SAP PaPM Lead Consultant

Role: SAP PaPM Lead Consultant
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior SAP PaPM Lead Consultant to lead the design, development, implementation, and optimization of SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) solutions. The consultant will work closely with Finance, Controlling, FP&A, and business stakeholders to build profitability, cost allocation, and financial performance models.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SAP PaPM solution design, modeling, configuration, implementation, and optimization.
• Gather business requirements related to profitability, cost allocation, financial planning, and performance management.
• Design complex PaPM models, functions, allocations, calculations, and data flows.
• Work with Finance, Controlling, FP&A, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable PaPM solutions.
• Integrate SAP PaPM with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA, and other source systems.
• Develop and optimize data flows, calculations, allocations, and reporting structures.
• Perform testing, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and issue resolution.
• Lead SIT, UAT, deployment, and production support activities.
• Provide technical leadership to junior consultants and development teams.
• Prepare solution designs, technical documentation, and implementation guidelines.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve financial and profitability processes using SAP PaPM.
• Ensure solutions follow SAP best practices and enterprise architecture standards.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of SAP consulting experience with strong hands-on SAP PaPM experience.
• Strong experience in SAP PaPM implementation, configuration, modeling, and optimization.
• Strong understanding of SAP Finance/Controlling, CO, COPA, profitability analysis, cost allocation, and management accounting.
• Experience developing complex profitability and allocation models.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA knowledge and experience integrating SAP PaPM with S/4HANA.
• Experience with SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA, or related data platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading requirements gathering and working directly with business stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to independently lead SAP PaPM solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

Preferred Skills

• SAP PaPM certification.
• Experience with SAP FI/CO, COPA, and financial reporting.
• SAP Analytics Cloud or other analytics/reporting experience.
• Knowledge of SQL and HANA modeling.
• Previous experience leading SAP PaPM implementation/transformation projects.
• SAP Activate or Agile/Scrum methodology experience.