SAP CO LEAD

Responsibilities

• ● Lead the SAP CO workstream for a large-scale S/4HANA transformation project for a manufacturing client.
• ● Drive end-to-end SAP CO solution design, configuration, integration, testing, cutover and golive activities.
• ● Provide strong functional expertise across Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Cost Object Controlling, CO-PA, Overhead Accounting and Period-End Closing.
• ● Own complex Product Costing processes including costing variants, BOM/routing integration, costing sheets, overhead calculation, standard cost estimates, production order costing, WIP, variance calculation and settlement.
• ● Lead Material Ledger and Actual Costing processes, including inventory valuation and actual cost component analysis.
• ● Design and implement Account-Based CO-PA / Margin Analysis solutions, including profitability reporting, allocations, derivations and settlement.
• ● Lead CO activities across S/4HANA Greenfield, Brownfield and Bluefield / Selective Data Transition implementations.
• ● Conduct Fit-to-Standard / Fit-to-Gap workshops, requirement gathering and business process analysis with finance and manufacturing stakeholders.
• ● Design scalable CO solutions aligned with complex manufacturing costing, production and management accounting requirements.
• ● Ensure seamless integration of CO with FI, MM, PP, SD, PS and PM.
• ● Provide strong expertise in FI-CO integration and Universal Journal (ACDOCA) in S/4HANA.
• ● Lead SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect resolution, data validation and reconciliation activities.
• ● Support and lead data migration, mock cutover, final cutover and production deployment activities for the CO workstream.
• ● Drive period-end and year-end closing processes, including allocations, assessments, settlements, WIP and variance calculations.
• ● Review functional specifications, integration designs and technical developments related to CO.
• ● Identify business process gaps and recommend SAP standard / best-practice solutions wherever applicable.
• ● Lead and mentor SAP CO consultants and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• ● Act as the primary SAP CO SME for business stakeholders, project leadership and implementation teams.
• ● Manage critical CO issues, provide root-cause analysis and drive resolution within project timelines.
• ● Ensure solution quality, documentation, compliance and adherence to S/4HANA best practices.