PaPM Platform Lead

Job Description:

The PaPM Platform & Process Lead is responsible for leading the design, deployment, governance, and continuous improvement of SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) solutions supporting global finance and operational processes.

This role serves as a trusted partner to Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders, providing both functional and technical leadership across profitability management, allocations, transfer pricing, intercompany cross-charging, and performance analytics.

The role combines deep business process expertise with strong platform knowledge to ensure solutions remain scalable, sustainable, and aligned to enterprise objectives.

The position plays a critical role in supporting enterprise transformation initiatives by assessing impacts to existing PaPM solutions, leading analysis activities, and driving solution enhancements that improve financial insights, data quality, and operational effectiveness.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 6+ years finance, accounting, financial systems, or analytics experience.
• Minimum 3+ years SAP PaPM, financial systems, consulting, developer, or solution delivery experience.
• Strong communication, collaboration, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Proven experience designing and supporting allocation methodologies, profitability management processes, and financial data models.
• Proficiency in data analytics tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI or similar) and SAP HANA/SQL concepts.
• Experience with SAP architecture, enterprise integrations, testing, transport management, release governance, and change management processes (preferred)
• SAP certification in Profitability and Performance Management or related SAP solutions (preferred).
• Strong functional finance knowledge and understanding of profitability management processes, including cost allocations, transfer pricing, profitability reporting, and performance management.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting SAP PaPM solutions, financial data models, business rules, and allocation methodologies.
• Knowledge of SAP architecture, enterprise data structures, integration concepts, and related SAP platforms (e.g., SAP Central Finance, S/4
  
  HANA, MDG, BW) preferred.
• Experience evaluating business requirements, performing impact assessments, and translating complex business needs into scalable process and technology solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience performing root cause analysis, identifying risks and dependencies, and driving sustainable process improvements.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams, external partners, and global organizations while effectively communicating and influencing stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, manage ambiguity, and support testing, transport management, release governance, and change management activities.

• Solution Design & Deployment:
  Partner with Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders to define, design, and deploy scalable PaPM solutions supporting profitability management, cost allocations, transfer pricing, intercompany cross-charging, and performance reporting requirements.
• Process Optimization & Continuous Improvement:
  Proactively identify data gaps, process inefficiencies, allocation anomalies, and control weaknesses through analysis and stakeholder engagement. Perform root cause analysis, assess business impacts, and recommend sustainable process and system improvements that enhance data quality, transparency, operational effectiveness, and user adoption.
• Collaborate with DT, Operate, and internal and external delivery teams to…