[Hiring] Assistant Manager – SAP Finance (Controlling) @Accenture

Role Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Manager – SAP Finance (Controlling) to play a key role in supporting a major SAP transformation program. This role will focus on overseeing and guiding the design, configuration, and implementation of SAP Controlling processes in SAP S/4HANA. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, functional leads, and technical teams to ensure accurate cost tracking, internal reporting, and management decision support. This position is ideal for professionals looking to advance their expertise in SAP Controlling processes while taking on leadership responsibilities in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

• Lead and coordinate the configuration and implementation of SAP Controlling (CO) processes, including Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, and Product Costing.
• Collaborate with business users to gather requirements, perform process mapping, and conduct gap analysis, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Oversee the configuration of cost element accounting, cost object controlling, activity types, allocation cycles, and profitability analysis (CO-PA).
• Ensure seamless integration of CO with other financial modules such as General Ledger (FI-GL), Asset Accounting (FI-AA), and Funds Management (FM).
• Develop and review functional specifications for custom reports or system enhancements related to Controlling.
• Supervise data migration activities for master data and transactional data in CO, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve functional issues during development, testing, and post-go-live support phases, providing guidance to junior team members.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), system testing, and provide ongoing support to business users on CO processes and functionalities.
• Ensure adherence to management reporting standards, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end process integration and alignment.
• Mentor and guide junior analysts or team members, fostering knowledge sharing and skills development.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in SAP Finance, with significant exposure to Controlling (CO) processes.
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA Controlling implementation or transformation projects is highly desirable.
• Prior experience in leading small teams or taking ownership of project modules is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of SAP CO processes: Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, and Product Costing.
• Understanding of integration points between CO and other SAP modules such as FI-GL, FI-AA, and FM.
• Ability to develop and review functional documentation and specifications.
• Familiarity with SAP tools and technologies, including SAP Fiori, is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex functional issues.
• Attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying process improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact effectively with stakeholders and team members.
• Ability to lead discussions, present solutions, and manage expectations across multiple levels of the organization.
• Collaborative mindset and a commitment to team development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field.
• SAP certifications in Controlling or related areas are advantageous but not mandatory.
• Proactive attitude with a strong willingness to learn, lead, and grow in a dynamic environment.
• Flexibility to work across time zones and support global teams as needed.
• Commitment to meeting project deadlines and ensuring compliance with corporate standards.

Company Description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.

Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships.

We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.