SAP CO Consultant

Job Description :

Profitability Analysis (COPA) :

- Configure and support Account-Based COPA and Costing-Based COPA solutions.

- Maintain profitability characteristics, value fields, derivation rules, valuation strategies, and reporting structures.

- Develop profitability reports for products, customers, regions, and business units using SAP standard reporting and SAP Fiori analytical applications.

- Support contribution margin analysis and profitability reporting for business Integration & Business Process Support :

- Configure and support seamless integration between SAP CO, Financial Accounting (FI), Materials Management (MM), Sales & Distribution (SD), and Production Planning (PP) modules.

- Ensure accurate financial postings across procurement, inventory management, production, logistics, and sales processes.

- Collaborate with Finance, Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to optimize business processes.

- Provide production support, troubleshoot system issues, perform root cause analysis, and recommend sustainable solutions.

Testing, Deployment & Documentation :

- Prepare functional design documents, configuration documents, business process flows, and user manuals.

- Execute Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and defect resolution.

- Coordinate cutover planning, production deployment, and post-go-live stabilization activities.

- Support master data migration using SAP Migration Cockpit, LSMW, or other SAP data migration tools.

Process Improvement & Digital Transformation :

- Drive automation and process improvement initiatives using SAP S/4HANA best practices.

- Support global template implementations, rollout programs, and finance transformation initiatives.

- Recommend process improvements for Product Costing, COPA, Material Ledger, and manufacturing finance operations.

- Work with SAP Fiori applications, reporting tools, and analytics to improve business visibility and operational Skills :

- 8 -14 years of experience as an SAP CO Functional Consultant.

- Strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA Finance & Controlling (SAP CO).

- Hands-on experience with Product Costing, Material Ledger, Actual Costing, and Profitability Analysis (COPA).

- Experience configuring Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Cost Object Controlling, Cost Component Structures, Standard Costing, Cost Roll-up, Variance Analysis, WIP, Settlement, Assessment, Distribution Cycles, and Activity Type Planning.

- Strong knowledge of Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and SAP S/4HANA Finance architecture.

- Experience with SAP Fiori, SAP GUI, and SAP Solution Manager.

- Strong understanding of integration between FI, MM, SD, PP, and CO modules.

- Experience in Discrete Manufacturing, manufacturing finance, and costing processes.

- Exposure to Global Rollouts, Greenfield Implementations, Brownfield Migrations, AMS Support, and Enhancement Projects.

- Knowledge of SAP Activate Methodology, Agile, and Waterfall delivery models.

- Experience in preparing Functional Specifications, conducting SIT/UAT testing, and supporting production environments.

- Excellent analytical, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills :

- Experience in Engineer-to-Order (ETO) and Configure-to-Order (CTO) manufacturing environments.

- Exposure to Material Ledger Actual Costing implementations.

- Experience working with global service organizations and multinational manufacturing companies.

- SAP CO and SAP S/4HANA certifications will be an added :

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline.

- SAP CO/SAP S/4HANA certification is preferred.

- Experience : 8 - 14 years of relevant experience in SAP CO consulting with strong expertise in Product Costing, COPA, Material Ledger, SAP S/4HANA, and manufacturing finance.

- Experience in global implementations, rollouts, production support, and digital transformation initiatives is highly preferred.

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