Job Summary
GBAS-FICO internal consultants are expected to have solid knowledge across both Finance and Controlling, as the team must be able to support a broad range of topics.
Experience in project work is needed to be beneficial for the team. Besides knowledge on waterfall approach, also Agile working mindset will help to fit in. The candidate should be able to write functionals specification, Business Blue Prints and other documents relevant for daily ticket handling or project support.
The requirements listed below are focused on SAP ECC.
Strong written and spoken English is mandatory.
Key Responsibilities
Area
SAP ECC
Module / Component
Purpose
Importance*
General Ledger
FI-GL
General ledger accounting, chart of accounts, postings, balances, financial statements
2
Accounts Payable
FI-AP
Vendor accounting, invoices, payments, open items, payment program
2
Accounts Receivable
FI-AR
Customer accounting, invoices, incoming payments, open items, dunning
2
Asset Accounting
FI-AA
Fixed asset accounting, depreciation, asset acquisitions, retirements, transfers
1
Bank Accounting
FI-BL
Bank accounts, bank statements, cash journal, payment transactions
1
Special Purpose Ledger
FI-SL
Flexible ledgers and reporting structures, often used for special reporting needs
2
Travel Management
SAP Concur
expense claims
4
Credit Management
CM
Credit management,
4
Localization / Tax
FI-LOC / Tax
Country-specific legal reporting, VAT, withholding tax, statutory requirements. Active localisations in: Portugal, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia
3
Electronic Payments
DMEE / PMW
Payment medium formats, bank file creation, XML/payment file structures
1
* Importance: 1 most important – 5 nice to have
Finance / Legal
Compliance / Tax
Reporting
DRC
Statutory reporting, electronic
documents, eInvoicing, eReporting, tax
compliance
1
Additional applications we use, knowledge would be helpful:
- Kofax = AP automation / AR- Functionalities – importance 3
- (ION = Treasury Management System - importance 5)
Controlling
Area
SAP ECC
Module /
Component
Purpose
Importance*
Cost Element
Accounting
CO-OM-CEL
Cost and revenue element structure; bridge
between FI and CO
2
Cost Center
Accounting
CO-OMCCA
Planning, allocation, and monitoring of
overhead costs by cost center
2
Internal Orders
CO-OMOPA
Cost collection and monitoring for temporary
measures, projects, events, or smaller
initiatives
2
Product Cost
Planning
CO-PC-PCP
Standard cost estimates, material costing,
cost component structures
1
Cost Object
Controlling
CO-PC-OBJ
Cost tracking for production orders, process
orders, product cost collectors, sales orders
1
Material Ledger ML
inventory valuation, price differences, parallel
currencies/valuations
3
Profit Center
Accounting
EC-PCA /
PCA
Profit center reporting, internal profitability
view by responsibility area
2
Overhead Cost
Controlling
CO-OM
Area for cost centers, internal orders, activity
types, allocations
2
Project System
Integration
PS / CO-PS
Project cost planning, budgeting,
commitments, actual costs, settlement
2
Controlling
Allocations
CO
Allocations
Assessments, distributions, repostings,
activity allocations, cycles
2
Planning CO Planning
Cost center planning, internal order planning,
profit center planning, CO-PA planning
2
* Importance: 1 most important – 5 nice to have
Period-End
Closing
CO Closing
Allocations, WIP, variance calculation,
settlement, result analysis
2
Reporting
Report
Painter /
Report
Writer
ECC reporting tools commonly used for FI/CO
reporting
4
Important integration modules connected to FI/CO
Module Relevance for FI/CO
MM
Vendor invoices, goods receipts, inventory valuation, purchase price variances.
Account determination.
SD Customer billing, revenue recognition, AR postings. Account & Tax determination
PP Production orders, product costing, variances, settlement
PS Project costs, budgets, WBS elements, settlements
WM /
EWM
Inventory movements impacting valuation and FI postings