SAP AP CO Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities - Lead the design and implementation of SAP Accounts Payable (AP) and Controlling (CO) solutions within SAP S/4 HANA Finance domain. - Drive end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process design, including invoice processing, vendor management, and payment runs. - Define cost allocation cycles, planning, budgeting, and variance analysis frameworks. - Ensure alignment with business performance management and reporting needs. - Ensure alignment with accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal controls. - Lead functional workstream delivery across SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, and rollouts. - Drive adoption of S/4HANA innovations such as Universal Journal and real-time analytics. - Conduct workshops to gather and analyse business requirements for financial track. - Translate requirements into functional design and configuration specifications. - Collaborate with FI, MM, SD, and cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end integration. - Collaborate with technical (ABAP) teams for enhancements, interfaces, and integrations. - Design and review functional specifications for RICEF objects. - Support data migration, testing (SIT/UAT), and cutover activities. Technical Responsibilities - Configure and drive SAP FI-AP modules and key processes, including: » Vendor master data » Invoice posting and validation » Automatic payment program (F110) » Withholding tax and tax integration - Configure and drive SAP FI-CO modules and key processes, including: » Cost Centre Accounting (COCCA) » Profit Centre Accounting (PCA) » Internal Orders » Product Costing (PC) » Profitability Analysis (COPA – account-based & costing-based) » Variance Calculations, Over Heads, WIP Calculations Settlement » Actual Price Calculation, Budget Planning - Nice to have experience in: » Asset Accounting and REFX » Fund Management and Grant Management Role Requirement - Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related discipline. - Over 10 years of SAP experience, including at least 5 years with S/4HANA. - Experience with cloud-based SAP deployments (e.g., RISE with SAP) and full lifecycle SAP implementations (design-build-test-deployment-hypercare). - Completed a minimum of 3 end-to-end implementation projects (lasting at least 4 years in total), with at least 2 of them being S/4HANA projects. - More than 5 years of team lead experience and managed and led at least 3 team members. - Has worked on projects involving at least 20 company codes and/or plants.