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Job Description & Summary

Job Overview

As a Functional Application Manager, lead and facilitate design workshops, assessments, and planning sessions, demonstrating strong leadership and project management experience. Primarily responsible for designing, building, configuring, testing, deploying and supporting SAP-based ERP solutions, with broad, hands-on strength across SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI) — General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting/Treasury, and Taxation — along with basic, working-level knowledge of Controlling (CO) sufficient to support FI-CO integration points, and FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) regulatory reporting expertise for utilities/energy sector engagements. Lead analysis and design in these areas in collaboration with the engagement/client finance team; manage teams, conduct structured testing with users, and drive automation of solutions. Ensure stabilization of the solution and deliver quality consistently, collaborate across multiple workstreams, develop cost-effective solutions that meet user requirements, progress quickly in a dynamic and complex environment, and be willing to travel.

Years of Experience

10-14 Years

Position Requirements

• Extensive SAP S/4HANA Finance expert with solution design experience across the full FI stack, preferably with an accounts and finance background.

• Lead a team of Finance specialists; facilitate and guide the implementation and support teams.

• Ability to lead and facilitate design workshops, assessments, and planning sessions, demonstrating leadership experience in project management.

• Lead dynamic, interactive requirements-gathering sessions with stakeholders throughout the enterprise.

• Strong, hands-on expertise across core SAP FI modules:

• FI-GL (General Ledger) — New GL, document splitting, parallel ledgers/accounting principles, chart of accounts design, financial statement versions, and period-end closing activities.

• FI-AR (Accounts Receivable) — customer master data, credit management, dunning, incoming payments, down payments, and customer-side intercompany processes.

• FI-AP (Accounts Payable) — vendor master data, payment runs, payment terms, down payments, automatic/electronic payments, and vendor reconciliation.

• Asset Accounting (FI-AA) — asset classes, depreciation areas, parallel valuation, asset acquisitions/retirements/transfers, and integration with GL and CO, including regulated utility plant and FERC asset classification where applicable.

• Bank Accounting / Treasury integration — bank master data, electronic bank statement processing, cash management, and bank reconciliation.

• Taxation — tax procedures, tax codes, withholding tax, and statutory/compliance reporting requirements.

• Basic, working knowledge of Controlling — Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA), Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA), and Internal Orders — sufficient to support FI-CO integration points and cross-module postings; deep Product Costing or Material Ledger specialization is not required for this role.

• Strong knowledge of FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) regulatory reporting for the utilities/energy industry, including FERC Form 1/2/6 preparation, regulatory chart of accounts mapping, and FERC account classification within SAP.

• Hands-on experience configuring FERC-compliant Asset Accounting structures — Continuing Property Records (CPR), Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC, both debt and equity components), Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) capitalization, retirement units, and regulatory versus book depreciation.

• Understanding of the regulatory ledger/parallel ledger approach (New GL document splitting, or FI-SL) to maintain FERC regulatory books alongside US GAAP/IFRS books, including regulatory asset/liability (ASC 980) accounting.

• Exposure to Public Utility industry-specific functionality, Work Order management integration (PM/PS) for capital project accounting, and minor/major retirement processing relevant to utility plant.

• Experience supporting FERC audits and regulatory filings, including variance analysis between book and regulatory basis of accounting.

• Mentor, coach and manage multiple teams and projects.

• Proven experience in configuring, testing and supporting SAP Finance solutions across GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting and Taxation.

• Participate in design discussions, providing expertise on the SAP S/4HANA Finance platform.

• Work with business users to understand requirements and propose alternative design solutions across FI processes.

• Develop a collaborative and cohesive team, working with a culture of a One Team mindset.

• Hands-on experience in Finance and accounts, with the ability to translate accounting requirements into system configuration.

• Hands-on experience across S/4HANA Finance features with ability to design, develop and customize solutions, including integration with other modules like MM/SD/PS/PP/PM/IM — particularly how procurement, sales, and production postings flow into FI.

• Knowledge of CFIN, and understanding of the elimination of ETL tools to enable transactional-level matching in real time.

• Understanding of AIF and field value mapping, centralized transaction processing, payments, intercompany reconciliation, and group consolidation using S/4HANA Group Reporting.

• Working familiarity with the S/4HANA Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation (ICMR) tool, as well as a solid accounting and finance background.

• Knowledge and experience in implementing SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting is an added advantage.

Preferred Knowledge

• Hands-on knowledge across SAP S/4HANA Finance (GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Taxation), with basic working exposure to CO, ICMR & CFIN, and FERC regulatory reporting, to drive the project.

• Understanding of different project methodologies, especially the Agile and Scrum frameworks.

• Familiarity with utility/energy industry regulatory frameworks and reporting cycles (annual FERC filings, rate case support, and regulatory audits).

Preferred Skill

• Hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance across all core FI sub-modules, with demonstrable depth in FERC regulatory reporting design, configuration and testing.

• Familiar with onsite/offshore delivery models, with hands-on experience understanding system landscape environments (e.g., Dev/QA/Prod, transport management for FI/FERC configuration).

• Familiar with Implementations/Support/Rollout/Training delivery models — including testing phases specific to FERC reporting (regulatory report validation, UAT, and cutover/deployment support).

• Familiar with role matrix/role testing and able to guide technical team members.

• Familiar with both Waterfall and Agile models of software development approaches.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Ownership and commitment, flexible timings.

• Expertise in JIRA, Agile delivery model.

Professional and Educational Background

• Manager — 10-14 years of experience.

• 10+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance, spanning GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting and Taxation, with a minimum of 3 end-to-end implementations.

• Prior exposure to utility/energy sector engagements involving FERC regulatory reporting is a strong plus.

• Any graduation degree, any post-graduation degree; CA/ICWA preferred.

Additional Information

The candidate must be flexible to travel and ready to support CST/EST time zone overlap as required by the engagement.

Travel Requirements

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