Senior SAP Public Sector Configurator – Army PSM

SMX; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 144,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

SMX is seeking a skilled SAP configurator to support Army business processes through hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration, prototype execution, and rigorous validation. You will collaborate with Business Analysts, SMEs, solution architects, and technical teams to translate requirements into executable SAP configurations and validate outcomes.

The role emphasizes end-to-end process alignment, documentation, and adherence to Federal compliance and auditability requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience configuring SAP ECC and S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI), Public Sector Management (PSM Funds Management), and US Federal Financials.
• Ability to independently configure assigned functionality and validate its behavior through SAP transaction execution.
• Experience translating business requirements into configuration decisions, process flows, and supporting functional documentation.
• Working knowledge of SAP enterprise structures, master data, transaction processing, and configuration dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands‑on SAP S/4HANA configuration of Army business scenarios.
• Configure organizational structures, business rules, process controls, and integration with SAP components, consistent with agreed solution design and program standards.
• Use the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG/SPRO) and other applicable configuration tools to implement and maintain configuration settings.
• Identify configuration prerequisites and collaborate with shared settings and dependencies with other functional configurators.
• Apply SAP standard functionality, best practices, and clean‑core principles when evaluating solution options.
• Identify requirements that cannot be satisfied through standard configuration and document potential integration, extension, or development needs.
• Maintain configuration documentation that captures settings, rationale, assumptions, dependencies, and known limitations.
• Collaborate with SAP Business Analysts and functional stakeholders to translate Army requirements into executable SAP process flows and configuration tasks.
• Assess how SAP standard capabilities support assigned financial, logistics, or other Army business processes.
• Perform fit‑to‑standard and fit‑gap analysis using hands‑on system exploration, configuration, and demonstrations.
• Identify the effects of configuration decisions on upstream and downstream processes, master data, organizational relationships, and financial postings, as applicable.
• Contribute to functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog refinement.
• Use prototype findings to clarify requirements, identify gaps, and support solution design recommendations.
• Support knowledge transfer through configuration walkthroughs, demonstrations, and clear technical and functional documentation.
• Prepare the configuration, master data, and transaction data required to execute assigned prototype scenarios.
• Develop and execute functional validation scenarios with clear prerequisites, steps, expected results, and evidence requirements.
• Compare expected and actual results, document findings, and explain system behavior.
• Investigate defects, identify root causes, correct configuration issues, and perform retesting.
• Document validated capabilities, unresolved issues, workarounds, and prototype limitations to inform subsequent design and delivery activities.
• Identify configuration conflicts, missing prerequisites, and integration blockers, and elevate issues to the SAP Configuration Validation Prototype Lead.
• Incorporate applicable auditability, internal control, security, and Federal compliance requirements into configuration and validation activities.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA configuration

ECC and FI experience

Prototype execution

Documentation and knowledge transfer

Stakeholder communication

Tools

IMG/SPRO

SAP Fiori

Job description

SMX is seeking a skilled SAP configurator to support Army business processes through hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration, prototype execution, and rigorous validation. You will collaborate with Business Analysts, SMEs, solution architects, and technical teams to translate requirements into executable SAP configurations and validate outcomes.

The role emphasizes end-to-end process alignment, documentation, and adherence to Federal compliance and auditability requirements.