SAP Finance Specialist - CO at Sanlam Group

What will make you successful in this role?

• SAP S/4 Hana Management Accounting (CO) application design, development, integration, testing and deployment. 
• CO Customizing and implementation of solutions, with specific focus on: Cost centre and 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 in order to prepare the functional specification.
• Identifies, assesses and solves complex business problems for area of responsibility.
• Closely follows the strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals.
• Interacts with senior management on matters where they may need to gain acceptance on an alternate approach.
• Have some latitude in decision-making acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments. 
• End User training.

Qualification

• Grade 12
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems / Information Technology or Bachelor’s 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 knowledge of:

• MM knowledge.
• SD knowledge.
• Knowledge of Master Data Governance will be advantageous.

Ability to:

• Interpret and interrogate written requirements. 
• Prioritise tasks based on operational needs.
• Deliver in accordance with strict deadlines.

Skills

• MS Office with strong Excel, Word or Visio skills.
• Working experience with Solution Manager, JIRA, Confluence.
• Ability to work with competing priorities and changing requirements