SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) Tech/Func

• Client facing role for an SAP support project.
• Bridging the gap between business financial modeling and technical system configuration in a regulated Life Sciences environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Design & Support: Design, configure, and maintain SAP PaPM (formerly FS-PER) models for cost allocations, profitability analysis, and financial forecasting.
• Technical Execution: Build and optimize complex functions within PaPM, including allocations, calculations, and data derivations using the PaPM engine and SQLScript.
• Data Integration: Manage data flows between SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO), SAP BW/4HANA, and external non-SAP data sources.
• Life Sciences Compliance: Ensure all system enhancements and configurations comply with industry-specific regulations such as GxP and Computer Systems Validation (CSV).
• Stakeholder Management: Act as a client-facing expert to gather requirements from finance and business teams, translating them into technical specifications.

Required Technical Skills

• SAP PaPM Core: Expert knowledge of the PaPM environment, including environment setup, function types, and the modular writer.
• S/4HANA Finance: Understanding of the Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and integration with Cost Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• HANA Database: Proficiency in SAP HANA modeling (Calculation Views) and SQLScript for high-performance data processing.
• Reporting Tools: Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) or Analysis for Office for visualizing PaPM outputs.

Professional & "Client Facing" Skills

• Communication: Ability to explain complex technical PaPM logic to non-technical business stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Proactively identifying performance bottlenecks in large-scale data allocations.
• Documentation: Creating high-quality functional (FS) and technical specifications (TS) required for validated environments.