SAP S/4HANA Finance – Group Reporting Lead
Our client, a large consulting organisation, is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Group Reporting Lead to join their team. This is a senior role with functional ownership of statutory and management consolidation processes, responsible for designing and delivering harmonised finance and group reporting solutions in SAP S/4HANA.
Location: Remote (with occasional travel to client sites)
Security Clearance: SC clearance required
Eligibility: Sole British nationals only
Please note: Due to security requirements, candidates must be eligible for or currently hold SC clearance. This requires candidates to have been UK residents for the past 5 years, without having spent more than 28 consecutive days abroad during that time.
The role
- You will lead the full lifecycle design and delivery of General Ledger, parallel ledgers, consolidation, and SAP Group Reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and local statutory standards, and enabling a seamless financial close.
- Define and deliver a global chart of accounts and ledger structure
- Implement SAP Group Reporting
- Establish and test processes for foreign currency translation, minority interest, and investment consolidation
- Own functional specifications for WRICEF objects relating to reporting, interfaces, and reconciliations
- Manage data migration of GL balances, open items, and consolidation structures from legacy systems
- Run at least two full mock close cycles prior to go-live, ensuring full reconciliation of trial balances and eliminations
- Ensure integration with Treasury (cash positions, intercompany loans), Tax (deferred tax and statutory reporting), and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
- Act as design authority across GL and consolidation workstreams, ensuring audit-readiness and compliance
Must have
- Proven experience delivering Group Reporting and Consolidation within SAP S/4HANA programmes
- Extensive expertise in GL, parallel ledgers, consolidation rules, and statutory reporting
- Strong knowledge of IFRS, GAAP, and multi-GAAP reporting environments
- Hands‑on experience with intercompany processing, eliminations, and automated reconciliation
- Experience running financial close rehearsals and resolving reconciliation issues
- Familiarity with SAP Central Finance and its interaction with Group Reporting (desirable)
- Strong understanding of integration points with Treasury, Tax, and Analytics
- Ability to engage confidently with CFOs, auditors, and financial regulators
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