Finance Functional Consultant / Business Analyst — SAP FI-AP/AR, Billing & VAT

Key responsibilities

• Run requirements-confirmation workshops for AR (billing/invoicing) and AP (invoice verification and posting) processes per entity group; document functional designs for eInvoicing touchpoints.
• Configure SAP FI/SD settings required for eInvoicing (document types, tax codes and VAT categories, output determination, posting-authorisation logic, status fields) and specify equivalent requirements for non-SAP entities.
• Define reconciliation business rules, tolerances, actions and notifications with client AP, procurement and tax teams; own the scenario catalogue from the business side.
• Prepare functional test scripts, support SIT/UAT and business sign-offs; produce user documentation and deliver hands-on training on AP invoice matching, exception handling and reprocessing.
• Provide L3 functional support during hypercare and transition into the long-term support team. Required experience and skills
• 8+ years in SAP FI/CO (or finance business analysis) with strong AP/AR, SD billing and tax/VAT configuration experience on S/4HANA; multi-company-code, multi-entity roll-out experience.
• Understanding of UAE VAT and eInvoicing (or KSA ZATCA / EU) requirements as they affect ERP processes.
• Experience with invoice matching (MIRO / two- and three-way match, tolerances), SAP DRC / eDocument and Ariba touchpoints.
• Strong workshop facilitation, documentation and training skills; willingness to commit to a multi-year engagement including the support phase. Nice to have
• SAP certification (FI or S/4HANA Finance).