SAP S/4HANA General Ledger & Consolidation Specialist

Tasks

• Design and implementation of SAP S/4HANA Finance Global solutions for group accounting and group consolidation to design, implement, and support our statutory, regulatory, and group-wide financial reports.
• Support for end-to-end consolidation solutions across entities and general ledgers.
• Data collection and validation from multi-GAAP entities.
• Intercompany Reconciliation and Elimination.
• Currency translation and group adjustments.
• Group Reporting and Consolidation.
• Consolidated financial statements at the group and division levels.
• Ensuring strong integration between various SAP Finance solution components.
• SAP General Ledger and Subsidiary Ledgers (AP, AR, AA...).
• SAP Group Reporting and other reporting, statutory, regulatory, management, and segment solutions.
• Contributed to and/or led the implementation: blueprinting and solution design.
• Configuration and unit tests.
• Integration and user acceptance testing.
• Cutover planning, migration, and go-live support.
• Defining and implementing controls, and ensuring process quality, completeness, and consistency across entities and general ledgers.
• Collaborate with financial stakeholders to harmonize and standardize accounting practices and consolidate financial statements.
• Provide second- and third-level support to the group entities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting on our SAP S/4HANA platform.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the SAP Finance landscape, including its simplification.

Requirements

• Extensive expertise in SAP S/4HANA, particularly in the areas of General Ledger (GL) and regulatory and group-wide financial reporting solutions.
• Process Improvement.
• Consulting Skills.
• Project Management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage and influence people at various levels of the organization.
• Proactivity, reliability, and comfort while working in a fast-paced, high-pressure matrix environment.
• Good time management skills.
• Flexibility for all work schedules; international travel may be required.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); knowledge of other languages is a plus.

Advantages (Nice to Have)

• Experience with multi-GAAP and multi-currency accounting issues.
• Experience with regulatory or government reporting, or analytical skills.
• Experience with SAP Fiori and modern user experience solutions.
• Familiarity with agile project methodologies.