Custom Software Engineer

Application Lead, SAP Group Reporting

As an Application Lead, you will lead the effort to design, build, and configure applications, acting as the primary point of contact. Your typical day will involve collaborating with various teams to ensure that application development aligns with business objectives, overseeing project timelines, and providing guidance to team members to foster a productive work environment. You will also engage in problem-solving discussions and contribute to strategic decisions that impact the overall success of the projects you oversee.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end implementations of SAP Group Reporting across S/4HANA programs (On-Premises or Public Cloud)
• Manage client workshops to define Group Reporting architecture, scope, and reporting requirements.
• Own solution architecture for legal/Management consolidation, intercompany elimination, COI (Consolidation of Investments), currency translation, and data collection
• Engage with senior finance stakeholders (CFO/Controllers) to capture requirements and provide advisory on consolidation process design and reporting
• Define and oversee configuration of master data elements (FS Items, Consolidation Units, Versions, Categories, Hierarchies)
• Manage integration of GR with S/4 Universal Journal (ACDOCA), GRDC, and external systems (via flat files or APIs)
• Govern the ICMR (Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation) process and integrate it into Data Monitor
• Deliver structured and ad-hoc reporting via Fiori apps, SAP Analysis for Office (AFO)
• Drive project documentation (Blueprints, Functional Specs, Test Scripts) and ensure traceability through UAT and deployment
• Lead project teams, mentor junior consultants (L10/L11), and ensure timely and quality delivery
• Support pre-sales activities, including effort estimation, solutioning, and proposal building

Professional & Technical Skills:

• 10+ years of Finance/overall experience including at least 5+ years of hands-on SAP Group Reporting implementation
• Strong functional understanding of legal & management consolidation, accounting principles, IC reconciliation, and financial close processes
• Hands-on experience in: Data Monitor & Consolidation Monitor, Legal consolidation processes i.e Data collection, Currency translation, Elimination, reclassification and other processes, ICMR configuration and execution, GRDC forms and flat file templates, SAC integration for consolidated reporting
• Experience in at least 3+ full lifecycle implementations of SAP Group Reporting (S/4 On-premise or Public Cloud)
• Good exposure to SAP BPC and/or SAC Planning is an advantage
• SAP certification in Group Reporting or S/4HANA for Finance preferred

Additional Information:

This position is based at our Pune office. A 15 years full time education is required.