FP&A Consultant (FICO) | DISA-FPA-FICON-JHB-0130

We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP FICO Consultant to lead the SAP ECC FI/CO workstream for the integration of a recently acquired subsidiary and the implementation of dual-ledger financial reporting to support both International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP).

The successful candidate will act as the SAP FI/CO Project Lead, functional implementation specialist, and business super user, taking ownership of the end-to-end FI/CO delivery lifecycle, including solution design, data migration, configuration, testing, cutover, and post-go-live hypercare.

The role will work closely with the DT (Digital Technology) lead, who is responsible for overall SAP integration and administration, as well as Finance, Controlling, and other relevant business stakeholders, to ensure a controlled, accurate, and successful integration.

Who Are We?

Decision Inc. is a global digital partner that enables businesses to reinvent themselves to realise their full potential.

We deliver agility, resilience, and intelligence to any enterprise, enabling them to adapt quickly and thrive through innovation and opportunity. Our teams have engaged with more than 400 clients globally over the past 15 years, providing them with the expertise to build, operate, and optimise their digital businesses.

We achieve this by leveraging the world's best technology to drive our client's business ambitions forward into tomorrow's reality. These technologies include but are not limited to: Microsoft, SAP, Qlik, Snowflake, Alteryx, Automation Anywhere, and Workday Adaptive Insights.

Our success is ultimately driven by our entrepreneurial culture, industry exposure, and the passion of our people. We have three key cross-functional teams – Functional and Specialist Consulting, Development, and Engineering teams. Based in four global offices, our exceptional consultants focus on delivering value to clients by keeping them at the centre of our service delivery. To find out more about our exciting fast-paced culture visit: Careers at Decision Inc.

What Will You Do?

Key Responsibility:

SAP FI/CO Workstream Leadership

• Lead the SAP ECC FI/CO workstream for the integration of the acquired subsidiary.
• Own the FI/CO project plan, deliverables, milestones, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
• Serve as the primary functional point of contact for SAP FI/CO design decisions and implementation activities.
• Partner closely with the DT lead to align FI/CO requirements with the overall SAP integration architecture, technical delivery, and system administration.
• Coordinate with Finance, Controlling, and business process owners to ensure operational and reporting requirements are met.

Dual-Ledger Accounting and Multi-GAAP Reporting

• Design and implement SAP ECC solutions to support parallel accounting and dual-ledger reporting under IFRS and US GAAP.
• Assess existing financial processes and identify the configuration and process changes required to accommodate multiple accounting standards.
• Define and validate ledger structures, accounting principles, posting approaches, and reporting requirements, as applicable to the existing SAP ECC landscape.
• Ensure appropriate treatment of accounting adjustments, intercompany transactions, financial postings, and period-end activities.
• Support reconciliation between IFRS and US GAAP financial results and ensure the integrity and traceability of financial data.
• Collaborate with Finance stakeholders to validate accounting treatments and obtain sign-off on the proposed solution.

SAP ECC FI/CO Functional Design and Configuration

• Lead functional assessments, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, solution design, and configuration of SAP ECC FI/CO.
• Provide deep functional expertise across relevant areas, including:
• Financial Accounting (FI): General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, and Bank Accounting.
• Controlling (CO): Cost Centres, Internal Orders, Profit Centres, and relevant management accounting processes.
• Master data governance, chart of accounts alignment, posting controls, document processing, and financial close.
• Assess the acquired subsidiary's existing SAP and finance processes and define the target-state solution.
• Ensure consistent financial master data, accounting structures, and business processes across the integrated environment.

Data Migration and Reconciliation

• Lead FI/CO data migration planning and execution for the acquired subsidiary.
• Define and validate data mapping, transformation rules, cleansing requirements, and migration controls.
• Oversee mock conversions, migration rehearsals, validation activities, and final production migration.
• Reconcile migrated balances and transactions against source-system records and approved financial control totals.
• Validate master data, opening balances, open items, fixed assets, and other relevant financial data.
• Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions within agreed project timelines.

Testing, Cutover, and Go-Live

• Develop and manage the FI/CO testing strategy, including functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Prepare test scenarios covering financial postings, ledger-specific accounting, reconciliations, period-end processing, and financial reporting.
• Coordinate defect management, prioritisation, resolution, retesting, and business acceptance.
• Lead FI/CO cutover planning, readiness assessments, data validation, reconciliation sign-offs, and go-live activities.
• Provide hands-on support during deployment and stabilisation to ensure business continuity and financial data integrity.
• Lead post-go-live hypercare, resolving functional issues and supporting the transition to business-as-usual operations.

Governance, Controls, and Compliance

• Ensure SAP FI/CO changes comply with SOX requirements, internal financial controls, and established change and release management procedures.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of solution designs, configuration decisions, migration reconciliations, testing evidence, and approvals.
• Support audit requirements by ensuring financial transactions and accounting adjustments are traceable and appropriately controlled.
• Identify project risks and control gaps and implement mitigation measures in collaboration with Finance and DT stakeholders.

Who Do You Need to Be?

• Minimum 10 years of SAP FI/CO functional consulting experience, with substantial hands-on experience in SAP ECC.

• Demonstrated experience delivering SAP integrations arising from mergers, acquisitions, or subsidiary integrations.

• Proven experience implementing or supporting parallel accounting, dual-ledger solutions, and multi-GAAP financial reporting environments, specifically IFRS and US GAAP.

• Strong SAP ECC FI/CO configuration and functional design expertise.

• Extensive understanding of financial master data, transaction processing, general ledger postings, period-end close, and financial reconciliation processes.

• Proven experience managing financial data migration, including mapping, mock conversions, validation, and reconciliation.

• Demonstrated ability to lead testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare activities.

• Experience working in controlled corporate environments with SOX compliance, audit requirements, and formal change and release management processes.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and resolve critical issues under tight project deadlines.

Originally posted on Himalayas