SAP Finance Functional Lead

10-15 Years

Not Disclosed

Early Applicant

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Application Ownership & Business Support

Serve as the functional lead for SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Concur, and e-invoicing applications.
Partner with Finance users and process owners to understand operational needs, resolve application issues, and improve user experience.
Provide functional guidance for complex incidents, recurring problems, and process-related queries.
Ensure support requests are appropriately prioritised, resolved, documented, and followed through with internal teams and service providers.
Maintain application stability, process integrity, and alignment with Finance policies, controls, and regulatory requirements.

Solution Blueprint & Functional Design

Govern core SAP S/4HANA Finance design supporting business processes, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Financial closing.
Oversee SAP Concur travel and expense processes, including approvals, reimbursements, audit rules, corporate-card integration, and financial posting.
Lead the functional implementation and support of customer and supplier e-invoicing requirements across applicable jurisdictions.
Lead requirement discussions, assess impact across Finance and integrated processes and translate business needs into clear, practical, and supportable SAP solutions before implementation.
Promote the use of SAP standard capabilities and clean-core principles while ensuring solutions meet business and control requirements.

SAP Enhancements & Process Improvements

Identify and prioritise system enhancements, automation opportunities, and process improvements with Finance stakeholders.
Lead enhancements, regulatory changes, and mini projects from requirements and design through testing, deployment, and transition to support.
Coordinate functional configuration, testing, defect resolution, user validation, release readiness, and post-deployment support.
Ensure solutions are properly documented and that relevant users and support teams receive adequate knowledge transfer.
Monitor delivered improvements and address any follow-up actions required to achieve the intended business outcome.

Key Requirements:

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline.
A recognised professional accounting qualification is an advantage.

Experience

10–15 years of SAP Finance functional experience covering application support, enhancements, and project delivery.
Proven experience leading SAP S/4HANA Finance solution design and functional delivery in a complex enterprise environment.
Hands-on experience with SAP Concur and e-invoicing solutions.
Experience working with Finance stakeholders, business users, technical teams, system integrators, and managed-service providers.
Experience supporting multi-company, multi-currency, or multi-country SAP environments is an advantage.

SAP Functional Skills

Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Finance, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Financial Closing.
Good understanding of Finance integration with Procurement, Sales, Project Systems, Plant Maintenance, and other relevant SAP processes.
Working knowledge of SAP Concur expense, travel, approvals, audit rules, reimbursements, and financial posting.
Practical understanding of e-invoicing processes, regulatory validation, integration, reconciliation, and exception management.
Ability to develop and review business requirements, solution blueprints, functional specifications, test scenarios, and support documentation.
Knowledge of SAP Fiori, workflows, interfaces, master data, reporting, authorisations, and segregation-of-duties controls.

Key Competencies