SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant — Assets, Projects & Reporting (contract)

KPMG is an industry leading firm that serves clients on a variety of specialized projects that help them to work smarter, grow faster and compete better.<br><br>Why join our contract workforce?<br><br><ul><li>Interesting work: Deliver work that matters to you. We provide the opportunity to get involved in highly technical, complex and interesting projects where you can leverage your specific skillset and expertise to add value.</li><li>Enrich your skills: Access to best-in-class technology, market intelligence and resources to advance your unique technical skills and expertise. Work alongside diverse, passionate and highly skilled professionals working together to drive innovation.</li><li>Flexible opportunities: Find projects that match when and where you want to work.<br><br></li></ul><strong>The opportunity<br><br></strong>Owns fixed assets, internal project accounting and cost allocation structures, and acts as Finance dedicated support to the Reporting, Data & Analytics workstream — making sure the finance data model produces the reporting the business actually needs rather than what falls out of the configuration by accident.<br><br>The candidate may be required to travel to Toronto Office once in a while to participate in fit gap design sessions and testing activities.<br><br><strong>What You Will Do<br><br></strong><ul><li>Own fixed assets design and configuration: asset classes, depreciation areas and methods, capitalization rules, leases, transfers, retirements and the asset close </li><li>Own internal project accounting — capital and internal projects, WBS structures, settlement rules, capitalization and project close </li><li>Support the allocation model as design partner to R2R — maintain cost centre and profit centre hierarchies, validate driver data quality, and confirm allocated results reconcile in reporting. R2R owns the model; this role owns the structures it runs on </li><li>Serve as the Finance counterpart to Reporting, Data & Analytics: define finance data requirements, validate the semantic layer against source postings, and confirm reports reconcile to the GL </li><li>Own S/4 embedded analytics for finance — standard Fiori apps, KPI tiles, custom CDS-based reports within public cloud limits </li><li>Lead fit-to-standard sessions for assets and projects scope; document design and secure business sign-off </li><li>Own test scenarios for asset lifecycle and project settlement; support asset and project master data migration and opening balances <br><br></li></ul><strong>Your Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>8–12 years total; 5+ in SAP Finance with assets and projects depth; two or more full lifecycles. </li><li>Two or more full-lifecycle S/4HANA Finance implementations with fixed assets and project accounting ownership </li><li>Hands-on asset accounting configuration including depreciation and the asset close </li><li>Hierarchy design, with judgement on cost drivers rather than mechanical cycle building </li><li>Genuine reporting fluency — has defined finance reporting requirements and validated output back to source, not just consumed reports <br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred<br><br></strong>Public Cloud Edition; CDS views, embedded analytics or SAC exposure; IFRS 16 lease accounting; CPA or strong accounting depth; bilingual (EN/FR).<br><br>Our Values, The KPMG Way<br><br>Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters<br><br>KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.<br><br>For general recruitment-related inquiries, please contact the HR Delivery Centre at cafmcdnhrsthotline@kpmg.ca.<br><br>If you have a question about accessible employment at KPMG, or to begin a confidential conversation about your individual accessibility or accommodation needs through the recruitment process, we encourage you to contact us at cafmcdnhrsthotline@kpmg.ca or phone: 416-777-8002 or toll free 1-888-466-4778.<br><br>

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