SAP CO consultant

The opportunity:
Build and contribute to the team within the Controlling Capability Centers serving the entire Finance & Controlling organization as a command center for CO module and Management Accounting activities on S4/HANA. The work requires engagement with Global Functions, BUs, and Hitachi central organization to understand requirements, priorities, and planned initiatives. We are currently building the team and focusing on global initiatives like the implementation of a global S/4Hana system.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Mapping of Business processes with more focus on Financial Planning and Analysis, setting up procedures / developing guidelines – playbooks and training materials as part of Record 2 Report process. 
• Support the Global Functions, BUs on new initiatives. 
• Master Data maintenance W.r.t Activity Type, Activity Rates.
• Performing RA (Result Analysis) runs and analyzes the impact on Revenue, COGS, Inventory for the Sale order, Service order and Project (WBS) archetypes.
• Material Ledger and its impact on Result Analysis and Inventory valuation.
• Periodic activities relating to Controlling Module. 
• Product Costing (Standard costing) Purchase info record, Cost Object Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting. 
• Setting up Assessment and Distribution Cycles including CO-PA cycles
• Value Flow Analysis, Margin Reporting process. 
• Analysis of Under/Over absorption of overheads and finding its root cause. 
• Maintenance of Activity Rates and assessing the impact on Inventory valuation. 
• Evaluate run-organization requirements. 
• Ensure adherence to Internal Controls. 
• Maintenance of necessary Knowledge documents / Play Books w.r.t processes.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting with CMA / CA / CMA Inter / CA Inter / M. Com.
• The position requires more than 6-8 years of experience in S/4Hana Controlling model.
• Certification in SAP FICO modules would be preferred.
• Result-oriented team player with strong attention to detail, good organizational and project management skills.
• Preferably working in Manufacturing Organization and Project environment / R2R experience
• Working Knowledge of Sales & Distribution, Production Planning, Projects, and Material master modules in SAP.
• Global orientation with networking skills. 
• Experience from stakeholder management, with good communication skills in English is a prerequisite. The position requires analytical capabilities, strong motivation for delivering on time, and the ability to work under pressure. 
• Having experience in handling teams of 5-6 assist them on the day-to-day tasks, having problem solving abilities drive the team towards the organizational vision and be role modelled to the team.
• Optimize own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplications, coordinating information requirements.
• Proactively find areas for process improvement / report standardization across all 60 countries across all Business units.
• Adhering to the Controlling Capability centers KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and maintain service quality.
• Good work discipline to produce results despite the complexity.
• Ability to work with diverse teams across different countries. 
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.