General Ledger – SAP Functional Senior Associate (SA)

About the Client Our client is a leading global professional services organization with a strong presence across consulting, technology, assurance, tax, and business transformation services. The organization works with some of the world's largest enterprises, helping them address complex business challenges through technology, digital transformation, and industry-focused solutions.

Job Summary We are looking for an experienced SAP Finance Functional professional with 7–10 years of experience and strong hands-on expertise in General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Intercompany Accounting, and Month-End/Period-End Closing processes. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of SAP FI business processes, financial accounting, reconciliations, reporting, and financial statement preparation. The candidate should also understand the integration of SAP FI with MM, SD, and CO and have practical exposure to IDocs and interface technologies used for exchanging financial data between SAP and external systems. This role requires someone who can independently support day-to-day finance operations, period-end closing activities, issue resolution, reconciliations, and integration-related activities within an SAP environment.

Key Responsibilities SAP General Ledger & Financial Accounting Manage and support SAP General Ledger (GL) accounting processes. Handle financial transactions including journal entries, accruals, provisions, adjustments, and account postings. Support Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) processes. Perform account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies. Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial postings within SAP. Support financial reporting and preparation of financial statements. Analyze accounting issues and provide appropriate SAP-based solutions. Month-End & Period-End Closing Independently support and execute month-end and period-end closing activities. Perform GL closing activities, account reconciliations, accruals, provisions, and adjustments. Coordinate with relevant finance and business teams to ensure timely closure. Identify and resolve outstanding accounting and reconciliation issues. Support preparation and validation of financial reports and statements. Ensure financial data is accurate and complete before period closure. AP, AR & Intercompany Accounting Support end-to-end Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes. Handle customer/vendor accounting and related reconciliation activities. Work on intercompany transactions, postings, reconciliations, and eliminations. Investigate and resolve intercompany differences and accounting discrepancies. Ensure proper accounting treatment of intercompany transactions. SAP FI Integration Understand and support integration points between SAP FI and MM, SD, and CO. Ensure accurate financial data flow from logistics and controlling processes into FI. Troubleshoot integration issues affecting financial postings. Understand how procurement, sales, inventory, and controlling transactions impact FI. Work closely with MM, SD, and CO functional teams to resolve cross-module issues. IDocs & Interfaces Have practical hands-on exposure to SAP IDocs and other interface technologies. Monitor and troubleshoot financial transaction interfaces between SAP and external systems. Analyze IDoc errors and coordinate with technical teams for resolution. Validate inbound and outbound financial data exchanged with external partner systems. Ensure accurate and timely processing of interface transactions. Support interface testing and issue resolution during enhancements or system changes. Reconciliation & Reporting Perform GL account reconciliations and identify discrepancies. Reconcile AP, AR, intercompany, and other financial accounts. Analyze transaction-level differences and coordinate resolution. Support financial reporting and management reporting requirements. Ensure data consistency between SAP and integrated external systems. Production Support & Issue Resolution Provide functional support for SAP FI-related production issues. Analyze incidents, identify root causes, and provide timely resolutions. Work with technical teams on ABAP, interfaces, IDocs, and integration-related issues. Participate in testing activities including unit testing, integration testing, and UAT. Prepare functional documentation and support knowledge-transfer activities. Coordinate with business stakeholders and finance teams to understand and resolve issues.

Mandatory Skills 7–10 years of SAP FI / Financial Accounting experience. Strong hands-on experience in SAP General Ledger (GL). Good working knowledge of Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR). Strong understanding of Intercompany Accounting. Hands-on experience with Month-End and Period-End Closing. Strong experience in account reconciliation and financial reporting. Understanding of financial statement preparation within SAP. Strong understanding of FI integration with MM, SD, and CO. Practical experience with SAP IDocs. Exposure to SAP interfaces / external system integrations. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work independently with business and technical teams.

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills Experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance. Knowledge of New GL / Universal Journal (ACDOCA). Exposure to Asset Accounting (AA) and Bank Accounting. Experience with SAP production support environments. Knowledge of SAP interface monitoring and troubleshooting. Exposure to SAP Fiori applications relevant to Finance. Experience working with global finance/business stakeholders. Experience in SAP implementation, rollout, migration, or support projects.

Education Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field. Professional accounting qualifications such as CA / CMA / ACCA would be an added advantage.

Key Competencies Strong SAP FI functional knowledge Financial accounting understanding Month-end and period-end close expertise GL/AP/AR expertise Intercompany accounting SAP cross-module integration IDoc and interface troubleshooting Reconciliation and reporting Analytical problem-solving Stakeholder management Production support and incident resolution

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is an SAP FI functional professional who is strong in both accounting processes and SAP execution. They should not be limited to theoretical SAP knowledge.

The candidate should be able to:

Understand the accounting process → execute it in SAP → identify reconciliation issues → understand the impact on MM/SD/CO → troubleshoot interfaces/IDocs → support month-end closing.

Candidates with only AP/AR transaction-processing experience or only technical SAP/ABAP experience without strong SAP FI/GL functional knowledge may not be suitable.