SAP CO Consultant: Project Costing & Responsibility

BearingPoint; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing plans

401(k) plan with company match

9 paid holidays

20 days paid vacation

Paid sick time

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

BearingPoint in Chicago, IL seeks an experienced SAP CO Consultant to lead cost accounting transformations for manufacturing. You will focus on Responsibility Accounting, Product Costing, and Project Systems while optimizing cost controls and project-based cost tracking.

Responsibilities include workshops with finance and operations teams, designing cost structures, integrating CO with FI/MM/PP/SD, and ensuring successful testing, training, and post-go-live stabilization. Salary negotiable.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years of SAP CO experience with strong hands-on expertise in cost management and analysis solutions, product cost planning, actual product cost reporting, production variance settlement and Project Systems.
• Proven experience in Responsibility Accounting and internal financial reporting.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing cost flows, cost center planning, and project lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP CO implementations and enhancements focused on Responsibility Accounting, and Product Costing and Project Systems.
• Conduct workshops with finance, operations, and project teams to gather business requirements.
• Design and configure cost structures, cost allocations, and internal reporting frameworks.
• Implement project accounting processes including budgeting, cost planning, tracking, and settlement.
• Integrate CO modules with FI, MM, PP, and SD to support end-to-end manufacturing processes.
• Provide expert guidance on internal cost control, and project financials.
• Support testing, training, and post-go-live stabilization.

Skills

SAP CO

Cost Management

Product Costing

Project Systems (PS)

Responsibility Accounting

S/4HANA

ABAP liaison

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP CO Certification

Job description

BearingPoint in Chicago, IL seeks an experienced SAP CO Consultant to lead cost accounting transformations for manufacturing. You will focus on Responsibility Accounting, Product Costing, and Project Systems while optimizing cost controls and project-based cost tracking.

Responsibilities include workshops with finance and operations teams, designing cost structures, integrating CO with FI/MM/PP/SD, and ensuring successful testing, training, and post-go-live stabilization. Salary negotiable.