Principal Consultant | SAP Functional | S4 HANA - Finance

Location: Redmond, US | Hybrid | Tentative start date: 12th August 2026 | Contract duration: 6 months

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced SAP Asset Accounting expert to provide consulting leadership for the design, configuration, and migration of a large-scale asset landscape into SAP S/4HANA. The candidate will work with business and finance stakeholders to define the future-state asset accounting model for complex infrastructure assets, including datacenter and technology assets, while ensuring compliance, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with Finance, Controlling, Fixed Assets, and business stakeholders to understand current asset management processes.
• Define SAP S/4HANA Asset Accounting solution architecture and configuration approach.
• Design asset structures, asset classes, depreciation areas, capitalization policies, and accounting treatments.
• Advise on treatment of complex infrastructure assets, including high-volume technology and datacenter assets.
• Lead conversion and migration strategy from legacy systems into SAP S/4HANA Asset Accounting.
• Define data cleansing, reconciliation, validation, and cutover approaches.
• Partner with Finance, Tax, Audit, and Compliance teams to ensure regulatory adherence.
• Support integration design with: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Project Systems (PS), Investment Management (IM), Controlling (CO), and Procurement processes.
• Provide guidance on fixed asset lifecycle processes: Acquisition, Capitalization, Transfers, Retirement, Depreciation, and Asset under Construction (AUC).
• Mentor client and implementation teams on SAP Asset Accounting best practices.
• Support testing, business validation, hypercare, and stabilization activities.

Requirements

• Minimum 12 years of experience in SAP Finance and Asset Accounting.
• Minimum 10 years of overall work experience.
• Domain expertise in SAP Finance and Asset Accounting.
• Certification in S/4 HANA and Asset Accounting (mandatory).
• Multiple end-to-end SAP implementation or transformation programs.
• Deep expertise in:
  • SAP S/4HANA Asset Accounting
  • Universal Journal
  • New Asset Accounting
  • Parallel valuation concepts
  • Depreciation configuration
  • Asset migrations and reconciliations
• Experience handling large and complex asset bases.
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.
• Ability to engage directly with Finance leadership and enterprise architects.