SAP Controlling; CO Consultant

Role

Title:

SAP Controlling (CO) Consultant

Client:
Industrial supply company

Employment Type:
Contract

Duration: 6 month with high likelihood to extend

Preferred

Location:

Northern Chicago Suburbs

Role

Description:

We are seeking an experienced SAP Controlling (CO) Consultant with deep expertise in Material Ledger, Product Costing, and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) specially in the context of a finance transformation or S/4

HANA migration. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting SAP CO solutions to enable accurate cost tracking, product margin visibility, and financial performance reporting across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Redesign, configure, implement, and support SAP CO modules with a focus on Material Ledger, Product Costing (CO-PC), and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain and other teams to understand business requirements and translate them into functional SAP solutions including re-design of the existing to fit into best practices.
• Make strategic recommendations leveraging experience to drive innovative solutions tailored specifically for the organization management teams, enhancing operational efficiency and overall business performance.
• Design and maintain costing variants, valuation strategies, and transfer pricing configurations.
• Lead end-to-end cost rollups and standard cost updates; analyze variances and reconcile data with FI and MM.
• Develop and optimize CO-PA reports and integrate them with Analytics for business insights.
• Ensure accurate Material Ledger actual costing runs and coordinate with Finance for reconciliation and reporting.
• Collaborate with FI, MM, and PP teams to ensure seamless integration across modules.
• Provide functional documentation, training, and end‑user support.
• Participate in system upgrades, testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands‑on experience as an SAP CO Consultant.
• Proven experience with Material Ledger (ML), actual costing and parallel valuations.
• Product Costing (CO-PC) – standard and actual cost, cost object controlling.
• Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) including Margin Analysis – costing‑based and account‑based.
• Strong integration knowledge with FI, MM, and Inventory modules.
• Integration with Universal Journal and experience in cost elements and GL harmonization.
• Experience with S/4
  
  HANA Finance and Universal Journal (ACDOCA) preferred.
• Solid understanding of financial and management accounting principles.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Contract

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