SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced
SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant
with strong, hands-on experience across:
Multi-entity and multi-country finance
Record-to-Report (R2R)
Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and procurement integration
Group consolidation / group reporting
You will lead the design, configuration and delivery of SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions, working closely with Finance, Group Reporting, Procurement and IT stakeholders. The role covers the full lifecycle from workshops and blueprinting through build, testing, data migration, cutover and hypercare.You should be comfortable operating as a client-facing functional lead, able to run workshops, challenge requirements, and demonstrate the solution to senior finance and procurement stakeholders (CFO, Financial Controller, Head of Procurement, Shared Services Leads).Requirements
Solution Design & Workshops
Lead functional design and blueprinting for SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO), including:
- General Ledger (New GL / Universal Journal)
- Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Asset Accounting (AA)
- Bank and Cash Management
- Controlling (cost centres, profit centres, internal orders)
Own the R2R process design:
- Month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
- Accruals, provisions, allocations and reclassifications
- FX revaluation and foreign currency translation
- Intercompany postings and reconciliations
- Trial balance and statutory/management reporting
Design integrated P2P processes:
- Requisition → Purchase Order → Goods Receipt → Invoice → Payment
- Three-way and two-way match, GR/IR handling and invoice exceptions
- AP workflow and approvals, non-PO invoices, credit notes and down payments
- Work with Procurement to ensure purchasing structures, approvals and controls align with finance and compliance requirements.
Define multi-entity and multi-country finance models:
- Company codes, controlling areas, profit centres and segments
- Multi-currency set-up (local, group, hard currencies)
- Parallel ledgers and multiple accounting principles (e.g. IFRS, local GAAP)
- Capture and refine requirements through structured workshops, process walkthroughs and playback sessions with Finance, Group Finance, Procurement and Shared Services.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- 10+ years experience as an SAP Finance Consultant, with strong S/4HANA exposure.
- Minimum 2 full lifecycle S/4HANA Finance implementations (including design, build, testing and go-live).
Solid FI/CO expertise:
- GL, AP, AR, AA, Bank Accounting
- CO (cost centres, profit centres, internal orders)
Proven
R2R
experience:
- Month-end/year-end close in SAP
- FX revaluation, allocations, intercompany and financial reporting
Strong P2P / procurement experience in an SAP landscape:
- End-to-end P2P flows and invoice processing
- GR/IR and integration to Finance
Experience working in multi-entity / multi-country environments:
- Multiple company codes, currencies and tax regimes
- Parallel ledgers and multi-GAAP accounting
Experience with group consolidation / group reporting (e.g. S/4HANA Group Reporting, BPC or equivalent).Comfortable acting as a client-facing functional lead, running workshops and presenting solution options to senior stakeholders.Strong documentation skills – able to produce clear functional specs, process flows and test scripts.
Desirable
- Experience with global template design and multi-country rollouts.
- Exposure to Central Finance, Treasury or advanced Cash Management.
- Knowledge of e-invoicing, digital VAT reporting and other regulatory/compliance requirements.
- Accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA) and/or SAP S/4HANA Finance certification.
- Experience working in Agile / hybrid delivery models using tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
Personal Profile:
- Strong end-to-end process mindset across R2R, P2P and group consolidation.
- Business-oriented, able to balance best-practice S/4 configuration with practical operational needs.
- Detail-focused with a strong emphasis on controls, reconciliations and data quality.
- Self-starter, comfortable working independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Confident communicator who can lead demos, show-and-tells and design discussions with senior stakeholders.
