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