SAP RTR General Accounting Consultant

Kforce has a client in Chicago, IL that is seeking an SAP Record-to-Report (RTR)/General Accounting Consultant to support SAP finance implementation, migration, and transformation initiatives. Summary: This role serves as a subject matter expert across general accounting processes, ensuring accurate financial data migration, reconciliation, and reporting while partnering with business, functional, and technical stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities:

• Support SAP Finance implementation, migration, and transformation activities within the Record-to-Report (RTR) workstream
• Provide expertise in general ledger, journal entries, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, accruals, fixed assets, and period-end/year-end close processes
• Execute data mapping, cleansing, validation, and conversion activities to ensure accurate financial data migration
• Perform reconciliations between source systems and SAP to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Support cutover planning, go-live readiness, and post-deployment stabilization
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, IT, and SAP functional teams to resolve data quality issues
• Support system testing, including unit testing, SIT, UAT, and defect resolution
• Analyze and troubleshoot financial process issues, escalating risks as needed
• Develop process documentation, test scripts, reconciliation procedures, and training materials
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and reporting standards
• Support financial reporting validation within SAP
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in SAP Finance, General Accounting, or Record-to-Report processes
• Experience supporting SAP implementations, migrations, or transformation programs
• Strong understanding of GL, journal processing, reconciliations, and month-end close
• Experience with data migration, mapping, cleansing, and reconciliation activities
• Experience supporting testing activities and resolving system/data defects
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial data analysis tools

• CPA, CMA, or equivalent accounting certification
• SAP Finance certification
• Experience with SAP Data Services, Migration Cockpit, or similar tools
• Large-scale ERP transformation experience in global organizations
• Knowledge of financial controls and regulatory compliance standards

• Financial Data Migration & Reconciliation
• SAP Finance (RTR)
• General Ledger & Close Processes
• Financial Reporting
• Data Quality Management
• Testing & Defect Resolution
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Cutover & Project Execution