Senior Sap Finance Control Consultant

Job Description: SAP S/4HANA FICO Lead Consultant

Location: Edmonton, Canada (Remote + Travel)

Duration: Long-Term Contract

SAP S/4HANA FICO Lead Consultant

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA FICO Lead Consultant to support a Canada rollout of an existing global SAP template. The consultant will lead Finance-related Fit-to-Template activities, assess Canadian business requirements against the existing global solution, and ensure that local requirements are addressed while maintaining global template standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience across SAP S/4HANA Finance, FI/CO integration, Global Template rollouts, and North American Finance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SAP S/4HANA Finance Fit-to-Template / Fit-to-Standard workshops.
• Assess the existing Global Finance Template against Canadian business requirements.
• Configure and support:
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Accounting
• Bank Accounting
• Tax
• Payment Processing
• Cash Management
• Support company code, chart of accounts, fiscal year, posting periods, document types, and accounting configuration.
• Analyze Canadian Finance requirements and determine appropriate localization within the Global Template.
• Support integration between Finance and MM, SD, EAM, Supply Chain, and other SAP modules.
• Support tax, statutory, banking, and payment requirements relevant to Canada.
• Work with global process owners and local business stakeholders to identify and govern template deviations.
• Prepare functional specifications for required enhancements, reports, interfaces, or integrations.
• Support data migration, reconciliation, and validation activities.
• Support Unit Testing, SIT, UAT, Mock Cutover, Production Cutover, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
• Perform financial reconciliation during migration and cutover.
• Troubleshoot Finance integration and configuration issues.
• Ensure solutions follow SAP standard functionality and Clean Core principles.
• Provide functional leadership and guidance to offshore/onshore teams.
• Participate in project status meetings and communicate issues, risks, and dependencies to project leadership.

Required Experience

• 15+ years of SAP FICO experience.
• Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA Finance experience.
• 7+ years of SAP consulting experience in North America preferred.
• Proven experience with SAP Global Template rollouts / implementations.
• Strong experience with Fit-to-Template / Fit-to-Standard methodology.
• Strong FI configuration experience across GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Banking, Tax, and Payments.
• Good understanding of SAP CO and FI/CO integration.
• Strong integration knowledge across FI, MM, SD, EAM, and Supply Chain.
• Experience with Canadian or North American Finance requirements.
• Experience with multi-bank connectivity / banking integrations.
• Experience with SAP RISE / S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition preferred.
• Experience supporting data migration, testing, cutover, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global template owners, local business teams, and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA Finance certification.
• Experience with SAP RISE / Private Cloud.
• Experience with SAP Fiori and modern S/4HANA Finance processes.
• Experience in Oil & Gas / Energy / EPC industry is highly desirable.
• Experience working on large global SAP transformation or rollout programs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or a related field preferred.