SAP Group Reporting Functional Consultant

SAP Group Reporting Functional Consultant Mid-Senior Level | 5 7 Years Experience

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced SAP Group Reporting Functional Consultant to join our Finance Transformation practice in a focused support and delivery capacity. In this role, you will play a key part in enabling Group Reporting consolidation processes as new company codes are onboarded into the Central Finance (CFIN) landscape. You will bring hands-on expertise across SAP Group Reporting configuration, standard and custom Fiori applications, data quality monitoring, and consolidation rule setup ensuring that each new entity is accurately represented in the consolidated financial view from day one.

What Youll Do

Company Code Onboarding & CFIN Integration

• Support the onboarding of new company codes into the Central Finance landscape, ensuring Group Reporting is correctly configured to receive, validate, and consolidate financial data from each new entity
• Collaborate with CFIN functional and technical teams to align organizational structure mapping, consolidation unit setup, and intercompany relationship definitions for each deployment wave
• Validate that financial data flowing from CFIN into Group Reporting is complete, accurate, and correctly attributed resolving discrepancies identified during initial load and go-live periods
• Participate in cutover activities, ensuring Group Reporting readiness is confirmed as part of go-live checklists for each new company code

Group Reporting Configuration & Rule Setup

• Configure and maintain consolidation reporting rules including elimination rules, intercompany matching rules, currency translation methods, and reclassification entries
• Set up and manage validation methods to enforce data quality standards prior to consolidation processing, ensuring entities submit complete and consistent financial data
• Build and maintain Data Monitor task configurations defining task hierarchies, responsible parties, status workflows, and submission deadlines aligned to the group close calendar
• Create and manage variants within custom Fiori applications, ensuring reporting outputs are tailored to the needs of different consolidation entities, regions, and reporting hierarchies

Standard & Custom Fiori Application Support

• Operate and support the Group Data Analysis (GDA) app for drill-through investigation of consolidated balances, variance analysis, and data quality checks across consolidation units
• Work with custom Fiori applications deployed within the Group Reporting landscape including variant creation, user setup, troubleshooting UI and data issues, and coordinating enhancements with the technical team
• Guide business users on effective use of standard Group Reporting Fiori apps, providing enablement support and resolving usability issues as they arise

Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor consolidation runs, task completion status, and data flow health across the Group Reporting landscape, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact close timelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues spanning data submission errors, validation failures, rule misconfigurations, and consolidation posting discrepancies
• Conduct root cause analysis on recurring data quality or process failures, recommending and implementing configuration changes to prevent recurrence
• Support period-end close activities acting as a point of escalation for Group Reporting issues raised by consolidation team members and entity finance teams during the close cycle

Documentation & Stakeholder Engagement

• Produce and maintain configuration documentation including rule setup guides, Data Monitor task definitions, variant libraries, and troubleshooting runbooks
• Work closely with Group Finance, controllership, and entity accounting teams to gather requirements, communicate configuration changes, and manage expectations through delivery
• Contribute to test cycles preparing test scripts, executing functional tests, and supporting UAT for new company code deployments and configuration changes

What You Bring

• 5 7 years of SAP Finance functional experience, with at least 2 3 years of dedicated hands-on SAP Group Reporting configuration and support experience
• Proven experience with the Group Data Analysis (GDA) app including drill-through navigation, balance investigation, and using GDA for data quality validation during close cycles
• Hands-on experience with custom Fiori applications in a Group Reporting context including variant creation, user-level configuration, and issue resolution
• Strong Data Monitor expertise including task setup, workflow configuration, status management, and period-end monitoring across multiple consolidation units
• Solid understanding of consolidation rule configuration elimination rules, intercompany matching, currency translation, and reclassification logic within SAP Group Reporting
• Working knowledge of validation method setup including rule-based checks, threshold tolerances, and error message configuration to enforce data quality at submission
• Familiarity with SAP Central Finance (CFIN) sufficient to understand how financial data flows from source systems through CFIN and into Group Reporting, and to troubleshoot breaks in that flow
• Experience supporting company code deployments in a Group Reporting or consolidation context, including entity master data setup and consolidation unit configuration
• Strong understanding of consolidation accounting concepts including intercompany eliminations, minority interest, currency translation, and group-level adjustments
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments, supporting both project delivery and ongoing run activities concurrently

Nice to Have

• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA Finance embedded consolidation concepts and how they intersect with standalone Group Reporting deployments
• Experience contributing to period-end close process design or close calendar optimization initiatives
• Prior experience in a Finance Shared Services or Group Controllership environment, giving direct insight into consolidation team pain points

Skills & Competencies

• Detail-oriented with a strong instinct for data accuracy able to spot inconsistencies in consolidated balances and trace them back to their source efficiently
• Calm and structured under close-cycle pressure experienced in managing competing priorities and tight deadlines during month-end and quarter-end periods
• Effective communicator able to explain configuration decisions and data issues clearly to both finance business users and technical team members
• Proactive monitoring mindset doesnt wait for issues to be reported; actively watches for warning signs during consolidation runs and data submission windows
• Collaborative team player with a track record of working across entity finance teams, group controllership, and IT delivery teams simultaneously

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