SAP CO S/4HANA Transformation Consultant, Italy

Yadimen Consulting Limited; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Yadimen Consulting Limited seeks an experienced SAP CO specialist to lead the design for a global manufacturing client moving to SAP S/4HANA. You will run design and fit-gap sessions with the finance team and document the answers for the build team, coordinating with FI, MM, PP and SD.

You will own CO design areas such as product costing, material ledger, period-end close, cost centres and profitability analysis, and drive data migration and cutover.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of SAP CO experience.
• S/4HANA conversion or new implementation in CO with design ownership.
• Product costing and material ledger experience in manufacturing.
• Understanding of Universal Journal and its impact on controlling.
• Experience leading workshops with finance users and explaining design choices.

Responsibilities

• Lead CO design for manufacturing cost flows and profitability reporting.
• Run design and fit-gap sessions with finance teams; align with FI/MM/PP/SD streams.
• Document design decisions for the build team; support build, testing, data migration and cutover.
• Define product costing, cost component structures, WIP and variances.
• Cover cost centre and profit centre accounting; allocations and internal reporting.
• Perform margin analysis on S/4HANA and establish related reporting.

Skills

SAP CO

CO design

S/4HANA

Product costing

Material ledger

Universal Journal

Workshop facilitation

Hybrid work

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

The programme

A global manufacturing organisation is moving its finance and controlling processes onto SAP S/4HANA. The controlling stream covers how cost flows through the business, how inventory and production are valued, and how finance will see margin once the new system is live.

You will own the CO design for the areas you are given. You will run design and fit-gap sessions with the finance team, agree the answer with the FI, MM, PP and SD streams, and write it down for the build team. You will then carry that design through build, testing, data migration and cutover.

What you will work on

Product costing for manufacturing. Cost estimates, cost component structures, work in process and production variances. Material ledger and actual costing, including the period-end close. Cost centre and profit centre accounting. Allocations, planning and internal reporting. Margin analysis on S/4HANA, and the margin reporting finance will rely on. Integration with FI, MM, PP and SD, so that purchasing, production and sales postings land correctly in controlling. Design workshops and fit-gap with finance controllers and plant finance teams. Functional specifications for the build team, working closely with integration, development and test leads. Test planning and defect resolution through integration and user acceptance testing. Data migration checks and cutover for controlling, including open production orders and inventory values.

What you bring

10 or more years of SAP CO. At least one S/4HANA conversion or new implementation in a CO role, where you did the design yourself, not only the configuration. Product costing and material ledger experience in a manufacturing business. A working understanding of the Universal Journal and what it changes for controlling compared with ECC. Experience running workshops with finance users and explaining design choices in business terms. Comfort working hybrid in a programme team made up of several companies.

Useful but not essential:

• A move from costing-based CO-PA to margin analysis.
• Time on a large multi-country programme run by a systems integrator.
• Automotive, industrial or process manufacturing.
• Group reporting, transfer pricing or intercompany flows between plants.
• SAP certification in S/4HANA management accounting.

About Yadimen

Yadimen Consulting Limited is an IT consulting company focused on financial services. For this programme we are putting experienced SAP CO people in front of a global manufacturing organisation.