SAP S4HANA GL/CO Consultant Beja

SAP S4HANA GL/CO Consultant
Beja
Beja, Beja, Portugal

Qualifications/Skills:

• Proactive mindset and ability to work independently and experience with agile project methodologies or hybrid approaches in SAP environments.
• Experience in SAP S4HANA implementation projects (including Fit-to-Standard workshops and best practice adoption).
• Fluency in English, German is appreciated.
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines and ensure the timely delivery of work package results, with regular reporting on implementation progress and outcomes.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues related to system configuration and business operations.
• Effective communication skills to liaise between technical (IT) and
  - technical (BU) teams, ensuring a clear understanding of business requirements, successful implementation, and ongoing maintenance of processes within the system.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to ensure that end user understand the resolution of incidents and the correct execution of processes.

GL/ CO:

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial closing processes, including
  - end,
  - end, and
  - end activities.
• Deep understanding of the integration between FI and CO, including reconciliation processes and data flows in SAP S4HANA.
• Experience with parallel accounting, ledger approach, and handling of multiple currencies (e. g. , group currency, local currency).
• Experience with intercompany processes, eliminations, and reconciliation.
• Experience with integration to other modules, such as Controlling (CO), Accounts Payable (AP), and Accounts Receivable (AR).
• Familiarity with GAAP and deep knowledge in IFRS standards.
• Knowledge and experience with GL (General Ledger) and CO (Controlling) processes in SAP.
• Methodological skills to design and implement a new Chart of Accounts considering global and local requirements.
• Ability to define a methodical concept for Controlling in S4HANA.
• Expertise in configuring and customizing general ledger and Controlling module, financial statements, and reporting in SAP ECC and S4HANA.
• Expertise in Financial Closing Cockpit and S4HANA Advanced Financial Closing, Accruals Management and other GL related functionalities.
• Experience with SAP Fiori Apps and knowledge of main Apps for GL & CO processes.

• Main tasks (starting in 2025, to be continued in 2026):
• Creation of a new Template Chart of