SAP Fico - Senior Consultant Lead

A bit about us We're Applexus, a global IT Consultancy with a people-centric and collaborative culture focused on employee well-being, learning and development and creating an excellent place for our people to work. As an SAP Partner with over 30 years' SAP experience, we provide wall-to-wall SAP advisory, implementation, development and support services. Our mission is to deliver business process solutions of enduring value to our customers, through a combination of technical expertise, best practice and innovation – this is where you come in! A bit about the role We're growing our SAP Finance practice and are hiring SAP FICO consultants at two levels: Senior Consultant and Consulting Lead. You'll deliver SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions for our clients across on-premise and cloud landscapes, working closely with finance teams to turn their requirements into well-designed, well-configured SAP solutions. At Senior Consultant level, you'll own defined areas of the finance design and build, from workshop to go-live. At Consulting Lead level, you'll lead the FICO workstream on client projects, taking accountability for the finance design, guiding the team and contributing to pre-sales. You don't need to decide which level is right for you. Apply with your experience and we'll talk it through with you during the process. What you'll be doing At both levels, you'll:

• Deliver SAP FI/CO across full lifecycle implementations, rollouts, S/4HANA conversions and support engagements
• Configure and test finance processes across GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, bank accounting and controlling
• Run requirements, Fit-to-Standard and design workshops with finance process owners and key users
• Write clear functional specifications and work with developers on reports, interfaces and enhancements
• Work with consultants in other modules (MM, SD, PS) to make sure finance integration points work end to end
• Support testing, data migration, cutover, training and hypercare
• Share knowledge, contribute to training materials and support colleagues earlier in their careers At Consulting Lead level, you'll also:
• Lead the FICO workstream, planning activities, allocating tasks and tracking progress against the project plan
• Own the finance design for your workstream and quality-assure configuration, specifications and test outcomes
• Act as the escalation point for complex finance issues on your projects
• Contribute finance solution input, estimates, demos and presentations to pre-sales opportunities
• Mentor and develop consultants in your team and help build reusable templates and assets for the practice What we're looking for Essential experience
• Solid SAP FICO consulting experience, including full lifecycle implementation experience
• Strong hands-on configuration skills across FI (GL, AP, AR, AA, bank accounting) and CO (CCA, PCA, internal orders)
• Hands-on S/4HANA Finance experience
• Good understanding of finance integration with logistics modules (MM, SD)
• Sound understanding of finance and accounting processes, including period-end close
• Confidence running workshops and explaining SAP solutions to finance users
• Strong communication skills and a structured, quality-focused approach For Consulting Lead level, we'd also expect:
• Proven experience leading a finance workstream or acting as FICO lead on a project
• Experience of multiple full lifecycle implementations, including S/4HANA implementation or conversion
• Experience contributing to pre-sales and guiding other consultants Desirable experience
• Experience with product costing, CO-PA/Margin Analysis or Project Systems
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori apps for Finance and embedded analytics
• Exposure to SAP Activate methodology and public or private cloud S/4HANA
• An accounting qualification (part or fully qualified, e.g. CIMA, ACCA) or finance background
• Experience in a consulting or multi-client environment