SAP S/4HANA Finance Group Reporting Lead

SAP S/4HANA Finance – Group Reporting Lead

Our client, a large consulting organisation, is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Group Reporting Lead to join their team. This is a senior role with functional ownership of statutory and management consolidation processes, responsible for designing and delivering harmonised finance and group reporting solutions in SAP S/4HANA.

Location: Remote (with occasional travel to client sites)

Security Clearance: SC clearance required

Eligibility: Sole British nationals only

Please note: Due to security requirements, candidates must be eligible for or currently hold SC clearance. This requires candidates to have been UK residents for the past 5 years, without having spent more than 28 consecutive days abroad during that time.

The role

• You will lead the full lifecycle design and delivery of General Ledger, parallel ledgers, consolidation, and SAP Group Reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and local statutory standards, and enabling a seamless financial close.
• Define and deliver a global chart of accounts and ledger structure
• Implement SAP Group Reporting
• Establish and test processes for foreign currency translation, minority interest, and investment consolidation
• Own functional specifications for WRICEF objects relating to reporting, interfaces, and reconciliations
• Manage data migration of GL balances, open items, and consolidation structures from legacy systems
• Run at least two full mock close cycles prior to go-live, ensuring full reconciliation of trial balances and eliminations
• Ensure integration with Treasury (cash positions, intercompany loans), Tax (deferred tax and statutory reporting), and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• Act as design authority across GL and consolidation workstreams, ensuring audit-readiness and compliance

Must have

• Proven experience delivering Group Reporting and Consolidation within SAP S/4HANA programmes
• Extensive expertise in GL, parallel ledgers, consolidation rules, and statutory reporting
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, GAAP, and multi-GAAP reporting environments
• Hands‑on experience with intercompany processing, eliminations, and automated reconciliation
• Experience running financial close rehearsals and resolving reconciliation issues
• Familiarity with SAP Central Finance and its interaction with Group Reporting (desirable)
• Strong understanding of integration points with Treasury, Tax, and Analytics
• Ability to engage confidently with CFOs, auditors, and financial regulators