Job Summary
An SAP FICO Job Description | VelvetJobs outlines the responsibilities of an SAP Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) functional consultant who configures, tests, and supports enterprise finance systems
Key Responsibilities
• System Configuration: Set up company codes, chart of accounts, general ledger (GL), accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), asset accounting, and bank accounting under FI.
• Controlling (CO) Setup: Configure cost center accounting, profit center accounting, internal orders, product costing, and profitability analysis (COPA).
• Module Integration: Coordinate data flow and financial postings across related modules like MM (Materials Management), SD (Sales and Distribution), and PP (Production Planning).
• Project Delivery & Testing: Conduct business requirement gathering, fit-to-standard workshops, unit testing, integration testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Support & Maintenance: Resolve production support tickets, assist with month-end/year-end closing processes, and create user manuals or training documentation.
Skill Requirements
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or Information Systems (often paired with a qualified accountant or CA/CPA background).
• Experience: Typically 10 to 15 + years of functional SAP FICO experience across ECC 6.0 and SAP FI/CO Consultant | Accenture S/4HANA environments.
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of financial business processes, tax solutions (such as Vertex), and reporting tools like SAP Fiori or Report Painter/Writer.
• Certifications: Formal SAP S/4HANA Finance or FICO certification preferred by most enterprise clients.