SAP CO Consultant

Contract Duration : 12 Months

Location : Hyderabad / Pan India

Work Mode : Remote

Experience : 6+ Years

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced SAP CO Consultant with strong expertise in SAP Controlling (CO), product costing, and manufacturing cost management. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in SAP ECC or S/4HANA, including configuration, implementation, rollout, and support activities. The role involves collaborating with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver effective costing solutions, financial reporting, and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities :

1. SAP Controlling (CO) :

- Configure and support Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, and Cost Element Accounting.

- Manage CO-PA (Profitability Analysis), planning, budgeting, and management reporting.

- Configure and support cost allocation cycles, assessments, distributions, and settlements.

- Analyze costs, support month-end closing activities, and resolve SAP CO-related issues.

- Ensure effective integration of SAP CO with FI, MM, and PP modules.

- Design, validate, and maintain management reporting requirements.

2. Product Costing and Manufacturing :

- Configure and support Product Cost Planning, Standard Costing, Cost Rollups, and Cost Component Structures.

- Manage Cost Object Controlling and Production Variance Analysis.

- Support Material Ledger functionality and inventory valuation processes.

- Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and production teams to understand and address costing requirements.

- Support annual standard cost updates and periodic cost estimates.

- Analyze production variances, identify root causes, and recommend process improvements.

- Validate product costing and profitability calculations with business stakeholders.

3. Implementation and Rollout :

- Conduct fit-gap analysis workshops and solution design sessions.

- Prepare functional specifications for custom developments and enhancements.

- Support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover planning, and go-live activities.

- Facilitate end-user training and knowledge transfer.

- Coordinate with onshore and offshore teams and global process owners to ensure successful project delivery.

- Provide post-implementation support and resolve functional issues.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

- Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience in SAP Controlling (CO).

- Strong experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA.

- In-depth knowledge of Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, and CO-PA.

- Strong expertise in Product Costing, Standard Costing, Cost Component Structures, and Cost Object Controlling.

- Experience with cost allocation, assessments, distributions, settlements, and production variance analysis.

- Good understanding of inventory valuation and Material Ledger concepts.

- Knowledge of integration between SAP CO and SAP FI, MM, and PP.

- Experience in month-end closing, cost analysis, reporting, and issue resolution.

- Experience in implementation, rollout, testing, and go-live support.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.