Senior SAP FICO & Treasury Business Analyst (S/4HANA)

Key Responsibilities:

SAP Finance & Treasury Solution Delivery

• Partner with Finance, Treasury and Accounting stakeholders to identify operational challenges, control gaps and system improvement opportunities.
• Gather, analyse and document business requirements across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, cost centre accounting, profit centre accounting, internal orders and financial reporting.
• Support Treasury and Cash Management processes including cash positioning, liquidity planning, payment processing, house bank management, bank account management and electronic bank statements.
• Translate approved requirements into functional specifications, process designs, reports, interfaces, forms and workflow requirements.
• Recommend practical solutions that maximise standard SAP S/4HANA functionality while meeting accounting, audit, governance and business requirements.
• Review and validate configurations and solution proposals prepared by SAP consultants or implementation partners.

Cross-Functional Integration

• Analyse end-to-end process and accounting impacts across Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and treasury operations.
• Ensure finance and treasury solutions integrate effectively with at least one of SAP SD, MM or ACM.
• Assess the financial impact of sales, procurement, inventory, commodity contracts, pricing, settlement and operational transactions.
• Work with Commercial, Procurement, Supply Chain, Trading and Operations teams to align process design, master data and transaction flows.
• Identify integration risks, data dependencies and control requirements across functional workstreams.

S/4HANA Project, Testing & Go-Live Support

• Participate in process design workshops, fit-to-standard discussions and solution walkthroughs for the S/4HANA project.
• Develop end-to-end test scenarios, expected results and business test scripts covering FI/CO, Treasury and relevant SD, MM or ACM integration points.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing with business stakeholders, consultants and technical teams.
• Track defects, support root cause analysis and validate fixes before deployment.
• Support data validation, reconciliation, cutover preparation, user readiness, go-live and hypercare activities.
• Monitor post-implementation outcomes and recommend continuous improvement opportunities.

Stakeholder, Vendor & Change Management

• Act as the liaison between Finance and Treasury users, operational teams, IT, SAP consultants and implementation partners.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, clarify decisions, manage functional dependencies and communicate delivery progress.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, functional specifications, user guides, test evidence and training materials.
• Support user training, knowledge transfer and adoption of new or enhanced SAP processes.
• Promote consistent use of system-driven controls, reliable data and standardised business processes.

Job Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5 to 8 years of SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA experience in a Business Analyst, Functional Analyst, Functional Consultant, SAP Key User or System Analyst capacity.
• Strong functional knowledge of SAP FI/CO, including core Financial Accounting and Controlling processes.
• Practical exposure to Treasury and Cash Management business processes, such as payments, bank integration, cash positioning or liquidity management.
• Mandatory exposure to at least one of the following modules: SAP SD, SAP MM or SAP ACM.
• Experience supporting an SAP S/4HANA implementation, migration, transformation or major enhancement programme.
• Experience in requirements gathering, functional specification preparation, process design, testing coordination, deployment and post-go-live support.
• Sound understanding of accounting principles, financial controls, reconciliation and reporting requirements.
• Experience working with senior business stakeholders and external SAP implementation partners.
• Integration experience between SAP FI/CO or Treasury and SD, MM or ACM.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA Finance, Cash Management, Bank Account Management, Bank Communication Management, Fiori or finance reporting tools.
• Experience in commodity trading, agriculture, physical trading, manufacturing, logistics or supply chain environments.
• Understanding of commodity contracts, pricing, settlement, inventory valuation, foreign exchange, payment or banking processes.
• Experience supporting month-end or year-end close, data migration, cutover and financial reconciliation activities.