Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your Role And Responsibilities
As a Package Consultant: SAP HANA FIN CO, you will implement and configure SAP HANA FIN CO solutions for clients, serving as an expert working directly with customers to deliver high-quality results and trusted business advice. You will utilize your deep understanding of and/or hands-on experience in the system to analyze business requirements, design and configure solutions, and ensure successful project delivery.
Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include
- Design and Configure Solutions: Design and configure SAP HANA FIN CO solutions that meet client needs, focusing on simplicity, amplification, and maintainability.
- Deliver Comprehensive Solutions: Develop and implement solutions, leveraging knowledge of this area and working with the latest technologies to achieve client expectations.
- Collaborate with Clients and Teams: Embody IBM core values while delivering project goals, building trust with clients and team members through knowledge, self-awareness, respect, clear communications, inclusivity, curiosity, and innovation.
- Analyze Business Requirements: Utilize business and industry knowledge, business processes, and techno-functional solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology solutions.
- Drive Strategic Solution Focus: Work across technical design, development, and implementation of solutions to meet client needs.
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
A Senior FICO Lead is responsible for driving the strategic design, implementation, and optimization of SAP Finance (FI/CO) solutions to support enterprise financial management, reporting, and cost control. The role focuses on aligning financial systems with business objectives while ensuring scalable, compliant, and efficient processes.
This position requires deep expertise in SAP Finance capabilities, strong understanding of integrations across SAP and non-SAP systems, and the ability to lead complex transformation initiatives. The role partners closely with finance leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to define the finance roadmap, guide solution architecture, and deliver high-impact initiatives that enhance financial transparency, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio
Required Professional and Technical Expertise
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- SAP Finance or S/4HANA certifications are highly valued; additional certifications in enterprise architecture, finance transformation, or leadership are a plus.
Technical & Functional Leadership
- 12+ years of Deep expertise across SAP Finance capabilities , including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Asset Accounting, with a strong understanding of end-to-end financial processes.
- Proven experience leading S/4HANA Finance transformations.
- Strong knowledge of tax configuration, banking integrations, electronic payments, and financial compliance requirements across complex organizations.
- Ability to guide teams on advanced SAP capabilities, integrations, and emerging technologies such as Fiori, analytics platforms, and finance reporting solutions.
Leadership & Industry Experience
- Extensive experience delivering and overseeing large-scale SAP, including global implementations, transformations, and optimization initiatives.
- Track record of leading cross-functional teams, mentoring consultants, and driving delivery excellence across multiple workstreams.
- Strong experience engaging with senior stakeholders, finance executives, and program leadership to translate business strategy into scalable SAP solutions.
Strategic & Leadership Capabilities
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex organizational and financial challenges.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management, with the ability to influence decisions at senior levels.
- Ability to lead teams, manage priorities across multiple initiatives, and drive collaboration in fast-paced, complex environments.
- Commitment to building high-performing teams, developing talent, and promoting best practices across finance transformation initiatives.
