SAP FICO Consultant – Multi-Country Tax Localization (Minimum 6–10 years of SAP FICO experience)

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAP FICO / S/4HANA Finance Consultant with strong expertise in multi-country tax localization, statutory compliance, and global SAP rollouts. The consultant will be responsible for analyzing country-specific tax and finance requirements, designing solutions within the global SAP template, configuring tax and financial processes, and supporting implementation, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.

The role requires strong knowledge of SAP FI, tax determination, VAT/GST, withholding tax, statutory reporting, e-invoicing, and country-specific localization, with the ability to work across multiple geographies and coordinate with Finance, Tax, IT, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• ·       Lead SAP FICO localization activities for multiple countries and legal entities.
• ·       Analyze local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements and translate them into SAP solutions.
• ·       Perform fit-gap analysis between the global SAP template and country-specific requirements.
• ·       Configure and support:

o   General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable

o   Tax codes and tax procedures

o   Input and output VAT/GST

o   Withholding tax

o   Tax account determination

o   Intercompany and cross-border taxation

o   Customer/vendor tax classifications

o   Country-specific statutory reporting

• ·       Design tax determination scenarios for domestic, import/export, intercompany, B2B and B2C transactions.
• ·       Support country localization for VAT/GST, withholding tax, e-invoicing, e-reporting and other digital tax requirements.
• ·       Support integration of SAP FICO with SD, MM, Procurement, Billing and other business processes to ensure correct tax determination and accounting.
• ·       Define requirements for country-specific master data, including:

o   VAT/GST registration numbers

o   Tax classifications

o   Business places

o   Plants and ship-from locations

o   Customer/vendor tax attributes

• ·       Coordinate with local tax advisors and country SMEs to validate statutory requirements.
• ·       Prepare functional specifications for tax/localization enhancements and interfaces.
• ·       Lead configuration, unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover and hypercare activities.
• ·       Support tax reconciliation between SAP transactions, tax reports and statutory filings.
• ·       Maintain localization documentation and ensure changes in tax legislation are assessed and implemented.
• ·       Provide production support and resolve country-specific tax and finance issues.
• ·       Participate in global-template governance and ensure local solutions remain scalable and compliant.

Multi-Country Localization Experience

Experience of the following regions/countries is preferred:

Brazil or China

Technical Skills

• ·       SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA Finance
• ·       SAP FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR
• ·       SAP Tax Configuration
• ·       Tax procedures and tax codes
• ·       Account determination
• ·       Withholding Tax
• ·       VAT/GST
• ·       Cross-border and intercompany taxation
• ·       Statutory reporting
• ·       E-invoicing / e-reporting
• ·       Integration with SAP SD and MM
• ·       SAP Fiori/S/4HANA where applicable
• ·       Interfaces and third-party tax

Project Experience

• ·       Minimum 6–10 years of SAP FICO experience, preferably with significant S/4HANA experience.
• ·       At least 2–3 full-cycle SAP implementations or global rollouts.
• ·       Proven experience in multi-country rollout and localization projects.
• ·       Strong experience in country-specific tax and statutory requirements.
• ·       Experience working with a global template and localization governance model.
• ·       Experience across the complete implementation lifecycle:

Requirement Gathering → Fit-Gap → Design → Configuration → Testing → Cutover → Go-Live → Hypercare.

• ·       Experience coordinating multiple countries/workstreams is highly desirable.

Functional Integration

Strong understanding of integration between FICO and:

• ·       SAP SD – sales, billing and revenue
• ·       SAP MM – procurement, purchasing and inventory
• ·       SAP Tax/DRC
• ·       Intercompany processes
• ·       Banking and payment processes
• ·       Master data
• ·       External tax engines
• ·       Statutory reporting platforms