TechOps-SAP-CO-Senior

The Opportunity

We are looking for an SAP CO Senior Consultant to join the EY GDS Team. As part of our EY GDS – TechOps team, you will be responsible for providing functional support for SAP Controlling (CO) across various regions for our global clients. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to address issues, implement enhancements, and optimize controlling processes to meet business requirements.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm whilst being instrumental in the growth as you get to work with a high-quality team to support clients, ensuring efficient financial controlling operations through best-in-class solutions, automation, and innovation.

 

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology (B.E./B.Tech) or Commerce/Finance (B.Com, M.Com), MBA (Finance), CA, ICWA/CMA, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3-7 years of experience required in one or more areas within SAP CO, preferably with global clients.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing support for SAP CO module incidents, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Support incident resolution by analyzing issues raised by users and providing effective solutions.
• Work closely with customers and support teams to ensure issues and requests are followed up and addressed in a timely manner.
• Handle change requests with a clear understanding of business requirements and controlling processes.
• Understand business needs and deliver solutions to improve cost transparency, profitability analysis, planning, and reporting processes.
• Cross-functional communication skills; experience in offshore/onsite delivery models.
• Defect analysis and resolution related to SAP CO processes and integrations.
• Ability to work with minimal guidance or supervision in a time-critical environment.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills within a global support environment.
• Flexibility in managing work hours due to the nature of Application Management Services, including shift support and on-call availability for critical business requirements.
• Responsible for decision-making, optimizing processes, resource management, and overseeing team management as needed for task execution.
• Accountable for allocating personnel, supervising team members, assigning tasks, ensuring that the team has the necessary tools and support to succeed in their roles and optimizing and evaluating their performance to meet organizational goals.

Skills and attributes for success

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Well versed with SAP CO modules including Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Internal Orders (IO), Product Cost Controlling (PC), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Cost Object Controlling (CO-PC), Activity-Based Costing (ABC), Planning & Budgeting, Assessment & Distribution Cycles, Allocations, Overhead Cost Controlling, Settlement Processes, Period-End Closing Activities, WIP Calculation, Results Analysis, and Variance Analysis.
• Experience in CO integration points with other SAP modules like FI, MM, SD, PP, PM, PS and HR.
• Strong understanding of managerial accounting, cost allocation methodologies, budgeting, profitability reporting and financial controlling processes.
• Experience supporting SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA Controlling solutions.
• Knowledge of planning cycles, allocations, month-end and year-end closing activities, product costing and management reporting.
• SAP Certification in SAP CO, SAP S/4HANA Management Accounting, or related Finance certifications preferred.

 

What you will do

• Provide day-to-day Application Management support for SAP CO and related SAP applications across IT Service Management including service requests, incident management, enhancement requests, change management and problem management as a Level 2 or Level 3 Application Management Specialist.
• Lead and coordinate the resolution of complex controlling issues including allocation cycle failures, period-end closing issues, settlement errors, CO-PA reporting discrepancies and system outages, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather business requirements, assess operational challenges and provide recommendations on SAP CO solutions and process improvements.
• Develop and maintain documentation including configuration, process flows, knowledge articles, user guides and test scripts.
• Support and execute enhancements related to cost allocations, planning processes, profitability analysis, cost center accounting, internal orders and controlling reports.
• Monitor and support controlling processes to ensure optimal system performance, process compliance and business continuity.
• Mentor and train junior SAP CO team members by sharing best practices, functional knowledge and troubleshooting techniques.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, SAP innovations and controlling best practices to drive operational efficiency through automation and innovation.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide off-hours support as needed to ensure the availability and reliability of critical SAP systems.
• Available to work in shift hours depending on client requirements across Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

 

What we look for

• A team of professionals with strong functional expertise, analytical skills and enthusiasm to learn and adapt in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience working with global delivery teams and supporting enterprise-scale controlling and finance operations.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business users, technical teams and third-party vendors.
• A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement, automation and operational excellence.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.  

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