SAP FICO Consultant – Operations / Post-Go-Live Support

Location: Milan, Italy

Language Requirement: Fluent Italian and English

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant to provide operational support and functional expertise across SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling. The consultant will independently manage complex incidents, system enhancements and financial-process requirements while working directly with the local Finance Department, CFO, Treasury, Controlling teams and global IT stakeholders.

The role covers the existing SAP R/3 environment, the transition to SAP S/4HANA and ongoing S/4HANA operations. Strong knowledge of Italian accounting, tax localization and statutory requirements is essential.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide senior-level functional support across SAP FI and CO, independently managing complex incidents, service requests and system issues.
- Work directly with local Finance, Accounting, Treasury and Controlling stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve operational challenges.
- Support daily operations within the existing SAP R/3 environment and contribute to the migration and transition to SAP S/4HANA.
- Configure, maintain and troubleshoot SAP FI/CO functionality in line with business, accounting and statutory requirements.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including issue resolution, reconciliations, allocations and financial reporting.
- Manage Italian fiscal localization processes and ensure SAP solutions comply with local accounting and tax regulations.
- Monitor and troubleshoot financial postings originating from SAP MM, SAP SD and external systems or middleware.
- Analyse legacy custom developments through ABAP code reading and debugging to identify root causes and support effective resolution.
- Prepare functional specifications and coordinate the testing and deployment of system changes and enhancements.
- Collaborate with local and global IT teams, third-party partners and external service providers.
- Communicate operational updates, risks and solutions clearly to both business and IT stakeholders.

Functional Scope





SAP Financial Accounting

- General Ledger (FI-GL)
- Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
- Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
- Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
- Accounting postings and financial master data
- Trial balance reconciliations
- Accounting document types, number ranges and posting keys
- Validation and substitution rules

Italian Tax and Fiscal Localization

- Italian VAT codes and tax-determination rules
- VAT registers and statutory tax reporting
- Split Payment
- Foreign invoice reporting and Esterometro
- Withholding tax
- Periodic tax compliance
- Electronic invoicing through the SdI (Sistema di Interscambio) channel
- Resolution of SdI rejections, posting blocks and warnings for incoming and outgoing invoices

Financial Closing and Controlling

- Month-end and year-end closing activities
- Cost centre, profit centre, internal order and cost-element master data
- Periodic allocations, assessments and distribution cycles
- Period-end adjustments and reconciliations
- Product Costing (CO-PC)
- Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
- Overhead Management (CO-OM)
- Resolution of analytical posting errors and financial discrepancies

Treasury and Banking

- Supplier payment runs
- Customer collection processing
- Electronic Bank Statement processing
- Ri.Ba. portfolio management
- CBI and other banking interfaces

Integration and Interfaces

- Monitoring and troubleshooting FI/CO integrations with SAP MM and SD
- Tracking accounting entries originating from operational and external systems
- Supporting interfaces and middleware solutions, including Intesa, TS8SEDE, BICTA, RIESCO and Salesforce
- Resolving posting anomalies and reconciliation issues across integrated systems

System Configuration and Technical Activities

- Create,



maintain and validate VAT codes and related determination rules.
- Configure accounting document types, number ranges and posting keys.
- Maintain statutory tax registers and VAT reporting requirements.
- Create and troubleshoot FI/CO validation and substitution rules.
- Create, maintain and execute LSMW routines for mass uploads and exceptional data updates.
- Validate requirements and prepare functional specifications for minor RFC and RICEF developments.
- Coordinate functional testing, user acceptance testing and deployment activities.
- Review system configuration and analyse ABAP code to understand custom developments.
- Perform or support ABAP debugging to identify the root cause of complex system issues.

Candidate Requirements

- Extensive hands-on experience as an SAP FI/CO Consultant in complex operational environments.
- Strong functional knowledge of SAP FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP and FI-AA.
- Solid experience across SAP Controlling, including CO-PC, CO-PA and CO-OM.
- Deep knowledge of Italian accounting practices, tax localization and statutory financial requirements.
- Practical experience supporting electronic invoicing and the Italian SdI channel.
- Experience supporting month-end and year-end financial closing processes.
- Strong understanding of SAP FI/CO integration with MM, SD, banking platforms and external systems.
- Experience with SAP configuration, troubleshooting, functional specifications and testing.
- Ability to independently manage complex tickets and communicate directly with senior Finance stakeholders.
- Hands-on and pragmatic approach, with a willingness to investigate system issues in detail.
- Fluent or native Italian.
- Fluent English for collaboration within a global IT organization.

Preferred Qualifications

- Strong SAP S/4HANA Finance experience.
- Experience supporting or delivering an SAP R/3 to S/4HANA migration.
- Ability to read and debug ABAP code and analyse legacy custom developments.
- Experience with LSMW, RFC and RICEF developments.
- Previous experience working in an international or global IT support organization.

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