Job Title : FICO Lead (IT-Finance & Costing)
Department : IT
Job Location : HO, Bangalore
Reports to : SGM - IT
Direct Reports : Nos – Approx. 2
Job Description:
Overview:
The SAP FICO Lead (S/4HANA Greenfield) is responsible for leading the end-to-end design,
implementation, and deployment of SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI & CO) in a Greenfield environment,
establishing a future-ready finance architecture aligned with business transformation goals.
Page Industries is undertaking an S/4HANA implementation, and this role involves enabling best-practice
SAP S/4HANA capabilities while driving enterprise-wide finance process standardization and eliminating
legacy constraints.
1 Experience & Qualifications
10–12+ years of SAP FICO experience
2–3 full lifecycle S/4HANA implementations (Greenfield preferred)
Experience leading Finance workstream in large transformation programs
Bachelor’s/master’s in finance / accounting / IT
SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification – preferred
2 Key Responsibilities
1 Lead Greenfield S/4HANA Finance implementation from design build deploy
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2 Finance Process Design
Design and implement S/4HANA finance processes across:
Record-to-Report (R2R) – GL, Financial Close, Group Reporting
Procure-to-Pay (P2P) – AP, Invoice Management
Order-to-Cash (O2C) – AR, Credit Management
Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
Controlling (CO):
o Cost Centre Accounting (CCA)
o Profit Centre Accounting (PCA)
o Product Costing
o Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
Leverage S/4 innovations:
o Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
o Real-time reporting & analytics
o Embedded Fiori apps
3 Data Migration & Financial Data Model
1. Define data migration strategy (from legacy S/4HANA)
2 Validate:
Master Data (GL, Vendors, Customers, Assets)
Open balances and historical data
3 Ensure data alignment with:
MDG frameworks
Single Source of Truth (SSOT) initiatives
Support data cleansing and reconciliation activities before go-live
4 Integration with SAP & Non-SAP Systems
Design integration with:
o SAP MM (Procurement)
o SD (Sales & Billing)
o PP (Manufacturing)
o External systems (banking, tax,)
Ensure seamless financial postings across modules
5 Stakeholder & Governance Management
Act as primary liaison between Finance leadership, IT, and Implementation partner
Manage:
o Functional scope
o Change requests
o Solution validation
Present design decisions and progress to leadership forums
6 Leadership & Governance
Strong stakeholder communication (CFO / Finance Heads)
Program / project management skills
Vendor management (Implementation Partner
Ability to lead cross-functional transformation
7 Key Deliverables (for clarity in your program setup)
TO-BE Finance Process Blueprint (Greenfield model)
S/4HANA Finance Design Documents
Data Migration Strategy & Reconciliation Reports
Integration Design Documents
Test Scenarios & UAT Sign-off
Cutover Plan & Go-Live Readiness
Hypercare Support Plan
