The ideal candidate will have extensive experience (10+) in SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling (FICO), cross FI modules, serving as a SAP functional expert. The position requires hands-on experience in multiple SAP S/4HANA rollouts, full lifecycle implementations, system upgrades, and enhancements. The Lead Functional will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and supporting SAP S/4HANA FICO solutions while aligning business processes with best practices. Act as the FICO solution architect, designing optimized solutions for complex business processes in FI, CO, Fix Assets (FI-AA), Cash application Process, EBS, Asset Management, Parallel ledgers, withholding tax Subcontract process, Centralized payment process, Cost center and profit center. Provide thought leadership for process improvements in financial accounting (FI) and controlling (CO), integrating with other SAP modules (e.g., Treasury, SD, MM, PP). Design and develop key business processes: Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Money Market investments, S/4HANA Support, Change Management and other processes. Conducted trainings, assistance with testing for multiple countries, issue resolution and support including cutover activities, and managed post go-live support for SAP system Execute global and regional rollouts, ensuring integration with other SAP and non-SAP systems. Ensure program and business needs are addressed through proactive priority management with business leaders. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, IT teams, and third-party vendors. Ability to conduct code, quality and design reviews Work closely with internal team and external partners to ensure new developments align with roadmap and integrate seamlessly with other platform components Handle application rollouts, systems upgrade to acquire new and improved functionality, identity product versions worth upgrading or skipping, balance between business need and vendor recommendation. Apply user experience techniques. Support ongoing development, implementation and quality checks for existing projects/applications Assists in the ongoing support of multiple application environments. Flexibility to work off hours to be on call and emergency support.