Required Skills: SAP Group Reporting, Application Management Services, S/4HANA, IFRS 18

Job Description

The role of an SAP Group Reporting Consultant involves leading the design| configuration| and implementation of SAP S/4HANA Finance for Group Reporting. Key responsibilities include gathering and analyzing business requirements| maintaining and configuring master data elements| integrating Group Reporting with other SAP modules| and developing reporting hierarchies. The consultant must also collaborate with finance stakeholders and IT teams to ensure accurate and timely consolidation processes.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience with SAP Analysis for Office (AFO) and financial reporting dashboards.
• Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM.
• Familiarity with IFRS 18 reporting standards.
• SAP certification in SAP S/4HANA Finance or Group Reporting.
• Experience working in a global, multi-entity consolidation environment.
• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
• Provide day-to-day AMS support for SAP Group Reporting, including incident management, problem resolution, and change requests in line with SLA commitments.
• Configure and maintain SAP Group Reporting objects including consolidation units, versions, hierarchies, elimination rules, and currency translation methods.
• Support month-end and year-end financial close activities, ensuring accurate and timely consolidation of financial data.
• Collaborate with Finance teams to understand business requirements and translate them into system solutions.
• Manage and resolve tickets via ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow), ensuring root cause analysis and preventive action for recurring issues.
• Support integration between SAP Group Reporting and SAP S/4HANA Universal Journal, as well as other feeder systems.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Participate in upgrades, patches, and enhancements to the SAP Group Reporting landscape.
• Conduct unit testing, regression testing, and support user acceptance testing (UAT) for system changes.
• Maintain up-to-date functional and technical documentation (configuration guides, test scripts, SOPs).
• Support intercompany reconciliation, eliminations, and reporting processes.
• Work with SAP Analysis Objects for reporting and data visualization where applicable.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to knowledge sharing within the AMS team. Stay current with SAP product roadmaps and emerging Group Reporting capabilities

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Multi-tasking ability with limited supervision
• Mentoring capabilities
• Quick learner and self-starter
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal, communication and team collaboration skills
• Able to understand and adhere to change management procedures and internal guidelines

Essential Skills:

TCS is seeking an experienced SAP Group Reporting Consultant to join our Application Management Services (AMS) team for one of pharmaceutical client. In this role| you will be responsible for the ongoing support| maintenance| and continuous improvement of SAP Group Reporting solutions within our SAP S/4HANA environment. You will work closely with Finance| IT| and business stakeholders to ensure the stability| performance| and evolution of the Group Reporting platform.