SAP FI Analyst-Expert Level
Location: Spring, Texas
JPC: 1083
Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced SAP FI CO Analyst with 10+ years of experience across SAP ECC (ERP 6.0) and SAP S/4HANA Finance, with a strong focus on enabling Snowflake-based finance data transformation and analytics modernization. This role bridges Finance, SAP, and Data Engineering teams to ensure accurate, scalable, and business-aligned financial data flows from SAP into Snowflake for reporting, analytics, and downstream consumption.
The ideal candidate brings functional finance knowledge, hands-on SAP configuration expertise, and a strong understanding of how SAP FI CO data models translate into modern cloud data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
SAP FI CO Functional Expertise
- Serve as the FI CO subject-matter expert for SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments supporting enterprise finance operations.
- Own functional knowledge of core SAP Finance and Controlling modules:
- General Ledger (GL)
- Accounts Payable (AP)
- Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Asset Accounting (AA)
- Cost Center Accounting (CCA)
- Profit Center Accounting (PCA)
- Internal Orders, Product Costing, and CO PA
SAP S/4HANA Finance & Data Model Expertise
- Provide functional knowledge on S/4HANA Finance data structures, including:
- Universal Journal (ACDOCA)
- New Asset Accounting
- Margin Analysis (CO PA)
- Translate differences between ECC and S/4HANA Finance data models for data bridging, harmonization, and analytics use cases.
- Advise on finance process simplification and standardization aligned with S/4HANA best practices.
Snowflake Finance Data Transformation Enablement
- Act as the functional bridge between SAP FI CO and Snowflake data engineering teams.
- Define and validate finance data mappings from SAP source tables (FI, CO, AA, CO PA) to Snowflake target models.
- Ensure financial data extracted from SAP supports:
- Accurate balances and transactional detail
- Period-based reporting
- Profitability and cost analysis
- Auditability and reconciliation
- Support design of finance-focused data marts, semantic layers, and analytics-ready structures in Snowflake.
Data Quality, Reconciliation & Controls
- Help to define finance reconciliation rules between SAP and Snowflake (e.g., GR balances, ledger tie-outs).
- Partner with data teams to establish data validation, controls, and exception handling.
- Support audit and compliance requirements by ensuring traceability from Snowflake back to SAP source data.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner closely with Finance leadership, Accounting, Controlling, and FP&A teams to understand reporting and analytics needs.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Data Engineering, BI, and Architecture teams.
- Mentor business analysts on finance data concepts and SAP FI CO structures.
- Support change management and user adoption for new analytics and reporting platforms.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of SAP FI CO experience, including deep hands-on configuration.
- Strong experience across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA Finance environments.
- In-depth understanding of SAP FI CO data models and table structures.
- Strong accounting and controlling knowledge with the ability to translate business requirements into data solutions.
- Experience working with data engineers, architects, and analytics teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting SAP-to-cloud data platform transformations, preferably Snowflake.
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA migrations or Central Finance initiatives.
- Familiarity with SAP data extraction technologies (CDS Views, SLT, BW extractors).
- SAP FI, CO, or S/4HANA Finance certification.
- Experience supporting finance reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud).
Key Competencies
- Strong SAP-to-data-platform translation skills
- Finance data modeling and reconciliation expertise
- Analytical and detail-oriented mindset
- Excellent communication with both technical and business stakeholders
- Ability to operate in large-scale transformation programs
Top 3 skills:
- Advance level in FICO (10 years+) in SAP ECC and S/4HANA
- SAP S/4HANA Finance & Data Model Expertise
- Snowflake Finance Data Transformation Enablement
Contract: ruchi.tammara@pantheon-inc.com