SAP FICO Consultant

Role Summary

We are looking for an SAP FICO Consultant to design, configure and support Finance and Controlling processes on SAP S/4HANA 2023. The role covers end-to-end finance processes, with a strong focus on Margin Analysis, and works closely with the business, other SAP modules and the technical team.

Key Responsibilities
• Gather business requirements, run fit-gap workshops and translate needs into SAP FI/CO solutions.
• Configure and support FI: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting and Bank Accounting.
• Configure and support CO: Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders and Product Costing.
• Design, configure and support Margin Analysis (account-based profitability in the Universal Journal): characteristics, derivation, valuation, settlement and profitability reporting.
• Support bank integration, the payment run (F110), electronic bank statements (MT940/CAMT.053) and automatic reconciliation.
• Handle integration with MM, SD and HR/payroll (account determination, payroll posting).
• Lead and support month-end and year-end closing activities.
• Write functional specifications for reports, interfaces, forms and enhancements, and work with ABAP developers to deliver them.
• Plan and run unit, integration (SIT) and user acceptance (UAT) testing.
• Prepare data migration templates and validate financial balances at cutover.
• Train key users and end users, and write user manuals and process documents.
• Provide post go-live support and solve incidents within the agreed SLAs.

Requirements
• 3 to 5 years of hands-on SAP experience in the role's area.
• Took part in at least 3 full end-to-end (E2E) SAP implementations: blueprint, build, testing, cutover, go-live and hyper care.
• Practical knowledge of SAP S/4HANA 2023 (SP03): its new features, simplification items and Fiori apps. SAP FICO Consultant – Page 1

Technical Skills
• Strong knowledge of the S/4HANA Universal Journal (ACDOCA), document splitting, parallel ledgers and Business Partner.
• Good knowledge of Margin Analysis in S/4HANA and its difference from costing-based CO-PA.
• Knowledge of New Asset Accounting, Bank Account Management and Cash Management.
• Familiar with Fiori apps for Finance and with embedded analytics.
• Knowledge of the S/4HANA 2023 finance simplification items.
• Awareness of SAP AI features for Finance, e.g., intelligent matching for cash application and GR/IR, and Joule in finance scenarios.

AI Knowledge
• Good working knowledge of AI and how it applies to SAP: SAP Business AI, Joule (SAP's AI copilot) and the AI features built into S/4HANA and SuccessFactors.
• Uses generative AI tools (e.g., Joule, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) responsibly to speed up analysis, documentation, testing and troubleshooting.
• Understands AI data-privacy and governance basics: no confidential company or employee data in public AI tools.

Soft Skills & Education
• Strong communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus.
• Can work with business users, functional and technical teams, and vendors.
• Problem-solving mindset, ownership, and ability to work under deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Nice to Have
• SAP Certified Associate – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Financial Accounting, or a similar FICO certification.
• Experience with Treasury, Group Reporting or Central Finance.
• Experience with ECC to S/4HANA conversion projects.
• Exposure to SAP BTP or SAP Analytics Cloud.