SAP S/4HANA CO-ML Architect - English speaking. - Cork, Ireland. Start. May 2025. 6 Month contract.

Our client is looking for an SAP S/4HANA CO-ML Architect to provide guidance on advanced costing scenarios and intercompany valuations.

Requirements
* 20 years of experience in SAP FICO
* Experience in leading and managing SAP S/4HANA CO-ML projects and teams.
* Experience of management of concurrent Material Ledger implementations.
* Running workshops.
* Stakeholder management.
* Material Ledger Status Reports.
* Experience with configuration and optimization of Material Ledger (ML)
* Experience with Advanced Costing:
* Experience with Inventory Valuation: Design and implementation of inventory valuation methods, including standard costing, moving average pricing, and actual costing.
* Experience with Variance Analysis: Configuration and reporting of price and exchange rate variances, and purchase price variances.
* Experience with Centralised Stock Hub: Experience in configuring and implementing centralized stock hub models, including minimal stock ownership to market affiliates.
* Experience with Cross-Company Costing: Configuration of cross-company actual costing and variance allocation by cost component.
* Experience with SAP SD and SAP MM flows, particularly related to material movements, goods receipt/issue, and billing processes impacting Material Ledger.
* Experience with budget upload processes and integration with Material Ledger for cost planning.
* Design and development of custom reports for Material Ledger.
* Experience in manual adjustments and corrections related to Material Ledger postings.

Responsibilities:
* Lead the design, configuration, and implementation of SAP S/4HANA CO-ML solutions.
* Configure and optimize currency design, valuation, standard cost estimates (legal and group valuation), actual costing and reporting.
* Configure and optimize variance analysis and reporting, transfer pricing solutions, and markup elimination intercompany.
* Manage and optimize intercompany transactions, both product and non-product, with seamless integration and accurate valuations.
* Implement robust costing and inventory valuation processes, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
* Design and implement solutions for centralized stock hub models with minimal stock ownership to market affiliates.
* Drive the stabilization and optimization of costing and inventory valuation processes, focusing on continuous improvement and efficiency gains.
* Implement and utilize SAP Advanced Financial Closing (AFC) in relation to Material Ledger processes.