SAP FICO Senior Consultant

Role: SAP FICO Senior Consultant

Travel/Office Expectations

·       Onsite: 5 days/week at Dania Beach, FL

Skills Required:

·       Deep, hands\-on SAP FICO (FI/CO) in ECC (10+ years), including configuration and production support

·       Financial Accounting (FI): Classic/New GL/Universal Journal, parallel ledgers for IFRS, Local GAAP, US GAAP

·       Controlling (CO): Cost Center/Profit Center accounting, CO\-PA (account\-based and costing\-based), Internal Orders

·       Asset Accounting; Chart of Accounts management aligned to airline cost and revenue structures

·       AP: High‑volume invoice processing via interfaces, payment runs, technical debt reduction

·       Treasury/Banking: Bank integrations, cash management, bank accounting and reconciliations, multi‑currency operations, international payments

·       Compliance/Audit: SOX/internal controls, audit artifacts, reconciliations, period/year\-end close support

·       Documentation: Functional specs, design artifacts, approvals; partner closely with technical teams

·       Interfaces/Integration: Work with cross‑functional IT and 3rd‑party application interfaces to/from SAP

·       Operations: Incident and enhancement lifecycle management via ServiceNow; status reporting

·       Soft skills: Strong stakeholder management, requirements translation, communication; excel/visio proficiency

·       Environment: Comfortable in fast‑paced, operationally critical airline setting; global/cross‑functional collaboration

Day\-to\-Day Overview:

·       Serve as primary SAP FICO partner for FP&A, AP, Treasury, Corporate/Statutory Accounting, and Audit

·       Gather/translate requirements; design and configure FI/CO solutions; create/maintain documentation and audit artifacts

·       Support month\-end/year\-end close, statutory reporting, and audit responses

·       Resolve incidents and manage enhancements via ServiceNow; provide weekly progress/status updates

·       Collaborate with technical teams on specs, developments, and testing; manage interface stability/improvements

·       Stabilize AP throughput, treasury processes, bank integrations, and payment controls

Sourcing Must Haves:

·       10+ years hands‑on SAP FICO (ECC) with end‑to‑end finance process coverage

·       FI: GL/New GL/Universal Journal; parallel ledgers for IFRS/Local GAAP/US GAAP

·       CO: Cost/Profit Center accounting, CO‑PA (account‑based and costing‑based), Internal Orders; Asset Accounting

·       AP high‑volume processing via interfaces; payment runs; remediation of technical debt

·       Treasury/Banking integrations; cash management; bank accounting and reconciliations; multi‑currency operations

·       Planning/reporting support (BPC and/or 3rd‑party planning tools) for FP&A; and management reporting

·       SOX/internal controls and audit‑ready documentation

·       Strong stakeholder management and documentation; Excel/Visio proficiency

·       Comfort in fast‑paced, operationally critical environments

Description: Job Summary:

Awesome opportunity to bring your expertise with Finance business through SAP FICO solution to make an impact at Spirit Airlines. As a subject matter expert in Finance business process and in SAP FICO solution, you are expected to work closely with various Finance Business teams, Cross\-Functional IT teams (on\-site & off\-shore), 3rd Party Application systems interfacing with SAP. You will be reporting to Sr. Manager ERP Solutions.

Responsibilities:

·       Establish Finance Business Partnership to serve as the primary SAP FICO contact for: FP&A, Accounts Payable (AP), Treasury, Corporate / Statutory Accounting and Internal & External Audit teams

·       Engage with finance leaders to understand airline specific financial processes, pain points, and reporting needs

·       Translate business requirements into SAP functional designs, configuration, and enhancements with all relevant artifacts to meet Audit’s expectations.

·       Provide SAP FICO Functional Expertise in Financial Accounting (FI) through Configuration and support in General Ledger (Classic / New GL / Universal Journal), Parallel ledgers for IFRS, Local GAAP, US GAAP

·       Manage Chart of Accounts aligned to airline cost and revenue structures, Profit Center and Cost Center accounting, Controlling (CO).

·       Support Cost Center Accounting, Profitability Analysis (CO PA – costing & account based) Internal Orders, Asset Management to enable airline specific cost tracking such as Aircraft operating costs, Route level and flight level profitability, Maintenance, fuel, crew and airport charges

·       Provide support to FP&A Finance team to enable budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis by providing functional support in BPC, 3rd party planning tools.

·       Provide support to Accounts Payable (AP) team in bringing efficiencies to the high volume of Vendor invoices received through different interfaces, reduce/eliminate technical debts, Payment run program

·       Partner with Treasury team to sustain and stabilize the Bank integrations, Payment runs & Controls, provide standard out of the box solutions for international payments, Cash management and Bank accounting reconciliations, multi\-currency operations.

·       Provide support to Corporate Accounting team during Period‑end and year‑end close processes, Statutory reporting and audits

·       Ensure compliance with SOX and internal controls by providing the required information to the Internal Audit team for Audit queries, Reconciliation processes and during financial statement preparation

·       Lead Enhancements, Projects & Transformation in SAP ECC enhancements, provide guidance for S/4HANA finance transformations and any Process automation initiatives

·       Prepare Functional specification documents and work closely with Technical team members to support technical development team members

·       Create Artifacts to support Business teams & Audit team for all System enhancements in SAP.

·       Ensure Design documentation is presented internally within the team and then with Business team to seek design approval before proceeding to Development.

·       Partner with cross\-functional IT team members to support all interfaces with SAP and propose enhancements to bring efficiency to the interfaces.

·       Provide post‑go‑live support and road\-map for continuous improvement within Finance area

·       Ensure all incidents and enhancement requests coming through ServiceNow are updated on a timely manner and provide weekly status updates on the progress.

Qualifications:

Core Requirements:

·       Have 10+ years of Hands\-on SAP FICO experience in ECC managing various Finance Business teams

·       Thorough understanding of end‑to‑end finance processes

·       Migration to S4 HANA experience will be a huge plus.

Specialized Skills & Competencies:

·       Able to work in a fast\-paced, changing environment, and with multiple levels of organization and cope with rapidly changing information

·       Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

·       Ability to translate complex finance needs into SAP solutions

·       Comfortable working in fast‑paced, operationally critical airline environments

·       Experience working with global and cross‑functional teams