Job Title:  Consultant | SAP EPM: GR Consol | Chennai | Finance Transformation

SAP SAC GR – Consultant

Technical Skills:

•      3+ years of relevant consolidation solution implementation experience on SAP consolidation tools i.e. GR / BPC.

•           Knowledge of S/4HANA Group Reporting / BPC capabilities.

•              Experience and knowledge on consolidation life cycle set up in SAP GR / BPC like master data set up, data load from Source system to GR / BPC, Reclassifications, Currency Conversion, Inter-company eliminations, Data validations, Consolidation of Investment activities.

•           Understanding of SAP ICMR, GRDC and DM modules will be good add on.

•           Understanding of SAP finance data sets and how it is stored in SAP ECC, S/4HANA, S/4 Central Finance.

•           Extensive experience and knowledge of external reporting requirements, downstream reporting and analytics areas using SAP Bex Queries,         Analysis for Office, CDS views, BW Modelling tool etc.

•           Experience and knowledge in Financial Reporting.

•           Experience promoting changes to Production and associated methodology, including writing, and executing test plans.

Soft Skills:

•           Good Analytical skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills. Should be having enthusiasm and energy.

•           Very good awareness of entire software development life cycle processes and should also be good in visualizing and formulating process flow diagrams.

•           Strong English verbal and written skills

•           Strong organizational skills and eagerness to drive deliverable to closure

•           Self-starter and proactive, including managing deliverable, able to work independently, understanding timelines and deadlines with minimal guidance

•           Good finance functional skills are important:

o           Understanding of role of Management and Statutory Accounting

o           INDAS, USGAAP and IFRS Reporting Standards

o           Accounting and consolidation principles

Key Responsibilities

•           Requirements gathering and documentation in structured manner to drive Requirements Traceability Matrix.

•           Solution design for Consolidation and Finance Closing processes in S/4 Group Reporting / BPC based on requirements.

•           Support Project Management to develop and then deliver achievable Project Plan.

•           Deliver and manage delivery of technical solution to design.

•           Manage business and technology stakeholders.

Good to Have

•           Experience with S/4 HANA and associated data structures.

•           Experience with downstream reporting applications: Disclosure Management, BW data extraction and modeling in BW7.5 or BW/4HANA environments.

•           Experience with SAP Security functions.

•           Experience with full lifecycle implementations.

•           Experience with working on/developing custom Interfaces or enhancements.

•           Experience supporting SAP technical upgrades.

•           SAP certification.