We are seeking an expert SAP COPA (Controlling Profitability Analysis) professional with over 5 years of relevant experience, including at least 2-3 full lifecycle implementations with costing-based COPA. You will act as a Subject Matter Expert, developing Management Reporting Solutions and aligning with customers to design effective solutions. This role requires a thorough knowledge of FICO integration with other SAP modules and expertise in developing profitability reports and working with COPA enhancements.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for developing Management Reporting Solutions using COPA BI, working closely with Business Analysts and cross-functional teams.
- Align with customers to design solutions that address management reporting needs.
- Manage business process design/impact analysis during business blueprint and realization phases.
- Participate in and support the integration testing cycle, with the ability to resolve defects within the COPA/Management Reporting domain.
- Manage the deployment and user adoption of reporting tools, identifying and addressing user pain points.
- Understand project business requirements and timelines, and drive closure of design issues to meet go-live dates.
- Conceptualize designs for Management reporting project requests and provide estimated effort.
- Work with multiple stakeholders in a dynamic matrix organization.
- Act as a self-starter who is proactive, able to manage deliverables, work independently, and understand timelines with minimal guidance.
Skills Required:
- CO / COPA Expert with over 5 years of SAP experience.
- Experience in 2-3 full lifecycle Implementations with Setting up Costing Base COPA.
- Expertise in controlling-related processes: CO-PA, Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Cost Object Controlling, Profitability Analysis.
- Exposure to Service contract-related business processes (Cost object settlement, Revenue recognition method).
- Thorough knowledge of FICO integration with other SAP Modules, such as CRM, Sales and Distribution (Sales, Billing, Pricing), Materials Management, Production Planning, etc.
- Expertise in Costing-based COPA related Configuration (Derivation etc.) and report creation (Report Painter etc.).
- Significant hands-on experience working on COPA enhancements and user exits.
- Expertise in developing profitability reports in SAP ECC and integrating them with downstream analytics applications like Business Intelligence, Business Objects, BPC, Hadoop, and Tableau.
- Good overall SAP FICO expertise.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strongly Preferred: Expertise in S/4HANA with S/4HANA Implementation experience.
- Strongly Preferred: Experience in integrating COPA with BPC, as well as exposure to Hadoop and Tableau.
- Strongly Preferred: Experience in Integrating CO / COPA with CRM.
- Nice to Have: Accounting/Financial background, such as a previous experience in a finance-related position or a Finance Degree (i.e., CPA).
QUALIFICATION:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Accounting, or Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience. S/4HANA Certification is strongly preferred.
