Job Description of an SAP FICO Consultant

- Facilitate the implementation and support of SAP Financials (focus on FICO Controlling – Cost
Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Project System,
Results Analysis, Unsettled Costs, Month End Close, Overhead assessment and settlement.)
- Perform detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide appropriate system
solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer requirements
- Facilitate workshops to collect business requirements
- Map client business requirements, processes and objectives; develops necessary product
modifications to satisfy clients' needs.
- Design, customize, configure and testing of FI/CO modules. Also, document functional designs, test
cases and results
- Identify gaps, issues and work around solutions.
- Act as liaison with client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyse, and solve software problems. Act
as a liaison between the business functions and the technical team.
- Proactively identify and propose business process and/or system enhancements
- Provide consulting services on both new implementations and existing support projects
- Provide ad-hoc training and user support as required
- Work self-directed and independently; may act as subject matter mentor to more junior members
- Experience in SAP FI and CO modules (usually at least 2 - 5 years) - General Ledger (GL),
Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Cost and Profit Center Accounting (CPA) and
Internal Orders
- Configuration of SAP FI, CO modules in IMG based on business requirements

- Looking for improvement opportunities in business systems

- Assisting in testing process in order to discover errors and issues in business processes,
documentation or user's lack of experience

- Application support and training of end users

- Cooperating with consultants from other modules such as MM, PM, PP and PS

- Implementing SAP Business Warehouse (BW)

Job Description of an SAP FICO Project manager

The project manager is also called a team leader or director. He/she is an important person
during the implementation of the project. The project manager should have a extensive
experience as an SAP FICO consultant. He/she is also a part of the sales process, so he/she
should have strong negotiation and management skills as well.

Responsibilities of project managers are an extension of consultant's responsibilities:

  Managing team of consultants in order to deliver final solution to customer based on
contract conditions
 Managing client relationships
 Supervising and coaching junior consultants in the project

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