SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting and Central Finance Consultant - Remote

Cystems Logic Inc•Minneapolis, MN

18h•Remote

About The Position

Senior SAP functional consultant specializing in S/4HANA Group Reporting and Central Finance with deep expertise in financial consolidation, intercompany reconciliation, and enterprise wide financial data harmonization. The role supports end to end group close, consolidation processes, Central Finance replication, and reconciliation across FI CO and Group Reporting while ensuring compliance with IFRS and Ind-AS and enabling accurate enterprise financial reporting.

Requirements

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.
Ability to handle complex group hierarchies and changing ownership scenarios.
Experience in configuring and running ICMR processes to identify and resolve intercompany differences.
Skilled in analyzing mismatches and ensuring clean eliminations during group close.
Strong knowledge of investment elimination processes including capital consolidation and minority interest calculation.
Ensures accurate equity reporting as per IFRS and Ind-AS requirements.
Expertise in defining translation methods for balance sheet and P and L accounts.
Hands-on experience in calculating and posting Currency Translation Adjustment CTA during consolidation.
Experience in releasing financial data from ACDOCA to Group Reporting.
Strong understanding of data selection document types and reporting dimensions impacting consolidation accuracy.
Hands-on involvement in managing month-end quarter-end and year-end group close activities.
Ability to handle tight timelines while ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
Strong functional knowledge of IFRS and Ind-AS consolidation principles.
Ability to translate accounting requirements into SAP Group Reporting configurations and processes.
Experience using Group Reporting Fiori apps such as Consolidation Monitor and Data Monitor.
Skilled in monitoring process status error handling and performance optimization.
Hands-on experience in migration from EC-CS SEM-BCS or SAP BPC to S/4HANA Group Reporting.
Involved in data mapping validation and parallel close activities.
Experience in replicating cost centers profit centers and internal orders from CO to Group Reporting.
Ensures alignment between management accounting and consolidation reporting.
Strong expertise in reconciling FI CO and Group Reporting data.
Ability to identify structural timing and configuration-related differences and resolve them efficiently.
Hands-on experience in replicating FI documents from ECC or S/4 source systems to Central Finance.
Ensures real-time financial visibility across the enterprise.
Expertise in mapping GL accounts company codes profit centers and functional areas in CFIN.
Ensures standardized financial structures across multiple source systems.
Experience in real-time data replication using SLT and monitoring errors through AIF.
Skilled in troubleshooting replication failures and ensuring data completeness.
Strong understanding of document splitting logic tax postings and multi-currency scenarios during FI replication.
Ensures accurate reporting at segment and group levels.
Experience in reconciling source system balances with Central Finance FI and CO data.
Ensures data consistency and audit readiness.
Hands-on experience in reconciling CFIN Universal Journal data with Group Reporting released balances.
Ensures accurate consolidation input from Central Finance.
Strong expertise in validating FS items consolidation units profit centers and partner units between CFIN and Group Reporting.
Ensures correct dimensional mapping.
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.
Enables transparency and faster issue resolution.