SAP Center of Excellence (COE) Account to Report – Controlling Functional Consultant (Specialist level)

Overview

SAP Controlling Specialist is a permanent member of the COE A2R team, responsible for designing, building and supporting planning models and management reporting frameworks within S/4HANA Margin Analysis and SAP Analytics Cloud. The role ensures integration between SAC and SAP S/4HANA Controlling (CO), enabling real-time financial insights.

What you'll do

• Provide L3 functional support for SAP S/4HANA Product Costing, covering material cost estimates, cost component splits, standard and moving average price management, and inventory valuation.
• Deliver L3 support for SAC analytics, Margin Analysis and Overhead Management implementations, covering SAC story design, data model optimization, CO-MA profitability analytics and CO-OM cost allocation design.
• Resolve complex issues related to cost rollups, price differences, settlement/variance postings, SAC data refresh logic, and integration between PP, MM, CO, FI and analytics layers.
• Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close for costing, Margin Analysis, Overhead Management and inventory valuation.
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring and critical issues in Product Costing, Margin Analysis, Overhead Management and SAC; identify configuration gaps, process weaknesses, data defects and analytical logic issues, and drive permanent fixes through controlled change.
• Analyze business change requests related to cost management, margin analysis models, overhead allocation structures and SAC analytics content.
• Design and implement configuration changes, Functional/Technical Specifications, and Testing and UAT support.
• Ensure compliance with the ESPHORA Template, internal controls and audit requirements.
• Ensure reconciliation between inventory valuation, Material Ledger and FI General Ledger.
• Validate data flow in Margin Analysis, Overhead Management and SAC reporting layers.
• Support financial controls, audit queries, compliance reviews and management/legal reporting.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Management or a related field.
• 6–8 years hands-on configuration and support in Product Costing (CO-PC), Margin Analysis (CO-MA), Overhead Management (CO-OM) and Cost Centre Accounting (CO-CCA).
• 4–6 years hands-on experience in Product Costing and all other CO modules.
• 3–5 years hands-on experience designing, implementing and supporting SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) data models, stories and embedded analytics for financial reporting.
• Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end Account-to-Report (A2R) processes, integrating Controlling modules with SAC analytics delivery.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills for interacting with business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, tickets and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience documenting data policies, functional specifications and technical specifications.
• Product knowledge: SAP S/4HANA (Controlling, Margin Analysis, Overhead Management); SAP Analytics Cloud (data modelling, story design, analytical content); SAP Datasphere (semantic layer, data integration); SAP Solution Manager; SAP Fiori and UI5; SAP CPI / PI-PO.

Nice to have

• Experience with Project Systems (CO-PS) is a valuable asset.
• Experience with the SAP CO modules CO-CCA, CO-PA, CO-PC, EC-PCA, CO-MA and CO-OM.
• Supporting platforms: ITSM tools (ServiceNow preferred); monitoring tools (SAP ALM, APM, AIOps); cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP for SAP workloads).

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Employment type: permanent.
• Working time: CET time zone.