Senior SAP S/4HANA FI/CO Consultant with SAP PS

Senior SAP S/4HANA FI/CO Consultant with SAP PS
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Location: Charlotte, NCMinimum Experience: 12+ YearsPrimary Skills: SAP S/4HANA FI/CO, SAP Project Systems (PS), Project AccountingRole OverviewWe are seeking a Senior SAP S/4HANA Finance & Controlling (FI/CO) Business Stabilization Lead with strong expertise in SAP FI/CO and Project Systems (PS). The ideal candidate will have experience in business process adoption, operational readiness, post-go-live stabilization, and continuous improvement in complex global environments, preferably within energy, heavy engineering, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive industries.The consultant will bridge the gap between the deployed SAP S/4HANA solution and day-to-day business operations, supporting Finance, Controlling, and Project Accounting teams in resolving process gaps, improving user adoption, and ensuring effective financial integration.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide senior-level functional expertise across SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling.Lead business process walkthroughs, operational readiness assessments, fit-gap analysis, testing, training, and stabilization activities.Support Project Accounting, Project Cost Management, capital project costing, and revenue recognition.Provide expertise across General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders, Product Costing, and Profitability Analysis.Support Group Reporting, Consolidation, Financial Closing, Period-End Processes, and Intercompany Accounting.Stabilize business execution across SAP Finance and SAP Project Systems (PS), including project costs, budgets, settlements, and capitalization.Lead the upload, validation, and reconciliation of planned costs across SAP PS structures, including project definitions, WBS elements, networks, activities, cost elements, fiscal periods, and planning versions.Ensure financial integration across capital projects, manufacturing, procurement, maintenance, assets, and service operations.Analyze recurring issues, perform root-cause analysis, and distinguish between process, data, training, integration, and system-related gaps.Prepare high-quality Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for approved enhancements.Coordinate UAT, defect triage, business validation, and acceptance of fixes and enhancements.Support global template rollouts, post-go-live hypercare, user training, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement.Collaborate with finance leaders, controllers, business process owners, project teams, and IT support teams.Required Qualifications & Experience10+ years of SAP experience, with strong hands-on expertise in SAP FI/CO.Proven experience supporting SAP S/4HANA Finance adoption, stabilization, and continuous improvement.Strong knowledge of SAP FI, CO, Project Accounting, and SAP Project Systems (PS).Hands-on experience with project accounting, capital project costing, project budgeting, actual costs, commitments, settlement, and capitalization.Experience preparing, uploading, validating, and reconciling planned cost data across WBS elements, networks, activities, and planning versions.Strong understanding of integration between SAP Finance and SAP PS, MM, PM, SD, and Asset Management.Experience with Group Reporting, Consolidation, Asset Accounting, Financial Closing, Intercompany Accounting, and financial controls.Knowledge of IFRS, compliance, allocations, settlements, and revenue recognition.Experience in global S/4HANA rollouts, hypercare, and post-go-live stabilization.Experience in energy, utilities, oil and gas, heavy engineering, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive industries.Strong business analysis, root-cause analysis, documentation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.Demonstrated ability to prepare BRDs and translate business requirements into actionable functional solutions.Fluent English communication skills.Preferred QualificationsSAP S/4HANA Finance certification.SAP Activate methodology experience.Experience with SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting and Consolidation.Experience with SAP Fiori Finance applications and enterprise reporting platforms.Experience with global template design, rollout methodologies, organizational change, and user training.Familiarity with agile delivery practices and international, multicultural organizations. xzbcwsv Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.