SAP FICO Lead Consultant/Practice Lead

Position Summary

The SAP FICO Lead Consultant / Practice Lead will serve as a senior functional and strategic leader for the SAP Finance practice. This individual will act as a brand ambassador for the organization’s SAP capabilities, representing the practice in client engagements, solution discussions, and market-facing activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the face of the SAP FICO practice in client interactions, proposals, and strategic discussions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, providing guidance on SAP Finance strategy and transformation initiatives.
• Lead solution design workshops and drive alignment between business goals and SAP capabilities.
• Support business development efforts, including pre-sales, solutioning, and proposal development.
• Provide leadership and direction to the SAP FICO team, including oversight of Principal Consultants and senior team members.
• Analyze complex business requirements and translate them into scalable SAP FICO solutions aligned with organizational objectives.
• Lead configuration and customization across SAP FI and CO modules:
• General Ledger (FI-GL)
• Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
• Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
• Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA)
• Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA)
• Internal Orders (CO-IO)
• Oversee and guide month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Partner with finance and business leaders to optimize financial processes and reporting.
• Provide oversight on enhancements, custom developments, and integrations involving SAP FICO.
• Guide teams on forms development (SmartForms, SAPscript, Adobe Forms) and financial reporting solutions.
• Review and support complex debugging and issue resolution efforts.
• Oversee data migration, validation, and reconciliation strategies.
• Lead SAP implementations, rollouts, and transformation initiatives (ECC and/or S/4HANA).
• Ensure high-quality deliverables including functional specifications and solution documentation.
• Oversee testing strategy, including unit testing, integration testing, and UAT.
• Establish and enforce delivery standards, SLAs, and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes and methodologies.
• Mentor and develop consultants, senior consultants, and principal-level resources.
• Provide knowledge transfer and enablement to internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7–10+ years of SAP FICO experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Proven experience leading SAP FICO implementations or large-scale enhancements.
• Strong functional expertise across SAP FI and CO modules.
• Experience with SAP development concepts (ABAP, enhancements, reporting).
• Hands-on experience with SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA Finance.
• Deep understanding of financial accounting principles and controlling processes.
• SAP FICO or SAP S/4HANA Finance certification.
• Experience with S/4HANA transformations, New GL, or Universal Journal.
• Exposure to cross-functional integration (MM, SD, PP, HR).
• Experience in client-facing leadership or pre-sales roles.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
• SAP FICO leadership and solution architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Client-facing communication and executive presence
• Practice development and brand representation
• Financial process optimization and transformation
• Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders