SAP FICO Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico.

📋 Description

• Facilitate requirements workshops that involve finance, controlling, and tax stakeholders.

• Identify solutions that are in line with business goals.

• Design and configure FI and CO processes, encompassing General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profitability Analysis, Internal Orders, and Product Costing.

• Create and validate comprehensive integration scenarios between FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, and external systems.

• Generate functional specifications for enhancements, interfaces, and reports.

• Collaborate with ABAP and technical teams throughout build and transport phases.

• Spearhead data migration strategies and execution for both master and transactional data.

• Manage data mapping, cleansing, LSMW/BDC/DTM/IDoc, and advanced ETL techniques.

• Lead unit, integration, regression, and UAT testing efforts.

• Develop test plans and ensure the quality of deliverables.

• Supervise go-live planning and provide hypercare support.

• Address complex production incidents and conduct root cause analysis.

• Ensure that finance process design complies with Colombian statutory, tax, and reporting regulations.

• Provide oversight for change control, release management, and documentation.

• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level FICO consultants.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least nine (9) years of hands-on, demonstrable SAP FICO experience in implementations, rollouts, or large-scale support projects.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

• Comprehensive knowledge of FI modules: GL, AP, AR, AA, and Banks.

• Extensive knowledge of CO modules: CCA, Internal Orders, Product Costing, and COPA.

• Experience with data migration and integration technologies, including IDoc, BAPI, APIs, and reporting solutions.

• Strong grasp of business finance processes, month-end close activities, reconciliations, and internal control measures.

• Willingness to work during after-hours for periodic month-end closings, go-lives, and critical support periods.

• Familiarity with Colombian statutory, tax, and reporting obligations, including VAT, withholding tax, e-invoicing, and DIAN compliance.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Advanced proficiency in oral English.

• Advanced proficiency in Spanish.

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation is highly desirable; strong ECC experience is acceptable.

• SAP certification in FI, CO, or S/4HANA Finance is preferred.

• Knowledge of tax and electronic invoicing regulations in Colombia and Latin America is advantageous.

• Familiarity with Central Finance, Financial Closing Cockpit, or SAP Fiori finance applications is preferred.

• Basic knowledge of SAP BW, SAC, S/4HANA embedded analytics, and SQL is desirable.

• Experience with Agile/SAP Activate methodology and DevOps practices is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for continuous learning.

• Involvement in complex, high-impact projects.

• Professional growth and development through world-class project experiences.

• International collaboration within a global network of expertise.

• Fully remote work arrangement.