SAP S/4HANA CO / FP&A Functional Specialist

Location: Bellville, South Africa

Position Type: Permanent

Department: Finance & Controlling / SAP Centre of Excellence

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA CO / FP&A Functional Specialist to join a SAP Centre of Excellence team. The role will focus on SAP Controlling, Management Accounting and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), combining hands-on system configuration and support with process improvement and business engagement.

The successful candidate will have strong functional knowledge of SAP CO and its integration with Finance, with practical experience across budgeting, forecasting, allocations, controlling master data, management reporting and period-end processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration, functional support, testing and BAU activities across CO-CCA, CO-PCA, Internal Orders and CO-PA.
• Configure and maintain cost allocations, distribution/assessment cycles, overhead structures, cost element hierarchies and statistical key figures.
• Support budgeting, rolling forecasts, variance analysis and integrated financial planning processes.
• Analyse and resolve CO/FP&A incidents, service requests, allocation errors, master data issues and recurring operational problems.
• Provide incident triage, root-cause analysis, configuration fixes, testing, resolution documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Support SAP FI/CO integration, including GL postings, cost/profit centres, intercompany allocations, sub-ledger touchpoints and period-end close.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce manual workarounds and improve or automate allocation and planning activities.
• Engage with Finance, FP&A and business stakeholders to understand requirements and support solution delivery.
• Prepare functional specifications, test cases, process documentation, change impact assessments and knowledge articles.
• Execute configuration changes, testing, transports, UAT and post-implementation stabilisation.
• Support workshops relating to controlling master data, budgeting, financial planning and management reporting.
• Work within established governance, transport and support procedures, escalating complex or high-risk configuration and cross-module matters appropriately.
• Use tools such as JIRA, SAP Solution Manager, Confluence and SAP Fiori within the support and change environment.
• Exposure to SAP Joule, SAP Business AI or AI-assisted SAP delivery would be advantageous.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting, Financial Management, Information Systems or IT.
• 3-6 years’ experience in SAP CO, Management Accounting, FP&A or a related functional role.
• Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration and support experience.
• Practical experience across CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-IO, CO-PA, allocation cycles, budgeting, forecasting and month-end close.
• Experience with controlling master data, management reporting and financial planning integration.
• Strong understanding of SAP FI/CO integration and associated configuration dependencies.
• MDG or controlling master data knowledge is mandatory.
• Ability to interpret business requirements, produce functional specifications, configure solutions and create test evidence/documentation.
• Experience working in a BAU/Run environment, preferably using JIRA and SAP Solution Manager for incident and change management.
• SAP CO/S/4HANA Finance certification or CIMA/ACCA qualification is advantageous but not essential where strong practical experience is demonstrated.
• Exposure to SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), BPC or integrated planning solutions would be beneficial.

Technical Knowledge

The ideal candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong SAP S/4HANA Controlling knowledge.
• Cost centre and profit centre accounting.
• Internal orders and profitability analysis.
• Allocation cycles, cost summarisation and variance analysis.
• Cost element hierarchies and controlling master data.
• Budgeting, forecasting and integrated financial planning.
• FI/CO integration, GL and period-end close processes.
• Management reporting and planning layouts.
• Functional testing, configuration debugging and change management.

Key Skills & Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent configuration and troubleshooting skills.
• Process improvement and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Comfortable working independently and managing competing operational priorities.
• Resilient and able to work effectively under time-sensitive Finance and month-end deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to engage confidently with Finance, FP&A, business users and SAP stakeholders.
• Proficient in MS Office, Excel, Word and Visio.

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