Description Robert Half is seeking a Senior SAP Functional Analyst specializing in SAP Finance and Controlling to support the design, configuration, integration, and optimization of enterprise financial systems. This is a technical/functional IT role for an experienced SAP professional who understands how financial processes are configured and executed within SAP, with a strong emphasis on Product Costing and Controlling.
The ideal candidate will have a strong SAP FICO background and experience translating business requirements into SAP solutions, configuring functionality, troubleshooting integrations, and leading system enhancements. Product Costing, standard costing, and manufacturing processes will be a significant focus, with additional responsibility for supporting core Finance functionality and its integration with MM, PP, and SD.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as a senior technical/functional resource for SAP FICO, with primary responsibility for Product Costing and Controlling functionality.
- Lead SAP enhancements, projects, and system initiatives from requirements gathering and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into functional specifications, SAP configurations, technical requirements, process designs, and acceptance criteria.
- Configure, enhance, and troubleshoot SAP functionality across:
- Product Costing and Standard Costing
- Cost Center Accounting
- Internal Orders
- Profitability Analysis / Margin Analysis
- Profit Center Accounting
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Fixed Assets
- Design and support Product Costing processes including standard cost estimates, costing variants, cost component structures, cost rollups, mass costing runs, and cost releases using functionality such as CK11N, CK40N, and CK24.
- Analyze and resolve complex FICO integration issues involving MM, PP, and SD transactions, including accounting postings, inventory valuation, production costs, sales activity, and profitability.
- Participate in SAP solution architecture and process design, evaluating how system configuration can support scalable and standardized business processes.
- Lead or participate in unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT, deployments, and HyperCare support.
- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and determine whether issues require configuration changes, process changes, data corrections, or technical development.
- Partner with stakeholders as the SAP subject matter expert to identify system improvements and translate functional needs into technical solutions.
- Evaluate opportunities to leverage S/4HANA capabilities, automation, AI-enabled tools, and analytics to improve financial processes and system functionality.
- Maintain detailed technical and functional documentation covering configurations, integrations, process flows, testing, and system changes.
- Ensure SAP solutions follow enterprise architecture, security, controls, governance, and change management standards.
Requirements - Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Systems, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on SAP functional experience, with significant experience in FICO.
- Strong experience working in an IT application or SAP support/development environment, including requirements analysis, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and production support.
- Strong hands-on experience with SAP Product Costing and Controlling.
- Experience configuring and supporting standard costing, cost rollups, costing runs, cost releases, allocations, settlements, and variance analysis.
- Experience with SAP FI functionality including GL, AP, AR, and Fixed Assets.
- Strong understanding of SAP integration across FI, CO, MM, PP, and SD.
- Experience analyzing SAP transaction and integration issues and performing root-cause analysis.
- Experience gathering requirements and translating business needs into functional SAP solutions.
- Experience supporting SAP implementations, enhancements, upgrades, or other significant system initiatives.
- Manufacturing or production environment experience strongly preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance and the Universal Journal (ACDOCA).
- Experience with S/4HANA migrations, implementations, or major SAP upgrades.
- Strong experience with multi-plant standard costing and manufacturing environments.
- Experience with intercompany and cross-plant costing.
- Experience with CK11N, CK40N, CK24, costing variants, cost component structures, and related Product Costing configuration.
- Experience with account-based CO-PA / Margin Analysis.
- Experience troubleshooting FICO integration with MM, PP, and SD at the transaction and configuration level.
- Experience with SAP testing methodologies, transports, releases, and change management.
- SAP FICO or S/4HANA Finance certification.
- Exposure to SAP Joule, automation, AI-enabled SAP functionality, or financial analytics platforms.
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