SAP PaPM (Profitability and Performance Management) Expert

Location: Germany/Sweden/Netherlands/EU/Remote (with some travel to Berlin, Stockholm and Amsterdam)

Skills:

SAP PaPM Expert

Deep hands-on experience with SAP Profitability and Performance Management.

Cost Allocation: Proven experience designing complex cost allocation models (Assessments, Distributions, Indirect allocations) specifically for Service/Staff functions in large enterprises.

Advisory Experience: Ability to analyze custom/Legacy code or logic (SQL/Excel/Legacy tools) and map it to SAP standard solutions.

S/4HANA Integration: Strong understanding of how PaPM integrates with S/4HANA Finance.

Technical Skills: Knowledge of SAP HANA modelling (Calculation Views, SQLScript) is highly desirable as it forms the basis of PaPM.

Architecture: Experience writing functional specifications and decision papers for high level Design Authorities.

Dutch or German language skills are a strong plus

Roles and Responsibilities:

Act as a Solution Expert for the Cost Allocation stream.

You must bridge the gap between the complex existing custom logic and standard SAP PaPM capabilities.

immediate focus will be - Reverse Engineering, the current and the to-be model and conducting a Fit-Gap analysis to produce a decision paper for the Design Authority.

PaPM basic architecture exists, the new business requirements should fit in the current PaPM architecture of the organization.

As-Is Analysis: Analyze the current custom cost allocation tool and Power BI logic to understand the full depth of existing allocation cycles and rules.

Requirement Gathering: Conduct workshops with business stakeholders (Staff functions, IT, and receiving business units) to validate requirements and identify pain points in the current process.

Fit-Gap & Advisory: Perform a detailed fit-gap analysis to confirm if SAP PaPM can meet all business requirements.

Decision Paper: Business Blueprints, paper to the Design Authority, providing a clear recommendation on the PaPM implementation day-today business processes and the efficient use of the requires master data

Solution Design: Translate the business allocation rules into a technical PaPM data model.

Integration Architecture: Define and design the integration points between S/4HANA (Source Data and Posting results) and PaPM.

Configuration: Build the allocation cycles, calculation views, and processing functions within SAP PaPM.

Testing & Support: Prepare functional specifications and execute unit/integration testing to ensure calculation accuracy matches or improves upon the Legacy tool.

You will join the Controlling core team within the S/4HANA program, working closely with the Finance business lead, IT lead, business consultants, and key stakeholders from business units.