SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting and Central Finance Consultant

About This Role

Serve as a Senior SAP functional consultant specializing in S/4HANA Group Reporting and Central Finance, supporting financial consolidation, intercompany reconciliation, and financial data harmonization. This role ensures compliance with IFRS and Ind-AS for accurate enterprise financial reporting, focusing on end-to-end group close processes and Central Finance replication.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and support SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting solutions, from data preparation to group financial statements.
• Configure and execute different consolidation methods (Full, Proportional, Equity) based on ownership structures, handling complex group hierarchies.
• Configure and run Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation (ICMR) processes to identify and resolve intercompany differences.
• Manage investment elimination processes, capital consolidation, and minority interest calculation as per IFRS and Ind-AS.
• Define translation methods for balance sheet and P&L accounts and calculate/post Currency Translation Adjustment (CTA).
• Release financial data from ACDOCA to Group Reporting, considering data selection document types and reporting dimensions.
• Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end group close activities, ensuring data accuracy and compliance within tight timelines.
• Replicate financial documents from ECC or S/4 source systems to Central Finance for real-time financial visibility.
• Map GL accounts, company codes, profit centers, and functional areas in CFIN to ensure standardized financial structures.
• Reconcile source system balances with Central Finance FI and CO data, ensuring data consistency and audit readiness.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in financial consolidation, intercompany reconciliation, and enterprise-wide financial data harmonization
• Hands-on experience in designing, configuring, and supporting SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting solutions
• Strong understanding of end-to-end consolidation lifecycle from data preparation to group financial statements
• Expertise in configuring and executing different consolidation methods based on ownership structures
• Experience in configuring and running ICMR processes to identify and resolve intercompany differences
• Strong knowledge of investment elimination processes including capital consolidation and minority interest calculation
• Expertise in defining translation methods for balance sheet and P&L accounts and calculating/posting CTA
• Experience in releasing financial data from ACDOCA to Group Reporting
• Hands-on involvement in managing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end group close activities
• Strong functional knowledge of IFRS and Ind-AS consolidation principles
• Experience using Group Reporting Fiori apps such as Consolidation Monitor and Data Monitor
• Hands-on experience in migration from legacy consolidation systems (EC-CS, SEM-BCS, SAP BPC) to S/4HANA Group Reporting
• Experience in replicating cost centers, profit centers, and internal orders from CO to Group Reporting
• Strong expertise in reconciling FI CO and Group Reporting data
• Hands-on experience in replicating FI documents from ECC or S/4 source systems to Central Finance
• Expertise in mapping GL accounts, company codes, profit centers, and functional areas in CFIN
• Experience in real-time data replication using SLT and monitoring errors through AIF
• Strong understanding of document splitting logic, tax postings, and multi-currency scenarios during FI replication
• Experience in reconciling source system balances with Central Finance FI and CO data
• Hands-on experience in reconciling CFIN Universal Journal data with Group Reporting released balances
• Strong expertise in validating FS items, consolidation units, profit centers and partner units between CFIN and Group Reporting
• Experience in identifying and managing timing differences, currency translation variances, and adjustment postings between CFIN and Group Reporting
• Design and execution of reconciliation reports using Fiori apps, CDS views, and SAP Analytics Cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree

Skills

* Required skills