SAP CO

Role Title: SAP Controlling (CO) Consultant

Duration: 6 month with high likely hood to extend

Preferred Location: Remote, with travel to the Chicagoland area

Role Description:

We are seeking an experienced SAP Controlling (CO) Consultant with deep expertise in Material Ledger, Product Costing, and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) specially in the context of a finance transformation or S/4HANA migration. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting SAP CO solutions to enable accurate cost tracking, product margin visibility, and financial performance reporting across the organization.
Key Responsibilities

• Redesign, configure, implement, and support SAP CO modules with a focus on Material Ledger, Product Costing (CO-PC), and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain and other teams to understand business requirements and translate them into functional SAP solutions including re-design of the existing to fit into best practices.
• Make strategic recommendations leveraging experience to drive innovative solutions tailored specifically for the Organization management teams, enhancing operational efficiency and overall business performance.
• Design and maintain costing variants, valuation strategies, and transfer pricing configurations.
• Lead end-to-end cost rollups and standard cost updates; analyze variances and reconcile data with FI and MM.
• Develop and optimize CO-PA reports and integrate them with Analytics for business insights.
• Ensure accurate Material Ledger actual costing runs and coordinate with Finance for reconciliation and reporting.
• Collaborate with FI, MM, and PP teams to ensure seamless integration across modules.
• Provide functional documentation, training, and end-user support.
• Participate in system upgrades, testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of hands-on experience as an SAP CO Consultant.
• Proven experience with Material Ledger (ML), actual costing and parallel valuations.
• Product Costing (CO-PC) - standard and actual cost, cost object controlling
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) including Margin Analysis - costing-based and account-based
• Strong integration knowledge with FI, MM, and Inventory modules.
• Integration with Universal Journal and experience in cost elements and GL harmonization.
• Experience with S/4HANA Finance and Universal Journal (ACDOCA) preferred.
• Solid understanding of financial and management accounting principles.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.