SAP Finance Team Lead (FICO)

SAP Finance Team Lead (FICO)

We are seeking a seasoned professional to serve as our SAP Finance Team Lead (FI/CO), driving Finance & Controlling workstreams across SAP and transformation projects. This role is instrumental in solution design, configuration, localization, cross-functional integration, and delivery leadership, ensuring compliance with regulations and IFRS standards.

• Act as the primary advisor to Finance stakeholders and lead a team of SAP FI/CO consultants throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead end-to-end SAP FI/CO workstreams across SAP implementation, rollout, and transformation projects.
• Conduct Fit-to-Standard and Fit-Gap workshops, define solution architecture, and produce functional design documentation.
• Configure SAP FI/CO modules and oversee integration with MM, SD, PP, HR/Payroll, Treasury, and other business functions.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, ZATCA regulations, VAT, WHT, and statutory financial reporting requirements.
• Lead Finance testing activities, including SIT, UAT, cutover planning, data migration, opening balances, and HyperCard support.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, quality assurance, and workstream governance.
• Coach and mentor SAP FI/CO consultants, fostering knowledge transfer and delivery excellence.
• Collaborate with Finance executives, business stakeholders, auditors, and cross-functional teams to deliver business-focused SAP solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement, solution optimization, and SAP Finance best practices across client engagements.

Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field, along with professional certifications such as SAP Certified Application Associate. A minimum of 7 years of experience in SAP Finance (FI/CO) and delivering full lifecycle SAP implementations is required.

Proven expertise in SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO), General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting & Cash Management, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, CO-PA & Profitability Analysis, Universal Journal (ACDOCA), Advanced Asset Accounting & Group Reporting, SAP Treasury (TRM), Bank Communication Management (BCM), Advanced Financial Closing (AFC), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning, SAP Fiori, SAP Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, Migration Cockpit (LTMC), Analysis for Office, SAP Document & Reporting Compliance (DRC), Cross-Module Integration (MM, SD, PP, HR/Payroll), KSA Localization, ZATCA e-Invoicing, VAT, WHT, IFRS & Arabic Financial Reporting, Data Migration, SIT, UAT, Cutover & Hypercare Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, and Executive Communication is essential.