Lead Consultant(Product/Domain)
India
Job Description
Lead Consultant(Product/Domain)
| Bangalore, KarnatakaHyderabad, Telangana
Job Summary
The Senior SAP FICO Consultant will serve as the functional lead for SAP Finance and Controlling within the Reckitt Application Services organization. The role will be responsible for providing L3 support, functional governance, process optimization, transition leadership, and continuous service improvement across the customer's SAP Finance landscape.
The consultant will act as the primary escalation point for complex finance-related incidents, defects, integrations, and enhancement requests while ensuring stability of critical business processes including Record-to-Report (R2R), Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Cost Management, and Financial Closing activities.
The role will work closely with Finance business stakeholders, SAP technical teams, integration teams, auditors, and service management functions to maintain operational excellence and support the customers transformation agenda
Key Responsibilities
SAP FICO Functional Ownership
- Provide end-to-end L3 support for SAP Finance and Controlling processes.
- Own resolution of complex incidents, problems, and functional defects.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into SAP solutions.
- Act as the senior functional escalation point within the Finance tower.
- Ensure business continuity for critical finance operations.
SAP FI Process Support
Support and optimize:
- General Ledger (GL)
- Accounts Payable (AP)
- Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Asset Accounting (AA)
- Bank Accounting
- Cash Management
- Intercompany Accounting
- Tax Processes
- Fixed Assets
- Financial Statement Reporting
Key responsibilities include:
- Financial posting issue resolution
- Reconciliation support
- Month-end and year-end closing support
- Financial reporting validation
- Regulatory and statutory support
SAP CO Process Support
Support and optimize:
- Cost Center Accounting
- Profit Center Accounting
- Internal Orders
- Product Costing
- Cost Allocations
- COPA (Profitability Analysis)
- Budgeting Processes
Responsibilities include:
- Cost allocation troubleshooting
- Profitability analysis support
- Costing validations
- Financial controlling improvements
Period-End & Business Critical Support
- Lead support activities during month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycles.
- Monitor critical financial batch jobs and interfaces.
- Support reconciliation and financial validation activities.
- Coordinate issue resolution during critical business periods.
- Ensure timely closure of finance-related operational issues. [Reckitt_Pr...NonSAP (1) | Word]
Incident, Problem & Change Management
- Manage complex production support incidents.
- Perform root cause analysis for recurring Finance issues.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Support controlled change implementation.
- Review functional impacts of system changes.
Integration & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Support finance integrations with:
- SAP MM
- SAP SD
- SAP Ariba
- SAP SuccessFactors
- SAP BW
- SAP MDG
- SAP OpenText
- Banking Platforms
- Tax Engines
- Third-Party Applications
Responsibilities include:
- Interface issue analysis
- Data reconciliation support
- Cross-functional defect management
- Business process integration validation
Governance, Audit & Compliance
- Support internal and external audit requirements.
- Provide evidence for finance-related controls.
- Support SOX and compliance controls.
- Ensure adherence to Reckitt governance standards.
- Participate in risk assessments and remediation activities.
Continuous Improvement & Transformation
- Identify opportunities for process standardization and automation.
- Recommend FICO process improvements and optimization initiatives.
- Support SAP transformation and modernization programs.
- Collaborate with AI and Automation teams on finance process automation.
- Contribute to operational excellence and service improvement initiatives.
Skill Requirements
Financial Accounting (FI)
- General Ledger Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Asset Accounting
- Bank Accounting
- Cash Management
- Financial Closing
- Tax Processes
Controlling (CO)
- Cost Center Accounting
- Profit Center Accounting
- Internal Orders
- Product Costing
- COPA
- Budget Planning
- Cost Allocations
Required Skills
SAP Functional Skills
- SAP FI Configuration
- SAP CO Configuration
- Financial Closing Processes
- Management Reporting
- Integration Troubleshooting
- Functional Specification Documentation
- Test Planning & Execution
- Root Cause Analysis
Business Knowledge
- Record-to-Report (R2R)
- Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
- Order-to-Cash (O2C)
- Financial Controls
- Compliance & Audit
- Corporate Finance Operations
- FMCG Business Processes
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- CA / CMA / MBA Finance preferred.
- SAP FICO Certification preferred.
- ITIL Foundation certification preferred.
Experience
- 8-12 years of SAP FICO experience.
- Minimum 5 years supporting large global SAP environments.
- Experience in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA environments.
- Experience working in AMS or Managed Services engagements.
- Strong experience supporting global month-end and year-end processes.
- Experience in FMCG, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, or Retail industries preferred.
Other Requirements
Key Deliverables
- Incident Resolution Reports
- Functional Design Documents
- Root Cause Analysis Reports
- Month-End Readiness Documentation
- Configuration Documentation
- Test Scripts & Test Results
- Process Improvement Recommendations
- Knowledge Base Articles
- Audit Support Evidence
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