Blackline

Role & responsibilities

SAP FICO Consultant - S/4HANA Blackline Integration

Hands-on FI consultant to implement and integrate BlackLine with S/4HANA, strengthen month-end close, and enable compliant, efficient journals and reconciliations.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead/participate in solution design & workshops; prepare DA content and present for Finance (incl. BlackLine, Tagetik touchpoints).
• Collaborate across functional & technical teams and with third parties (e.g., BlackLine) to deliver an end-to-end solution.
• Execute FI configuration & build (incl. controls) and manage documentation/approvals (Rev-Trac, FRICEW SRs).
• Plan and run testing: unit formal; manage defects and sign-offs.
• Support data migration (mapping, trial loads, reconciliations).
• Contribute to market/test support and early go-live activities.
• Plan and support cutover (technical & business) and stabilization; deliver KT to BAU, business, and other consultants.
• Provide BAU support post-go-live and drive process improvements.
• Partner with Product/Program stakeholders to define requirements, scope deliverables, and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Mentor peers, share best practices, and help build a high-performing team culture.

Must-have skills

• SAP FICO (FI-primary) on S/4HANA: GL/AP/AR/AA, period close, recurring/accrual journals, approvals, and Fiori apps (e.g., My Inbox).
• Month-end close expertise and journal posting/controls (policy compliance & audit trail).
• Master data: CoA/GL, vendors/customers, assets, cost objects.
• Tables & reports: ACDOCA, BKPF/BSEG, BSID/BSAD, BSIK/BSAK, SKA1/SKB1, LFA1/LFB1, KNA1/KNB1, ANLA/ANLC; staples like FAGLL03, FS10N, FBL1N/FBL3N/FBL5N.
• Workflow basics and integration awareness.
• Basic Enterprise Architecture understanding (how FI interacts with different systems and modules).
• Strong documentation, stakeholder communication, and change control discipline.

Nice to have

• Blackline hands-on (Tasks, Recs, Journals) and/or Tagetik exposure.
• Tooling: SAP ALM/SolMan, Jira/Confluence, Rev-Trac, SAP CPI/PO.
• Data migration tooling exposure (Migration Cockpit LTMC/LTMOM; ETL/BODS ).

Qualifications & profile

• Min 5+ years SAP FICO (S/4 preferred); consulting experience ideal (total 8+ years professional).
• Degree required; Masters a plus (business/econ/data analytics, etc.).
• Curious, quality-driven, structured/critical thinker; comfortable with ambiguity; excellent Excel/PowerPoint for analysis & storytelling.
• Entrepreneurial
• mindset with a strong work ethic; enthusiastic about learning new tech aligned to strategy.

Preferred candidate profile