SAP Record-to-Report (RTR) Consultant

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services - creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent-and innovation-led company with approximately 794,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and Al with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

About The Role

Accenture is seeking an experienced Record to Report (R2R) Consultant with strong SAP implementation expertise to support finance transformation initiatives and ERP-driven business process improvements. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing SAP Finance solutions while ensuring efficient Record to Report operations, high-quality financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and strong internal controls.

The ideal candidate will combine deep accounting knowledge with hands-on SAP project experience and the ability to collaborate effectively with business and technology stakeholders across large-scale transformation programs.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support end-to-end Record to Report processes, including general ledger accounting, journal entries, accruals, fixed assets, intercompany accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.

Participate in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA implementation, rollout, migration, upgrade, and finance transformation projects.

Facilitate business process workshops, requirements gathering sessions, process mapping, and fit-gap analysis activities.

Design and optimize R2R processes to improve financial close efficiency, reporting accuracy, standardization, and compliance.

Support system configuration validation, testing activities (SIT/UAT), defect resolution, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, functional consultants, technical teams, and business users to deliver scalable finance solutions.

Ensure compliance with accounting standards, financial controls, audit requirements, and corporate governance policies.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives, automation opportunities, and best practices across finance operations and reporting processes.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field.

5 to 15 years of experience in Record to Report (R2R), General Ledger, Financial Close, Financial Reporting, or Finance Transformation functions.

Proven hands-on experience in SAP implementation, rollout, migration, or transformation projects with significant involvement in R2R workstreams.

Strong expertise in SAP Finance solutions, including SAP FI and SAP S/4HANA Finance.

Strong understanding of accounting principles, month-end and year-end close processes, reconciliations, financial reporting, and internal controls.

Experience in requirements gathering, business process design, fit-gap analysis, testing, deployment, and post-production support.

Knowledge of IFRS and financial compliance requirements.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Professional accounting certification such as CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent.

Experience within shared services, global business services, or finance consulting environments.

Exposure to SAP Central Finance, SAP Group Reporting, SAP BPC, or related SAP Finance solutions.

Experience with automation, intelligent finance solutions, and digital transformation initiatives.

Lean Six Sigma, PMP, Agile, or related project delivery certifications.

Experience working in regional or global delivery environments.

You will also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization.  We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.