SAP FICO Architect

Role- SAP FICO Architect

Location- Union Beach, NJ

FTE

Job Description


Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Strong hands-on experience in ->
• General Ledger (GL) - including New GL, parallel ledgers, Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR),Asset Accounting (AA), Bank Accounting & Cash Management, Controlling (CO)
• Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA)
• Internal Orders, Product Costing (PC), Profitability Analysis (COPA - Costing & Account-based),
• LSMW / LTMC / Migration Cockpit, Data cleansing and reconciliation
• Treasury & Risk Management (TRM)
• FSCM (Collections, Dispute, Credit Management)
• SAP Ariba / Concur integration
• Hands-on experience integrating FICO with MM (Procure-to-Pay cycle), SD (Order-to-Cash), PP (Manufacturing / Costing integration), SuccessFactors / HR Payroll (optional but valuable)
• Strong understanding of Accounting principles (GAAP / IFRS), Financial closing processes, Financial reporting and compliance ,Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
• Business Partner integration (BP), New Asset Accounting in S/4
• Experience with & Working knowledge of->
• Period-end and year-end closing,
• Taxation basics (VAT, GST depending on region),
• S/4HANA implementation or conversion (Brownfield/Greenfield),
• Central Finance / Finance Transformation projects,
• Fiori apps for finance,
• Legacy system data mapping to SAP
• SAP Fiori reporting
• Financial statements (Balance Sheet, P&L),
• Drill-down and real-time reporting,
• Group Reporting (S/4)
• ABAP debugging (basic level)
• IDocs / Interfaces / APIs
• Batch jobs & background processing
• Design end-to-end finance solution architecture
• Define system landscape and data flow
• Create functional specifications (FS) and solution designs
• Relevant SAP FICO certifications would be add on


Roles & Responsibilities
• Collaborate with client SME, Finance leaders, Business stakeholders
• Design end-to-end SAP Finance (FICO) solutions aligned with business goals
• Define system architecture, data models, and financial processes
• Cr eate blueprints and functional solution designs
• Establish global templates for multi-country implementations
• Lead full lifecycle implementations (Greenfield, Brownfield, Rollouts)
• Oversee configuration of:
• GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting
• Costing & Controlling (CO modules)
• Ensure solutions follow SAP best practices and standards
• Drive or support S/4HANA migration/conversion projects
• Implement key S/4 features:
• Universal Journal,New Asset Accounting,Fiori-based finance processes
• Enable finance transformation initiatives (Central Finance, automation)
• Coordinate with technical teams
• Conduct workshops, requirement gathering, and solution presentations
• Translate business needs into technical/functional solutions
• Lead and mentor SAP FICO consultants and analysts
• Review deliverables and ensure quality standards
• Financial Process Optimization, Financial closing processes
• Reporting cycles, Cost management processes
• Drive automation and efficiency improvements
• Data Migration & Validation, Design financial reports:
• Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cost reports
• Resolve complex functional and integration issues