Senior SAP FICO

• We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP FICO Consultant / SAP Finance Functional Lead for an urgent client engagement in Perth.
• The successful candidate will bring strong SAP Finance functional expertise, particularly in FI-AA (Asset Accounting), together with proven experience facilitating business requirements, fit-gap and solution design workshops.
• This is a client-facing functional role requiring someone who can quickly understand existing business processes, validate requirements, identify design gaps and facilitate productive discussions with Finance stakeholders.
• Perth-based candidates with immediate availability are strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Finance and Asset Accounting workshops with business stakeholders.
• Review existing business process documentation, solution designs and previously agreed requirements.
• Lead requirements clarification, fit-gap analysis and solution design discussions.
• Assess fixed asset accounting processes, including asset additions, disposals, depreciation, transfers, revaluations and capitalisation.
• Address Assets Under Construction (AuC), project/WBS integration and asset reporting requirements.
• Analyse loan accounting requirements, including loan-to-asset relationships, apportionment, balances, interest calculations and financial reporting.
• Assess lease accounting requirements where applicable.
• Identify gaps between existing SAP functionality, documented requirements and newly raised business needs.
• Support requirements documentation, design decisions, issue resolution and stakeholder alignment.
• Work collaboratively with technical and solution teams to translate Finance requirements into practical SAP solutions.

Requirements

• Extensive SAP FICO / SAP Finance functional consulting experience.
• Strong, demonstrable SAP FI-AA / Asset Accounting expertise.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance or relevant SAP ECC Finance implementations.
• Proven experience facilitating client-facing Finance workshops, requirements gathering or solution design sessions.
• Strong understanding of fixed asset accounting, depreciation, capitalisation and asset lifecycle processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and contribute effectively from the outset.

Highly Desirable

• Experience in mining, resources, energy, utilities or other asset-intensive industries.
• SAP Finance integration with Project Systems (PS), WBS elements and capital projects.
• Experience with loan accounting, interest calculations, lease accounting and asset-related financial reporting.
• Experience in business process design, fit-gap analysis, functional specifications and UAT.
• Experience working through project restarts, design reviews or requirements revalidation.
• Priority: Candidates who are Perth-based, available immediately and capable of independently facilitating senior-level SAP Finance workshops.