S/4HANA Finance
Finance roles are judged at quarter-end, not at kickoff.
Record-to-report, receivables, treasury and revenue accounting on S/4HANA, from conversion through the first close.
- 01Post
- 02Reconcile
- 03Close
- 04Consolidate
- 05Report
Where the experience sits, and who it means.
Select an area to see the roles it usually calls for, or a role to see the areas behind it.
Where the experience sits
Roles it usually means
SAP Finance, area by area.
The specifics behind each part of the landscape, and the roles each one usually needs.
Record-to-report
General ledger, assets, controlling and the close.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- FICO consultant
- Controlling consultant
- Finance solution architect
Receivables and FSCM
Credit exposure through to cash applied.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- FSCM consultant
Treasury
Cash, liquidity, banks and risk.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Treasury consultant
- Finance solution architect
Revenue accounting
Contracts, obligations and recognition under IFRS 15 / ASC 606.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- RAR specialist
Group reporting
Consolidation and the view across entities.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Group reporting consultant
- Finance solution architect
Trace it through a business process.
Illustrative relationships, not a client system architecture. Select a process to trace it through.
- SD consultant
- FSCM consultant
- RAR specialist
- Order-to-cash solution architect
Order-to-cash problems often surface in finance. Fixing them usually needs SD and FSCM in the same conversation.
Questions worth asking before the shortlist.
Is margin analysis in scope?
Moving from costing-based CO-PA to margin analysis changes the controlling profile you need.
Does revenue come from SD, FI-CA or both?
RAR integration differs by source. The specialist should have worked with yours.
Which banks and formats are involved?
Treasury and bank communication work depends on the banks, formats and connectivity already in place.
Who reconciles at go-live?
Opening balances and reconciliation need finance people inside the cutover plan.
Connected expertise
SAP capabilities
How teams usually engage us for SAP Finance.
One specialist, more capacity inside your practice, or a connected team for a phase.
Specialist hire
Contract or permanent. One role where the SAP detail decides the hire.
Fits whenA program is blocked on one hard-to-find skill, like an FI-CA lead ahead of cutover.
Team augmentation
Functional and technical capacity inside your own SAP organization.
Fits whenYour practice owns delivery and needs more people on a known plan.
Project team
A connected group around one workstream or phase.
Fits whenSeveral related skills need to start together, like PP, QM and EWM for a plant rollout.
Defined delivery
A scoped body of SAP work with agreed outputs, under SOW.
Fits whenThe output can be specified up front and you want accountability for the deliverable.
Tell us where the SAP Finance work gets difficult.
Tell us the process, the landscape and when you need people in place. We’ll come back with questions about the detail.
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