during month-end closing and absences
• Act as a trusted advisor for finance stakeholders: lead fit-to-standard workshops, translate requirements into solution designs and functional specifications, and drive testing, data migration, cutover and hypercare
• Support productive finance systems during stabilization and contribute to S/4HANA Finance roadmaps, process harmonization and continuous improvement across international entities

• Extensive experience as an SAP FI consultant and solution architect, with a proven track record in multiple full-cycle SAP S/4HANA Finance implementations
• Deep hands-on configuration expertise in SAP FI: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting and intercompany processing
• Solid working knowledge of SAP CO, including cost center accounting, internal orders, product costing and margin analysis, sufficient to stand in for the CO consultant
• Strong understanding of financial closing processes, statutory and management reporting, and international accounting requirements

• Experience with cross-module integration between SAP FI, CO, MM, SD and PP and external financial systems, plus solid knowledge of data migration and master data structures

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Pronounced customer orientation and communication skills, combined with team spirit and assertiveness
• Experience in interacting with senior decision-makers
• Comfortable working in remote and distributed international project teams
• Excellent communication skills in English; German is a plus, but not mandatory