PaPM Platform Lead

mars; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars is seeking a PaPM Platform & Process Lead to drive design, deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of SAP PaPM solutions supporting global finance and operations. You will partner with Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, sustainable and governance-aligned outcomes.

In this role, you will lead analysis, data modeling, and integration efforts, while championing data quality, performance analytics, and enterprise transformation initiatives across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 6+ years finance, accounting, financial systems, or analytics experience.
• Minimum 3+ years SAP PaPM, financial systems, consulting, developer, or solution delivery experience.
• Strong communication, collaboration, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Proven experience designing and supporting allocation methodologies, profitability management processes, and financial data models.
• Proficiency in data analytics tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI or similar) and SAP HANA/SQL concepts.
• Experience with SAP architecture, enterprise integrations, testing, transport management, release governance, and change management processes (preferred).
• Strong functional finance knowledge and understanding of profitability management processes, including cost allocations, transfer pricing, profitability reporting, and performance management.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting SAP PaPM solutions, financial data models, business rules, and allocation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Solution Design & Deployment: Define, design, and deploy scalable PaPM solutions for profitability management, allocations, intercompany cross-charging, and performance reporting.
• Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement: Identify data gaps and inefficiencies, perform root cause analysis, and recommend system improvements.
• Platform Governance & Change Management: Lead governance, testing, documentation, and release management for PaPM models and transports.
• Enterprise Change Impact Assessment: Assess impacts of organizational and data changes on PaPM solutions and recommend enhancements.
• Data Modeling, Analytics & System Integration: Analyze large financial/operational datasets to support design and integration with SAP platforms.

Skills

SAP PaPM

Communication

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Learning agility

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Alteryx

Tableau

Power BI

SAP HANA/SQL

SAP architecture

Job description

Job Description:

The PaPM Platform & Process Lead is responsible for leading the design, deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) solutions supporting global finance and operational processes.

This role serves as a trusted partner to Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders, providing both functional and technical leadership across profitability management, allocations, transfer pricing, intercompany cross-charging, and performance analytics. The role combines deep business process expertise with strong platform knowledge to ensure solutions remain scalable, sustainable, and aligned to enterprise objectives.

The position plays a critical role in supporting enterprise transformation initiatives by assessing impacts to existing PaPM solutions, leading analysis activities, and driving solution enhancements that improve financial insights, data quality, and operational effectiveness.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 6+ years finance, accounting, financial systems, or analytics experience.
• Minimum 3+ years SAP PaPM, financial systems, consulting, developer, or solution delivery experience.
• Strong communication, collaboration, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Proven experience designing and supporting allocation methodologies, profitability management processes, and financial data models.
• Proficiency in data analytics tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI or similar) and SAP HANA/SQL concepts.
• Experience with SAP architecture, enterprise integrations, testing, transport management, release governance, and change management processes (preferred)
• SAP certification in Profitability and Performance Management or related SAP solutions (preferred).
• Strong functional finance knowledge and understanding of profitability management processes, including cost allocations, transfer pricing, profitability reporting, and performance management.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting SAP PaPM solutions, financial data models, business rules, and allocation methodologies.
• Knowledge of SAP architecture, enterprise data structures, integration concepts, and related SAP platforms (e.g., SAP Central Finance, S/4HANA, MDG, BW) preferred.
• Experience evaluating business requirements, performing impact assessments, and translating complex business needs into scalable process and technology solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience performing root cause analysis, identifying risks and dependencies, and driving sustainable process improvements.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams, external partners, and global organizations while effectively communicating and influencing stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, manage ambiguity, and support testing, transport management, release governance, and change management activities.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Solution Design & Deployment: Partner with Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders to define, design, and deploy scalable PaPM solutions supporting profitability management, cost allocations, transfer pricing, intercompany cross-charging, and performance reporting requirements. Act as a trusted advisor by evaluating requirements, constructively challenging assumptions, assessing impacts across finance processes, data, and systems, and recommending sustainable solutions that balance business needs, technical constraints, and governance requirements.
• Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify data gaps, process inefficiencies, allocation anomalies, and control weaknesses through analysis and stakeholder engagement. Perform root cause analysis, assess business impacts, and recommend sustainable process and system improvements that enhance data quality, transparency, operational effectiveness, and user adoption. Collaborate with DT, Operate, and internal and external delivery teams to identify risks, elevate issues, and coordinate resolution activities across both business-as-usual operations and strategic initiatives.
• Platform Governance & Change Management: Lead governance and change management activities related to PaPM models, transports, testing, documentation, and release management. Ensure adherence to development standards, change control processes, and compliance requirements while driving deployment readiness, regression testing, and solution quality.
• Enterprise Change Impact Assessment: Assess the impact of organizational, process, master data, ERP, and reporting changes on existing PaPM solutions. Lead impact assessments, identify risks and dependencies, and recommend enhancements required to maintain process integrity and business outcomes.
• Data Modeling, Analytics & System Integration: Analyze large and complex financial and operational datasets to support solution design, scenario modeling, regr