About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Business Integration Analyst based in India.
This is a senior SAP Finance functional leadership role focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise-wide financial solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, implement, enhance, and optimize SAP Finance (FI) solutions across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, and Cash Management.
- Support critical Record-to-Report, financial reporting, AP, AR, fixed asset, and month-end/year-end processes.
- Lead or contribute to SAP implementation, enhancement, S/4HANA, and change-request initiatives across requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and cutover.
- Provide functional leadership throughout FI/CO cutover activities, month-end and year-end processes, and production issue resolution.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable, sustainable SAP Finance solutions.
- Manage cross-functional integration with MM, SD, PP, CO, and PS, collaborating closely with ABAP and interface teams.
- Partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to resolve complex functional and integration challenges.
- Provide expert guidance, manage stakeholder expectations, and facilitate consensus around business and technology solutions.
- Collaborate with Digital Technology, Security, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Project Management teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
- Contribute to project planning, execution, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support enterprise-level SAP transformation programs and complex global business processes.
- Mentor junior consultants and team members while contributing to knowledge sharing and capability development.
- Help drive consistent solution architecture and functional design practices across SAP Finance initiatives.
Requirements
- 9+ years of relevant SAP experience, or an advanced degree combined with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, STEM, or a related discipline.
- Strong hands-on expertise in SAP Finance (FI), including GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, and Cash Management.
- Strong understanding of R2R, financial reporting, month-end/year-end processes, and SAP FI implementation and support.
- Demonstrated experience across the SAP project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and cutover.
- Strong cross-functional SAP integration knowledge, particularly FI-MM, FI-SD, and FI-PP.
- Experience collaborating with ABAP developers and interface teams on functional and technical requirements.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to address complex business and system challenges.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to work effectively with middle and senior management.
- Experience working with global teams and stakeholders across multiple regions.
- SAP S/4HANA implementation or conversion experience is preferred.
- Experience contributing to or leading one or more complete SAP implementation lifecycles is advantageous.
- Customer-facing SAP consulting experience is a plus.
- Experience in SAP solution architecture and functional design is desirable.
- Experience working within large global organizations or complex enterprise environments is beneficial.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior consultants and contribute to cross-functional teams.
- Project management and change management experience is advantageous.
- Familiarity with aerospace industry processes and standards is a plus.
- An advanced degree in a relevant discipline is preferred.
Conditions
- Hybrid working arrangement combining onsite and offsite work.
- Group Health Insurance.
- Group Term Life Insurance.
- Group Personal Accident Insurance.
- 18 days of annual vacation plus 12 days of contingency leave.
- Meal coupons or meal vouchers.
- Employee Scholar Programme.
- National Pension Scheme.
- Leave Travel Allowance (LTA).
- Car lease programme.
- Fuel and maintenance or driver-wage benefits, subject to applicable eligibility.
- Support for work-life balance.
- Continuous learning, training, and professional development opportunities.
- Exposure to large-scale SAP transformation and digital technology initiatives.
- Opportunity to collaborate with global teams and stakeholders.
- Opportunities to strengthen leadership, solution architecture, consulting, and project-management capabilities.