SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting Company: ITHR Technologies Consulting LLC SAP Module: SAP FICO Roles & Responsibilities: Job Description: SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting – Quality Assurance Consultant Job Summary We are seeking a highly experienced SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting Quality Assurance Consultant to support a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation program for a leading Oil & Gas organization in Saudi Arabia. The consultant will be part of an Independent Quality Assurance (QA) team responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and validating SAP Group Reporting solutions and implementation deliverables developed by the System Integrator (SI). The role requires deep functional expertise in SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting, Legal and Management Consolidation, Intercompany Matching and Elimination, Currency Translation, Financial Data Integration, and Group Financial Reporting. The successful candidate will independently assess solution designs, identify implementation risks, evaluate testing and deployment readiness, and ensure alignment with SAP S/4HANA leading practices and applicable International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Key Responsibilities * Independently review SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting solution designs, configurations, and functional specifications. * Assess consolidation architecture, consolidation units, consolidation groups, organizational hierarchies, and reporting structures. * Validate consolidation methods, ownership structures, financial statement items, and consolidation rules. * Review the alignment of Group Reporting solutions with business requirements, SAP leading practices, and IFRS reporting standards. * Identify functional gaps, configuration inconsistencies, and implementation risks, and recommend improvements. 3. Management Consolidation and Financial Reporting * Review management consolidation processes across legal entities, business units, operational segments, and geographical locations. * Assess management reporting hierarchies, consolidation dimensions, and financial performance indicators. * Evaluate consistency between statutory consolidation and management reporting. * Review consolidated financial reports, management dashboards, and analytical reporting capabilities. * Assess reporting accuracy, transparency, and the effectiveness of financial information used for management decision-making. * Review intercompany matching, reconciliation, and elimination designs. * Validate intercompany transaction identification, matching rules, and reconciliation methodologies. * Assess elimination processes involving intercompany receivables, payables, revenues, expenses, dividends, investments, and unrealized profits. * Evaluate SAP Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation (ICMR) functionality where implemented. * Review exception handling, unreconciled balances, elimination postings, and reconciliation controls. * Identify risks affecting consolidated financial statement accuracy. * Review the design and execution of group financial close calendars and consolidation activities. * Assess dependencies between entity-level financial close and group-level consolidation. * Evaluate consolidation task sequencing, financial submissions, adjustments, and reconciliation processes. * Review period-end and year-end consolidation procedures, approval workflows, and exception handling. * Assess consolidation monitoring capabilities and the effectiveness of financial close controls. * Recommend improvements to support timely and accurate group financial reporting. * Independently review Solution Design Documents (SDDs), functional specifications, configuration documents, and integration designs. * Evaluate design completeness, accuracy, fit-to-standard alignment, and adherence to SAP S/4HANA leading practices. * Review consolidation rules, data mappings, customization requirements, and functional dependencies. * Challenge proposed solutions where unnecessary complexity, control weaknesses, or functional gaps are identified. * Participate in design assurance reviews and formal project Quality Gate assessments. * Evaluate implementation deliverables, unresolved issues, and milestone readiness. * Document QA findings and provide recommendations to project governance committees. * Review SIT strategies, test plans, scripts, coverage, execution results, and defect management. * Validate testing coverage for legal consolidation, management consolidation, intercompany elimination, currency translation, ownership consolidation, and group financial reporting. * Assess end-to-end integration testing across multiple entities, currencies, reporting periods, and financial systems. * Review defect resolution, retesting evidence, and testing exit criteria. * Evaluate UAT readiness, business participation, scenario coverage, and acceptance criteria. * Validate business sign-offs and identify testing gaps before deployment. 13. Risk Management, Governance and Reporting * Identify functional, accounting, reporting, integration, testing, migration, and deployment risks. * Maintain QA findings, risk registers, issue logs, and recommendation trackers. * Monitor corrective action implementation and closure of critical QA findings. * Prepare quality assurance reports, executive summaries, and management presentations. * Present findings to Group Finance, the System Integrator, project leadership, and governance committees. * Escalate significant risks affecting implementation quality, IFRS compliance, or reporting accuracy. * Maintain independence and objectivity throughout the assurance engagement. + Legal and Management Consolidation + Consolidation Units, Groups, and Organizational Structures + Consolidation Methods and Ownership Management + Investment Consolidation and Non-Controlling Interest + Intercompany Matching, Reconciliation, and Elimination + Currency Translation and Multinational Consolidation + Financial Statement Item Mapping + Consolidation Data Collection and Integration + Group Financial Close and Consolidation Monitoring + Consolidated Financial Reporting Expected Deliverables The successful consultant should be capable of independently assessing System Integrator deliverables, challenging consolidation designs Work Location: Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Availability: Full time

Experience Required: 3 years in SAP Consulting * Review legal consolidation processes and their alignment with applicable IFRS requirements. * Assess consolidation structures, ownership relationships, and consolidation methods, including full consolidation and equity method accounting. * Validate investment consolidation, ownership changes, Non-Controlling Interest (NCI), and consolidation adjustments. * Review accounting treatments for acquisitions, disposals, and changes in group ownership where applicable. * Assess the accuracy and completeness of consolidated Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow, and equity-related reporting. * Identify accounting inconsistencies and financial reporting compliance risks. Mandatory Skills And Experience Candidates must meet the following requirements: * Strong understanding of applicable IFRS consolidation and financial reporting requirements. * Proven experience in independent quality assurance, solution reviews, design assurance, and implementation governance. * Experience reviewing Solution Design Documents, functional specifications, and system integration designs. * Hands-on experience reviewing SIT, UAT, data migration, financial reconciliation, cutover, and Go-Live readiness. * Strong understanding of SAP Finance integration with Group Reporting. * Ability to independently challenge solution designs, identify implementation risks, and recommend corrective actions. * Excellent analytical, documentation, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and presentation skills. * Strong written and verbal English communication. * Willingness to work onsite in Saudi Arabia according to phase-wise project requirements. Preferred Qualifications Candidates must demonstrate experience with complex consolidation environments involving multiple legal entities, ownership structures, currencies, reporting hierarchies, and financial data sources. Key Skills: SAP S/4HANA, Data Migration, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Configuration, Integration Testing, UAT, Functional Specifications Salary: Not disclosed