Specialist - Consulting-

Bristlecone•Dallas, TX

About The Position

This role focuses on leading Finance and Grants Management workstreams within Brownfield conversion projects, specifically migrating from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. The specialist will analyze finance simplification items, assess system readiness, evaluate legacy customizations, and ensure financial operations continuity during the transition. Key responsibilities include supporting the conversion strategy for data, configuration, and reporting alignment. The role also involves configuring and optimizing core SAP Finance modules (FI) and Controlling (CO) functionalities, including General Ledger, AP/AR, Bank Accounting, Asset Accounting, Tax Reporting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, and Margin Analysis. Additionally, the specialist will lead the implementation and optimization of SAP Grants Management, configuring grant master data, budgeting, lifecycle tracking, and ensuring compliance. Data migration for finance and grants, integration with other SAP modules (MM, SD, PS, FM, EAM), reporting, testing, and post-go-live support are also crucial aspects of this position. Bristlecone is a leading provider of AI-powered application transformation services for the connected supply chain, ranked among the top ten leaders in supply chain services by Gartner. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, with global locations and over 2,500 consultants, and is part of the Mahindra Group.

Requirements

Experience in leading Finance and Grants Management workstreams in SAP ECC to S/4HANA Brownfield conversions
Proficiency in SAP FI module configuration and optimization (General Ledger, AP/AR, Bank Accounting, Asset Accounting, Tax Reporting)
Experience with S/4HANA Finance innovations (Universal Journal, real-time analytics, parallel ledgers)
Proficiency in SAP CO module configuration and optimization (Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, CO-PA)
Experience in leading SAP Grants Management implementations and optimizations
Experience configuring SAP Grants Management functionalities (master data, budgeting, lifecycle tracking, billing, cost recovery)
Experience in leading finance and grants master data assessment, cleansing, and migration
Experience overseeing migration of financial data including Chart of Accounts, Vendors, Customers, Assets, and open items
Experience with SAP migration tools (e.g., Migration Cockpit, LTMC)
Experience ensuring integration with SAP MM, SD, PS, FM, and EAM
Experience developing test scenarios (FUT, Integration Testing) and supporting UAT
Experience with cutover planning and post-go-live support
Understanding and adherence to Information Security policies and guidelines

Nice To Haves

Experience with embedded analytics and Fiori-based finance apps
Experience designing CDS views and reporting enhancements

Responsibilities

Lead Finance and Grants Management workstreams in Brownfield conversion from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA
Perform Finance simplification item analysis and system readiness assessments
Evaluate legacy customizations and identify remediation strategies
Ensure continuity of financial operations during system transition
Support conversion strategy including data, configuration, and reporting alignment
Configure and optimize Core Finance (FI) modules: General Ledger (New GL / Universal Journal), Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable, Bank Accounting & Cash Management, Asset Accounting, Tax & Regulatory Reporting
Enable S/4HANA Finance innovations: Universal Journal (ACDOCA), real-time financial analytics, parallel ledgers and accounting standards, document splitting
Configure and optimize Controlling (CO) modules: Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Margin Analysis (CO-PA), Budget availability control
Lead implementation and optimization of SAP Grants Management functionality
Configure Grants Management: Grant master data, Sponsored programs & classes, Grant budgeting and lifecycle tracking, Grant billing and cost recovery
Ensure compliance with sponsor and regulatory requirements
Integrate Grants Management with Finance, Funds Management, and Projects
Support reporting for grant audits and funding agencies
Lead finance and grants master data assessment and cleansing
Oversee migration of: Chart of Accounts, Vendors, Customers, Business Partners, Asset master and balances, Open items and historical transactions, Grant master data and grant budgets
Ensure financial data integrity post-conversion
Support migration tools (e.g., Migration Cockpit, LTMC)
Ensure integration with: Materials Management (MM), Sales & Distribution (SD), Project Systems (PS), Funds Management (FM), Asset Management (EAM)
Enable embedded analytics and Fiori-based finance apps
Support financial statements and regulatory reporting
Design CDS views and reporting enhancements where needed
Develop Functional Unit Testing (FUT) and Integration Test scenarios
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Assist cutover planning and go-live readiness
Provide hypercare and post-go-live support
Understand and adhere to Information Security policies, guidelines and procedure, practice them for protection of organizational data and Information System.
Take part in information security training and act while handling information.
Report all suspected security and policy breach to InfoSec team or appropriate authority (CISO).
Understand and adhere to the additional information security responsibilities as part of the assigned job role.