Finance And SAP Cloud Implementation Consultant 3-Month Contract

Black Pearl Consult is hiring an experienced Finance & SAP Cloud Implementation Consultant for an initial three-month assignment in the UAE.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified finance professional who combines strong accounting and financial management expertise with practical SAP Cloud implementation experience.

The successful candidate will support the Finance team and SAP implementation programme across finance process transformation, business requirements, testing, data migration, reporting and go-live activities.

About the Role

The consultant will work closely with Finance, IT, SAP implementation teams and business stakeholders to ensure finance processes are effectively aligned with the SAP Cloud solution.

The role will involve supporting the implementation lifecycle from requirements gathering and fit-gap analysis through testing, UAT, data migration, cutover, go-live and post-go-live optimisation.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Support SAP Cloud implementation and finance transformation activities.
  
• Gather and document business requirements from Finance and business stakeholders.
  
• Conduct fit-gap analysis and support finance process mapping.
  
• Align finance processes with SAP best practices and implementation requirements.
  
• Support SAP system testing, UAT, defect resolution and issue tracking.
  
• Assist with financial data migration, validation and reconciliation.
  
• Support cutover, go-live and post-go-live stabilisation activities.
  
• Provide functional support across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Asset Accounting.
  
• Support Bank Accounting, bank reconciliations, Cash Management and Treasury processes.
  
• Support budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and management accounting activities.
  
• Prepare monthly financial reports and management accounts.
  
• Conduct Budget vs Actual analysis and financial performance reporting.
  
• Prepare management dashboards, KPI reports and finance analysis using advanced Excel.
  
• Develop PowerPoint presentations and financial materials for management and steering committee meetings.
  
• Support Tax, VAT and regulatory compliance requirements.
  
• Work closely with Finance, IT, SAP implementation partners and other stakeholders to resolve functional and process issues.
  
• Contribute to process optimisation and continuous improvement following implementation.