Senior SAP Finance Consultant - Integration & Deployment

About the role

We are seeking experienced SAP Finance Consultants to support a large-scale Finance Integration programme across the AMEA region.

Working closely with regional Finance teams, Global DT, SAP Solution Architects and AMS providers, you will be responsible for translating business requirements into SAP solutions and supporting their implementation across your assigned cluster.

This is a business-facing role requiring strong SAP FI/CO expertise, a sound understanding of finance processes and the ability to manage functional delivery across multiple stakeholders and systems.

Details

• Location: remote
• Region: middle East & Africa (MEA)
• Contract: B2B, long-term cooperation
• Start date: ASAP, ideally in 2026
• Working hours: aligned with MEA business hours

Key responsibilities

• Partner with local Finance teams and business process owners to understand requirements, identify process gaps and assess the impact on SAP Finance solutions.
• Lead functional analysis, develop solution recommendations and prepare functional specifications in line with Global design standards.
• Coordinate SAP Finance changes with Global DT, Regional DT and AMS delivery teams.
• Support SAP Central Finance (CFIN) integration, including data mapping, validation, reconciliation and resolution of integration issues.
• Coordinate Finance master data activities covering GL Accounts, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders and Fixed Assets.
• Support interim One P&L reporting requirements, including data preparation, reconciliation and analysis of reporting discrepancies.
• Coordinate functional testing, SIT/UAT, CFIN mock runs, defect management and business validation.
• Assess integration dependencies and potential impacts on downstream financial reporting systems.
• Support parallel run, deployment readiness, go-live and hypercare.
• Manage assigned functional deliverables, working with relevant teams to resolve issues and maintain delivery commitments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of SAP FI/CO consulting experience, including participation in international SAP implementations, rollouts or integration programmes.
• Strong functional knowledge of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA Finance.
• Experience across core SAP Finance and Controlling processes, including:
• Financial Accounting (FI-GL): General Ledger, financial postings, document splitting, field status configuration and period-end closing.
• Asset Accounting (FI-AA): Asset classes, account determination, depreciation and asset transfers.
• Management Accounting (CO): Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, allocations and settlements.
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA): Cost-Based and Account-Based CO-PA, profitability reporting and integration with FI/CO.
• Finance Master Data: GL Accounts, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders and Fixed Assets.
• Good understanding of end-to-end Record-to-Report processes, including financial closing, intercompany accounting, reconciliation and corporate reporting.
• Knowledge of SAP FI/CO integration with MM and SD.
• Experience in business requirements analysis, functional design, integration testing, UAT and deployment.
• Ability to assess functional impacts across interconnected SAP systems and financial reporting processes.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with SAP Central Finance, including document replication, mapping and reconciliation.
• Involvement in finance transformation, ERP integration or post-merger integration programmes.
• Exposure to financial consolidation and management reporting solutions, such as SAP BPC or Anaplan.
• Experience in data harmonisation, reporting integration and reconciliation across multiple ERP environments.
• Background in manufacturing, FMCG or other multinational organisations.

Professional Skills

• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging directly with Finance Controllers and business process owners.
• Ability to translate complex finance requirements into clear, practical SAP solutions.
• Excellent analytical skills and a structured approach to investigating functional and integration issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise competing demands and manage deliverables across multiple teams.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams, including Global IT, regional organisations and external service providers.
• Proactive approach, sound judgement and accountability for assigned deliverables.

What we are looking for

We are particularly interested in consultants who bring together SAP Finance expertise and a strong understanding of how Finance organisations operate.

The role requires someone who can engage confidently with business stakeholders, challenge requirements where appropriate, identify workable solutions and coordinate implementation through to completion.

A broad understanding of SAP FI/CO is essential, complemented by deeper expertise in selected functional areas. Experience working across multiple systems, countries and finance teams will be particularly valuable.