Principal Engineer

Job Requisition ID #

26WD102121

We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer, SAP Finance, to lead the architecture, design, delivery, and operation of scalable SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions supporting critical financial and project-accounting processes. You will serve as the principal subject-matter expert across SAP FI/CO, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, Revenue Accounting and Reporting, and related integrations. You will own end-to-end solution direction - from translating Finance, Accounting, and business needs into functional architecture through configuration, integration, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement. In this role, you will partner closely with Finance, Accounting, IT, development, integration, data, and platform teams to evaluate solution options, manage technical and operational tradeoffs, resolve complex issues, and establish standards that support secure, maintainable, and high-performing financial systems. You will also mentor engineers and analysts, lead cross-functional initiatives, and communicate solution strategy, risks, dependencies, and progress to senior leaders and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal SAP expert for FI/CO, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, Revenue Accounting & Reporting (RAR), and related financial processes.
• Define architecture, configuration standards, design principles, and best practices for SAP Finance solutions, including New GL, Cost Centers, Intercompany Processing, integration with FICA-AR, AP, Tax, Fixed Assets, Project Accounting & RAR.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, IT, and other business stakeholders to translate strategic goals and complex regulatory or operational needs into scalable SAP solutions.
• Lead end-to-end solution design for complex initiatives, evaluating standard SAP functionality, configuration, integrations, custom development, performance, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Provide technical and functional leadership for SAP S/4HANA implementations, enhancements, integrations, migrations, and production-support initiatives.
• Lead design and optimization of project-accounting processes, including project planning, budgeting, CAPEX forecasting, actual postings, Results Analysis, Resources-Related Billing, financial close, and Asset Under Construction / Construction Work in Progress.
• Establish the functional approach for integrations among FI/CO, PS, SD, MM, Asset Accounting, Investment Management, and Revenue Accounting and Reporting.
• Analyze complex defects and process issues across systems, data, configuration, and integrations; identify root causes and recommend corrective and preventive solutions.
• Advise on complex sales-revenue and intercompany-revenue posting requirements, including decisions on standard functionality versus sustainable custom solutions.
• Lead technical design reviews with development, integration, data, and platform teams; ensure solution alternatives minimize risk, dependencies, operational impact, and performance concerns.
• Define test strategy and quality standards; oversee functional unit, integration, regression, performance, and user-acceptance testing.
• Create and maintain high-quality functional specifications, design documentation, configuration records, test evidence, operating procedures, and support documentation.
• Communicate solution direction, risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and delivery progress to stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders.
• Mentor engineers and analysts, raise team capability, and lead functional workstreams or cross-functional programs as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, Business, Accounting, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible SAP Finance functional/technical experience.
• Deep hands-on configuration expertise in SAP FI/CO, Asset Accounting, Project Systems, and finance-process integrations.
• Minimum two full lifecycle SAP implementations; S/4HANA implementation or transformation experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex SAP solution design and advising stakeholders on architecture, configuration, integration, and delivery tradeoffs.
• Strong knowledge of SAP integration across FI/CO, SD, MM, PS, Asset Accounting, Investment Management, and Revenue Accounting/Reporting.
• Expertise in end-to-end project accounting, including Results Analysis, Resources-Related Billing, CAPEX, budgeting, financial close, and AUC/CWIP processes.
• Experience with complex revenue recognition and intercompany sales scenarios; knowledge of ASC 606 preferred.
• Experience with SAP BusinessObjects and SAP BPC is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of SAP data structures, tables, configuration dependencies, and design standards.
• Experience delivering work in Scrum/Agile environments is a MUST.
• Experience in translating finance-domain expertise into business rules, decision logic, knowledge artifacts, prompts, test cases, or requirements that support AI-enabled solutions is preferred.
• Ability to evaluate AI-enabled solution designs for data quality, security, governance, accuracy, and operational risk in a financial-systems environment.
• Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to advise senior leaders and lead complex cross-functional discussions.

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