Role: SAP FICO / RAR / VIM Subject-Matter
Texas (US-TX
Hybrid working
6 Months
Expert Consultant POSITION GENERAL DUTIES AND TASKS : Responsibilities:
oResponsible for areas of the Finance thread on the S4/program, focusing on SAP modules: VIM/Open Text, FI (Finance), CO (Controlling), and RAR (Revenue Accounting & Recognition). Provide solutions and enterprise enablement for the business on FI & CO, SAP VIM, RAR in a multinational company. Involved in the delivery of SAP project implementations across various regions. Oversee functional and process quality of SAP throughout the implementation and improvement project life cycles. Align with Flowserve Global Business Process Standardization and corporate policies' governance. Ensure compliance with statutory requirements. Collaborate closely with the production support team, SAP consultants/business analysts, and regional & global business partners and project managers.
Requirements:
oSubject-Matter Expert for FI / CO Finance Accounting & Controlling on S4. US Based, able to travel. (, , H1B) RAR (Revenue Accounting and Recognition) experience, including strong on S4, is required. Knowledge of VIM/Open Text on S4. Excellent oral and written communication skills required (English). Willing to travel when required, up to 25-50% domestic to any of the North American Flowserve sites. (Canada, US, Mexico) Minimum 8+ years of hands-on SAP FICO configuration experience, with at least 3 or 4 full lifecycle S/4HANA implementations or large-scale ECC migrations. Product costing experience. Capable to troubleshoot and provide quality problems resolution.
Core Financial Accounting (FI)
S/4HANA General Ledger (GL): Advanced configuration of the ledger architecture, parallel accounting, multi-currency setups, document splitting, and optimization of the Universal Journal structure. Accounts Payable (AP) & Accounts Receivable (AR): Configuration of the Business Partner (BP) concept, electronic bank statements (EBS), automatic payment programs (APP), dunning processes, and customer/vendor integrations. Asset Accounting (AA): Implementing New Asset Accounting architecture in S/4HANA, managing asset acquisitions, complex depreciation areas, retirements, and technical clearing accounts.
Controlling & Management Accounting (CO)
Cost Center & Profit Center Accounting (CCA/PCA): Setup of master data hierarchies, cost allocations, distributions, and real-time internal reporting alignments. Internal Orders & Product Costing (CO-PC): Configuring cost estimates, standard costing runs, material ledgers, and variance calculations. Profitability Analysis (CO-PA): Expert knowledge of Margin Analysis (account-based CO-PA) native to S/4HANA.
Integration & Soft Skills
Cross-Module Integration: Seamless execution of data flows between FI/CO and logistics modules, specifically SAP MM (Procurement) and SAP SD (Sales). RICEFW Development: Ability to author highly detailed functional specifications for custom reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, and workflows, collaborating closely with ABAP developers. S/4HANA Analytics: Utilizing SAP Fiori apps and embedded analytics for automated month-end financial close optimizations. Methodology: Proven experience running business blueprinting workshops, conducting Gap Analysis, and executing
