Job Summary

Job Title: SAP ECC FI/CO Functional Consultant

Location: various
Employment Type: [Full-time / Contract]

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP ECC FI/CO Functional Consultant to support and enhance financial and controlling processes within a complex SAP ERP landscape. The role requires strong process integration knowledge across finance, manufacturing and logistics, with a particular emphasis on inventory accounting and product costing in international setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, support, and optimize SAP ECC FI/CO modules in line with business requirements.
• Lead and contribute to end-to-end project implementations, rollouts, and system enhancements.
• Perform requirements analysis, solution design, testing, and contribute to transport coordination.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate accounting and operational requirements into SAP solutions.
• Ensure seamless integration between FI/CO and MM, SD, PP modules, especially for inventory valuation and cost flows.
• Support period-end closing activities from IT side, including inventory valuation, WIP calculation, and variance analysis.
• Provide functional specifications for developments (RICEFW objects) and coordinate with technical teams.
• Drive process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skill Requirements

SAP FI/CO Scope (Core Modules)

• Financial Accounting (FI):
• General Ledger (FI-GL)
• Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
• Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)
• Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
• Bank Accounting (FI-BL)
• Controlling (CO):
• Cost Element Accounting (CO-OM-CEL)
• Cost Center Accounting (CO-OM-CCA)
• Internal Orders (CO-OM-OPA)
• Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA)
• Product Costing (CO-PC)
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA, preferably account-based)

Focus Areas: Inventory & Costing

• Strong expertise in:
• Inventory valuation methods (standard price)
• Material Ledger (actual costing, multi-currency valuation)
• Product costing (standard cost estimates, cost rollups, cost component split)
• Integration with MM and PP for goods movements and production postings
• WIP calculation, settlement, and variance analysis
• Ability to analyze end-to-end cost flows from procurement through production to financial reporting.

Ways of Working (Projects & Change Management)

• Experience working in structured project environments (DSDM, hybrid of Agile/Waterfall).
• Strong ownership of:
• Business requirement gathering and workshop facilitation
• Functional design documentation (FDDs)
• Testing cycles (unit testing, SIT, UAT)
• Cutover planning and hypercare support
• Proactive handling of Change Requests:
• Perform impact assessments across FI/CO and integrated modules
• Ensure documentation, traceability, and transport governance
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Comfortable working in distributed teams using MS Teams and tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, or similar.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Functional knowledge in Operations and supply chain processes
• Manufacturing (PP – production orders, process orders)
• Logistics (MM – procurement, inventory management)
• SD – order-to-cash integration
• Exposure to S/4HANA Finance is a plus.
• Experience with interfaces, IDocs, and third-party integrations (e.g., payment platforms, invoice management tools).

Other Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years of SAP FI/CO functional experience in ECC environments.
• Strong understanding of financial processes and controlling principles.
• Proven track record in SAP implementations or large-scale enhancements.