Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
We are hiring for one of our prestigious clients, the largest Telecommunication Company in Kuwait.
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Location: Kuwait City
Industry: Telecommunication
Contract Duration: 2 Years Renewable
Salary & Benefits: Excellent monthly all-inclusive salary
Start Date: Immediate
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ERP Transformation Project: Transitioning from Oracle to SAP S/4HANA and seeking experienced professionals to play a key role in the ERP migration.
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Track – Record to Report (R2R)
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Summary Role:
- The Senior Specialist for SAP FI Modules is responsible for driving end-to-end finance process design, validation, and implementation across core SAP Financial Accounting modules—General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Asset Accounting (AA). Acting as a strategic bridge between business stakeholders and the system integrator (SI), this role ensures robust, compliant, and scalable SAP solutions aligned with business objectives and global design principles.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze and document current and future-state business processes across GL, AP, AR, and AA modules.
- Collaborate with business process owners, global design custodians, and SI teams to validate solution design and highlight design gaps or optimization areas.
- Support definition and refinement of key finance design decisions, including enterprise structure, chart of accounts, and cost object frameworks.
- Ensure cross-functional design consistency, particularly with integration touchpoints in MM, SD, and CO modules.
- Conduct thorough review of configuration settings across FI modules to ensure alignment with business scenarios and control requirements.
- Validate and review functional specifications and support development of custom objects and enhancements.
- Provide expert support to data migration team by validating mapping rules, legacy-to-target reconciliation logic, and data readiness.
- Drive and support key testing phases – Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and UAT – with clear defect resolution protocols.
- Validate and review reporting requirements, including statutory and management reporting.
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions, prepare training content, and deliver user training for business teams.
- Ensure post-go-live support, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives across SAP FI modules.
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Key Deliverables:
- Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
- Review of Solution Design Documents (SDDs) and Fit-Gap Analysis
- Review of Configuration and Functional Specification Documents
- Data Mapping and Validation Reports for Migration Activities
- UAT Test Scenarios, Test Scripts, and Defect Logs
- End-User Training Materials and Conducted Sessions
- Cutover Planning Inputs and Hypercare Support Reports
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Education & Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Professional SAP certifications in FI module(s) preferred.
- 5-7 years of SAP functional experience with strong hands-on exposure to GL, AP, AR, and AA modules.
- Proven track record of at least two full-cycle SAP implementations, including design, build, testing, and go-live support.
- Deep understanding of financial processes, statutory compliance, and IFRS/local GAAP requirements.
- Strong grasp of integration areas (e.g., CO, MM, SD, Treasury, and Asset Management).
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, analytical, and communication skills.
- Exposure to S/4HANA preferred, including Universal Journal and New Asset Accounting functionalities.