**Language Requirement: ** Fluent Italian and English

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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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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)

- Resolution of analytical posting errors and financial discrepancies

Treasury and Banking

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- Supplier payment runs

- Customer collection processing

- Electronic Bank Statement processing

- CBI and other banking interfaces

Integration and Interfaces

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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

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- 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. xysqume

- Previous experience working in an international or global IT support organization.

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