SAP FICO Consultant - Accounts Payable (FI-AP)

Category: Business Analysis (functional and technical)

Main location: Canada, Quebec, Montre9al

Position ID:J0826-0698

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

The SAP FICO Consultant will join BRP's SAP Center of Expertise (CoE), a cross functional team of technical experts and business process specialists. As part of this mandate, the consultant will act as the SAP Finance functional expert and functional owner of Accounts Payable (FI AP) processes. The consultant will ensure the stability, efficiency, and continuous improvement of Accounts Payable processes and solutions while supporting projects, production support activities, and SAP transformation initiatives. The mandate requires strong expertise in end to end Accounts Payable finance processes, including Procure to Pay (P2P) integrations, payment processing, banking integrations, and external financial solutions. The consultant must also have a solid understanding of Financial Accounting processes, General Ledger, and Controlling.
Responsibilities
Act as the SAP Finance functional lead and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Accounts Payable (FI AP), ensuring the stability, efficiency, and continuous improvement of related processes and solutions.
Provide hands on functional support for SAP FI AP and its integration with MM, P2P, Banking, Treasury, and other Finance functions, including defect resolution and project activities.
Participate in Finance cutover activities, including governance meetings, milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, and proactive management of risks and dependencies to support successful go lives.
Collaborate with key business users to improve the effectiveness and relevance of SAP solutions.
Contribute to SAP S/4HANA implementation and migration projects, including fit gap analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
Participate in the analysis, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and implementation of SAP solutions while ensuring alignment with business requirements and organizational standards.
Develop and maintain functional specifications, process and configuration documentation, and testing deliverables in compliance with SAP best practices and governance standards.
Participate in peer reviews of design standards and specifications.
Promote an agile culture focused on servant leadership, collaboration, and accountability.
Support the transition of solutions from project delivery teams to application support teams and contribute to the ownership of the handoff process.
Qualifications & Skills
University degree or equivalent professional experience.
Minimum of 5 years of hands on SAP configuration experience in one or more SAP financial modules, including AP, BL, and FI.
Strong knowledge of financial accounting.
Ability to implement SAP best practices and contribute to solution design.
Solid understanding of SAP S/4HANA processes.
Experience with data migration, cutover, and go live activities.
Ability to actively contribute to internal and external brainstorming sessions and management meetings to continuously improve technical solutions.
Experience with third party integrations with SAP.
Experience with Concur, Kyriba, and BlackLine is considered an asset.
Strong training and knowledge transfer skills.
Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to effectively coordinate cross functional teams in a fast paced environment.
Dynamic and innovative mindset with strong problem solving capabilities.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to continuously adapt and perform in evolving technological environments and business realities.
Ability to work effectively in English, both written and spoken.

Skills:

• English
• French
• Finance & Accounting
• SAP Concur
• SAP FICO
• SAP S/4HANA
• Team Collaboration

What you can expect from us: