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SAP Central Finance (CFIN) Tower Lead
ICONMA, LLC
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Hybrid
- Staff / Principal
- 1 day ago
- $71.43 – $78.57 / hour
- SAP
- Incident Management
- Change Management
- Risk Management
- ABAP
- SAP S/4HANA
- ITIL
1 day ago
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Responsibilities:
- The SAP Central Finance (CFIN) Tower Lead will serve as the primary onsite lead for Finance tower operations supporting a SAP Central Finance environment.
- This role requires deep expertise in SAP CFIN, SAP FI/CO, SAP Treasury (TRM), AIF, SLT, and MDG integration.
- The consultant will be responsible for operational governance, incident management, replication monitoring, reconciliation activities, month-end close support, service delivery leadership, and stakeholder management across onsite and offshore teams.
- SAP CFIN Operations & Support
- Lead end-to-end SAP Central Finance (CFIN) and Finance tower operations.
- Provide support across SAP FI/CO processes including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, CO, Product Costing, and CO-PA.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close activities.
- Analyze and resolve complex SAP Finance and CFIN production issues.
- Drive operational stability and proactively identify business-critical issues.
- Replication, Integration & Data Integrity
- Monitor and troubleshoot SAP SLT replication processes.
- Manage SAP AIF monitoring and resolution of replication and interface failures.
- Support CFIN reconciliation processes and financial data validation activities.
- Investigate and resolve mapping, master data, replication, and integration issues.
- Coordinate source-to-target financial reconciliation and data integrity efforts.
- Support ongoing replication, validation, and error-handling processes.
- Incident, Problem & Change Management
- Lead P1/P2 incident governance and escalation management activities.
- Coordinate bridge calls and cross-functional resolution efforts for critical incidents.
- Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Manage SLA compliance and reduce aging ticket backlogs.
- Convert recurring incidents into permanent problem management initiatives.
- Support Finance and CFIN changes, enhancements, testing, deployments, and stabilization activities.
- Tower Leadership & Service Delivery
- Serve as the primary onsite point of contact for the SAP Finance and CFIN tower.
- Lead and mentor a global onsite/offshore delivery team.
- Coordinate work across Finance, Integration, Basis, Development, and Functional teams.
- Drive SLA adherence, backlog reduction, operational excellence, and service quality improvements.
- Provide executive-level status updates, risk management reporting, and stakeholder communications.
- Lead continuous improvement and automation initiatives across tower operations.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Finance stakeholders, business users, and IT leadership.
- Coordinate with SAP MM, SD, PP, Treasury, MDG, ABAP, Basis, and Integration teams.
- Support governance reviews, operational reporting, and strategic planning activities.
- Ensure alignment across onsite and offshore teams to deliver stable and efficient Finance operations.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of SAP Finance (FI/CO) experience with strong SAP S/4HANA expertise.
- Significant hands-on experience in SAP Central Finance (CFIN).
- Expertise in AIF, SLT, MDG, key mapping, business mapping, and data replication.
- Strong understanding of Finance close processes, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Experience managing P1/P2 incidents, SLA governance, and service delivery operations.
- Proven experience leading onsite/offshore teams in a global delivery model.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience supporting large-scale AMS and production support environments.
- 10-12 Years of Experience
- The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on SAP Finance expertise with leadership experience managing critical support operations within a global AMS environment.
- 10+ years of SAP Finance (FI/CO) experience with significant SAP Central Finance (CFIN) implementation, enhancement, and/or production support experience.
- SAP Central Finance (CFIN)
- SAP FI/CO
- SAP Treasury & Risk Management (TRM)
- SAP S/4HANA Finance
- SAP AIF (Application Interface Framework)
- SAP SLT Replication
- SAP MDG Integration
- Financial Reconciliation
- Incident & Problem Management
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Service Delivery Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Preferred Skills
- CO-PA / Margin Analysis
- Product Costing
- OpenText VIM
- Group Reporting
- Intercompany Reconciliation
- ITIL Service Management
- Global AMS Support Experience
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
SAP Central Finance (CFIN) Tower Lead · ICONMA, LLC