SAP S/4HANA AR/AP Lead Consultant (FI-AR/AP)
Job Description Here at DXC Technology we continue to grow our SAP practice. We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA AR/AP Lead to own the design and delivery of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes within large-scale Finance transformation programmes. This role ensures that vendor and customer accounting, invoice management, payments, collections, and reconciliations are delivered in a compliant, efficient, and risk-free manner. About The Role As AR/AP Lead, you will act as the functional authority for vendor and customer accounting, leading workshops, solution design, configuration, and testing. You will own migration of open items and balances, assure bank connectivity and compliance (BACS, SEPA, SWIFT), and validate integration with Procurement and OTC. A key success measure will be assuring a risk-free cutover — ensuring no disruption to vendor or customer payments at go-live. Key Responsibilities
- Lead workshops and blueprinting for AR/AP, payments, and collections processes.
- Configure vendor and customer master data, payment terms, dunning rules, and invoice processing.
- Design and implement automated payment runs, incoming/outgoing bank interfaces, and cash allocation.
- Assure AP ↔ Procurement and AR ↔ OTC integration, ensuring reconciliations flow seamlessly to GL.
- Oversee indirect tax (VAT/GST), withholding tax, and statutory reporting compliance.
- Direct migration of open items, balances, and histories; manage reconciliations across multiple mock runs.
- Define WRICEF scope for AR/AP enhancements, payment automation, and bank connectivity.
- Govern Finance testing cycles (SIT, UAT, regression) with focus on end-to-end payment assurance.
- Lead cutover activities, ensuring zero disruption to supplier or customer payments at go-live.
- Provide parallel run evidence and reconciliations to meet audit and compliance standards.
- Mentor junior consultants and provide knowledge transfer to client Finance teams.
- Proven track record delivering AR/AP solutions in S/4HANA programmes.
- Deep knowledge of vendor/customer accounting, invoice processing, payment runs, and dunning.
- Strong experience with bank connectivity and formats (BACS, SEPA, SWIFT, XML).
- Familiarity with indirect tax, withholding tax, and compliance/audit reporting.
- Integration awareness across AP ↔ Procurement and AR ↔ OTC.
- Ability to manage open item migration, reconciliations, and cutover assurance.
- Experience in regulated industries (Defence, Government, Pharma, FS) desirable.
- SAP S/4HANA FI-AR/AP, Bank Communication Management (BCM), Treasury integration.
- SAP DRC for e-invoicing / statutory compliance.
- SAP Activate methodology, agile delivery frameworks.
- Solution Manager, JIRA, Confluence, Signavio for governance.
- Tricentis qTest/Tosca or HP ALM for testing.
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, or IT.
- SAP Certification in Financial Accounting desirable.
- Accounting qualifications (ACCA, CPA, CIMA) an advantage.
- Strong client-facing skills, able to engage confidently with Finance, Procurement, and Treasury.
- Skilled in leading workshops and achieving consensus with senior stakeholders.
- Analytical thinker with structured problem-solving approach.
- Clear communicator able to simplify complex AR/AP processes.
- Collaborative leader, experienced in mixed onshore/offshore delivery models.