SAP FICO SR CONSULTANT

About Birlasoft:

Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company's consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group's 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.

About the Job - We are looking for SAP FICO CONSULTANT.
Educational Background - Any Graduate.
Experience-4 + years.
Location- Pune

Role Overview
We are looking for a SAP FI Support Consultant with strong experience in application support and S/4HANA upgrade exposure. The candidate will be responsible for L2/L3 support, incident resolution, and continuous improvement, along with participation in S/4HANA upgrade and transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
Application Support (AMS): Provide L2/L3 support for SAP FI modules:
General Ledger (GL)
Accounts Payable (AP)
Accounts Receivable (AR)
Asset Accounting (AA)
Bank Accounting
Manage and resolve:
Incidents, service requests, and defects (via ServiceNow or similar tools)
Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and ensure permanent fixes
Support month-end/year-end closing activities

S/4HANA Upgrade & Enhancement Support
Participate in S/4HANA upgrades / support pack upgrades / enhancement projects
Analyze impact of:
Simplification items
Data model changes (Universal Journal)
Support regression testing and issue resolution post-upgrade
Validate financial data and reports after upgrade

Business Process Support & Improvements
Understand and support end-to-end finance processes:
Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
Order-to-Cash (O2C)
Record-to-Report (R2R)
Suggest process improvements, automation, and optimization opportunities
Support minor enhancements / change requests (CRs)
Integration & Interface Monitoring
Monitor and support FI-related interfaces:
SAP CPI / middleware integrations
Bank interfaces, IDOCs, APIs
Coordinate with technical teams for issue resolution
Testing & Data Validation
Unit Testing / UAT / Regression testing
Ensure data consistency:
GL vs Sub-ledger reconciliation
Financial postings validation

Required Skills
Strong knowledge of SAP FI: GL, AP, AR, AA, Bank Accounting
Good understanding of: Financial closing processes, Reporting and reconciliations
Hands-on exposure to: S/4HANA system (support or upgrade projects)
Understanding of: Universal Journal (ACDOCA), Business Partner concept
Basic understanding of: Interfaces (IDOC, APIs, CPI), Batch jobs and background processing, Debugging basics / coordination with ABAP team