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

- **Company:** CROWDCONSULTANTS
- **Location:** Linz, Austria (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** System Configuration, Data Migration, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Online Banking, IDoc, SAP CO, SAP FI, SAP Sales and Distribution, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Reliability of Systems, SAP S/4HANA, Data Management
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.xing.com/jobs/linz-sap-fi-solution-architect-functional-consultant-4hana-backup-158185096

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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


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