Associate Principal Engineer, SAP FICA

REQUIREMENTS

• Total Experience: 10+ years
• Must have 5-7 years experience as a SAP FICA (Financial Contract Accounting) Consultant to join our enterprise IT team.
• Should be able to lead and execute end-to-end implementation and ECC to S/4HANA migration/conversion projects.
• Should be able to execute functional stream activities for SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration (Brownfield, Greenfield, or Selective Data Transition).
• Should manage Business Partner (BP) conversion, data cleanup, contract account adjustments, and migration of open items/history into S/4HANA FICA.
• Should be able to perform impact analysis on existing FICA customizations and standard processes during S/4HANA upgrades/migrations.
• Should be able to design, configure, and maintain core SAP FICA sub-modules: Contract Partner / Contract Account setup, Posting and Documents, Payments (Payment Lot, Direct Debit), Dunning, Interest Calculation, Security Deposits, Returns Processing, Write-offs, and Account Balance Display.
• Should integrate SAP FICA seamlessly with adjacent modules/systems such as SAP SD, FI-CO, BRIM (SOM/CC/CI).
• Should be able to configure and optimize General Ledger (FI-GL) integration, revenue posting, and reconciliation processes.
• Should be able to design and execute mass processing activities (Payment Run, Dunning Run, Mass Changes).
• Should be able to collaborate with technical teams (ABAP developers) to draft high-quality Functional Specifications (WRICEF) for enhancements, interfaces, reports, and workflows.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understanding functional requirements thoroughly and analysing the client’s needs in the context of the project
• Play a crucial role in functional blueprinting, system configuration, data migration, and integration across related SAP modules.
• Envisioning the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements, and being able to define technologies, patterns, and frameworks to realize it.
• Determining and implementing design methodologies and tool sets
• Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities.
• Being able to lead/support UAT and production roll outs.
• Creating, understanding, and validating WBS and estimated effort for given module/task, and being able to justify it.
• Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.
• Helping the team in troubleshooting and resolving of complex bugs
• Coming up with solutions to any issue that is raised during code/design review and being able to justify the decision taken.

Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the require

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.