SAP Controlling (CO) Manager

North Pole Star, S. de R.L. de C.V.; Medina (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Polaris Inc. is seeking an experienced SAP Controlling Manager to lead the S/4HANA Controlling domain, focusing on management accounting, product costing, profitability analysis, and planning.

You will translate requirements from Finance, Operations, and Manufacturing into standardized SAP solutions and drive a large-scale transformation. You will oversee Cost Center Accounting, Material Ledger, and Margin Analysis, while partnering with stakeholders to define costing granularity and cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years IT experience with SAP incl. SAP Controlling.
• Hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration and CO-PA experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Controlling for SAP S/4HANA implementation and tie finance with ops and supply chain.
• Run fit-to-standard workshops, identify gaps, and promote clean-core SAP practices.
• Configure Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing, Material Ledger, and Profit Center Accounting.
• Design costing methods (standard, moving-average) and cost element structures.
• Define costing granularity by VIN/model/product line/location and key cost elements.
• Own Controlling master data and support testing, documentation, and go-live activities.

Skills

Technical / Functional Expertise

Business Acumen

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

CO-PA / Margin Analysis

Product Costing / Cost Center Accounting

Job description

At Polaris Inc., we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are, and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE.

Position Overview:

As the SAP Controlling (CO) Manager, you will serve as the functional owner for the SAP S/4HANA Controlling domain, with primary responsibility for management accounting, manufacturing cost management, product costing, profitability analysis, planning, and financial performance reporting. Working as a hands-on individual contributor, you will translate requirements from Finance, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Technology teams into standardized SAP solutions. The initial focus is implementing product costing and related Controlling capabilities, followed by broader ownership of finance-related SAP products after go-live. This role offers the opportunity to shape a large-scale SAP transformation and establish the costing, asset-life-cycle, and analytical capabilities used to support operational and strategic decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Controlling functional lead for the SAP S/4HANA implementation, integrating finance processes with manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, product lifecycle management, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, planning, and reporting solutions.
• Lead fit-to-standard workshops to capture business requirements, define future-state Controlling processes, identify solution gaps, and guide stakeholders toward SAP standard practices and clean-core principles.
• Perform and validate hands-on SAP configuration for Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Material Ledger, Profit Center Accounting, Margin Analysis, planning processes, and related finance capabilities.
• Design and implement manufacturing and product-costing methodologies, including standard costing, moving-average costing, inventory valuation, cost-component structures, overhead allocation, and month-end costing processes.
• Partner with business stakeholders to determine the appropriate costing granularity by vehicle identification number, model, product line, location, or other approved level and define cost elements such as labor, overtime, parts, overhead, and freight.
• Define and support profitability analysis and Margin Analysis capabilities, ensuring consistency among product costs, operational activity, financial results, and management reporting.
• Establish integrated processes across SAP Finance, Materials Management, Production Planning, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, and Material Ledger to support asset creation, product manufacturing, distribution, settlement, and lifecycle cost analysis.
• Serve as the functional design authority by reviewing and approving system-integrator designs, SAP configurations, enhancements, interfaces, reports, analytics, and data-conversion approaches.
• Own Controlling master-data requirements, including cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, activity types, statistical key figures, cost elements, and allocation structures.
• Develop and execute integration-testing scenarios, maintain functional and configuration documentation, and support deployment, training, knowledge transfer, financial close, and post-go-live optimization activities.

Desired Competencies:

• Technical / Functional Expertise: You apply the required technical or professional knowledge to perform your role effectively and stay current within your area of expertise.
• Business Acumen: You understand how your work impacts financial performance, operational efficiency, and organizational goals, and you make decisions with the broader business context in mind.
• Collaboration: You work effectively with others across functions and levels, contributing to shared goals while respecting different perspectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of overall IT with increasing scope and responsibility, including at least 5 years of hands-on experience configuring and implementing SAP Controlling solutions.
• Experience completing at least one full SAP implementation, with experience supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations, conversions, or brownfield transformations required and multiple large-scale S/4HANA implementations preferred.
• Current hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration experience in Margin Analysis and CO-PA, Product Costing, Material Ledger, Cost Center Accounting, and FI-CO integration.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing costing, standard costing, moving-average costing, inventory valuation, cost-component structures, overhead allocation, management reporting, and profitability analysis.
• Experience designing integrated business processes across SAP Finance, Asset Accounting, Materials Management, Production Planning, Project Systems, and related solutions.
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