SAP Finance Specialist - CO at Praesignis

Job Role

• As a team player in the Group, you will be required to deliver system design, configuration and testing services relating to SAP S/4HANA Management Accounting (CO).
• Deliver expertise in support of business-as-usual system changes, for both standard and bespoke using the SAP S/4HANA Controlling solution, including the SAP Fiori applications.
• Act as subject matter expert on the latest SAP development tools and provide expert technical advice to business analysts and business stakeholders in search of SAP system solutions.

The role requires a deep technical understanding of the integration of the Controlling module with the following SAP modules/functionality:

• Finance (FI)
• Procurement (MM)
• Sales & Distribution (SD)
• Master Data Governance (MDG)
• Analysis for Office (A4O) reporting
• Fiori applications
• Integration tools: iDocs, Web Services, etc.

Responsibilities

• SAP S/4 Hana Management Accounting (CO) application design, development, integration, testing and deployment.
• CO Customizing and implementation of solutions, with a specific focus on Cost centre  & Profit Centre accounting, allocation & assessment (including the Universal Allocations), profitability analysis and Analysis for Office (A4O) reporting
• Business As Usual (BAU) support
• Analysis for Office (A4O) reporting
• Interacting with clients at all levels to understand the business requirements to prepare the functional specifications.
• Identify, assess and solve complex business problems for area of responsibility.
• Closely follow the strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals.
• Interact with senior management on matters where they may need to gain acceptance on an alternate approach.
• Have some latitude in decision-making act independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
• End User training.

 Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Information Systems / Information Technology or a Bachelors degree in Commerce.
• SAP FI/CO and or S/4 HANA Certification.

Experience

• More than 6 years of experience as an SAP CO Consultant with at least one end-to-end implementation project and support experience.
• S/4 HANA CO configuration Experience
• Strong Record to Report (RTR) experience 
• Experience with Cost Centre/Profit Centre Accounting, Profitability Analysis, Overhead Assessments and settlements.
• Experience with A4O Analytics
• Extensive experience with FI/CO integration with other process modules, including Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM)

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of S/4 HANA Management Accounting (CO) solution.
• Working functional MM knowledge.
• Working functional SD knowledge.
• Knowledge of Master Data Governance will be advantageous.
• Ability to interpret and interrogate written requirements.
• Ability to prioritize tasks based on operational needs.
• Ability to deliver by strict deadlines.

Skills

• Organizational and prioritizing skills.
• Performance orientated.
• Problem solving & analytical thinking.
• Proactive and the ability to work independently and against tight deadlines.
• Computer literate in MS Office with strong Excel / Word / Visio skills.
• Working experience with Solution Manager, JIRA, Confluence.
• Ability to work with competing priorities and changing requirements.