SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting

Job Description: SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting – Quality Assurance Consultant Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting – Quality Assurance Consultant Location: Saudi Arabia (Onsite – Phase-wise Deployment) Industry: Oil & Gas / Midstream / Downstream / Petrochemical / Energy Engagement Type: Independent Quality Assurance (QA) Consulting Project Duration: Approximately 24 Months (Phase-wise Engagement) SAP Module: SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting Experience Required: 10+ Years in SAP Consulting 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). The engagement will follow a phase-wise deployment model across an approximately 24-month transformation program, requiring onsite participation in Saudi Arabia during designated project phases. Key Responsibilities 1. SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting Solution Assurance • 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. 2. Legal Consolidation and Statutory Reporting • 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. 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. 4. Intercompany Matching, Reconciliation and Elimination • 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. 5. Currency Translation and Multinational Consolidation • Review currency translation designs across multiple legal entities and currencies. • Validate local currency, group currency, exchange rate types, and translation methods. • Assess foreign currency translation adjustments and cumulative translation reserves where applicable. • Review currency translation treatment for Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and equity-related items. • Evaluate the accuracy of currency conversion, exchange rate integration, and related consolidation reporting. • Identify risks affecting multinational consolidation and IFRS compliance. 6. Group Reporting Data Integration and Collection • Assess financial data integration between SAP S/4HANA Finance and Group Reporting. • Review financial data extraction, transformation, mapping, loading, and validation processes. • Evaluate data collection from SAP and non-SAP entities, including flexible upload mechanisms. • Assess SAP Group Reporting Data Collection capabilities where applicable. • Validate financial statement item mappings, reporting classifications, master data consistency, and data reconciliation. • Identify data quality, completeness, and integration risks. 7. Group Financial Close and Consolidation Processes • 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. 8. Cross-Module and System Integration Assurance • Review integration between SAP Group Reporting and relevant SAP components, including: • Financial Accounting (FI) • Controlling (CO) • Accounts Payable (AP) • Accounts Receivable (AR) • Asset Accounting (AA) • SAP S/4HANA Universal Journal • Group Reporting Data Collection • Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation (ICMR) • Validate financial data flows, source-to-target mappings, and reconciliation between source ledgers and consolidation records. • Assess interfaces with non-SAP financial systems, legacy platforms, and external reporting sources. • Identify integration gaps affecting financial reporting accuracy and operational continuity. 9. Solution Design and Quality Gate Reviews • Independently review Solution Design Documents (SDDs), functional specifications,

Experience Required: 10+ Years in SAP Consulting

Key Responsibilities: 1. SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting Solution Assurance 2. Legal Consolidation and Statutory Reporting 3. Management Consolidation and Financial Reporting 4. Intercompany Matching, Reconciliation and Elimination 5. Currency Translation and Multinational Consolidation 6. Group Reporting Data Integration and Collection 7. Group Financial Close and Consolidation Processes 8. Cross-Module and System Integration Assurance 9. Solution Design and Quality Gate Reviews