My client, a large manufacturer in the Chicago are, is looking to add an experienced Sr. Business Consultant to their team. The Sr. Business Process Consultant-CO supports the maintenance of the existing SAP Controlling (SAP CO) solutions for the K+S Group companies. The Sr. Business Process Consultant-CO provides the day-to-day configuration and process support for Controlling solutions that are deployed to the Production Environment. This position will work closely with other IT Business Process Consultants and user departments to understand and document business requirements. The business requirements must be translated into technical requirements that can be used as a guide to develop SAP CO solutions. The Sr. Business Process Consultant-CO is also responsible for implementing the solutions in the global SAP system.

• Work with internal and external partners to understand requests, gather requirements, perform ROI and risk analysis 

• Perform maintenance and support of SAP CO module

• Create test scripts and drive integration and regression testing.

• Successfully handle multiple issues and tasks, completing them on time, on budget while exceeding expectations.

• Design and build SAP CO solutions 

• Ensure technical solutions maintain design integrity, adhere to functional designs, and meet business needs.

• Ensure, where possible, global solutions are scalable

• Seek opportunities to develop and maintain knowledge of business processes, application functionality, and configuration

• Recommend operational continuous improvement opportunities, service efficiency initiatives, and business process improvement to better serve business needs

• Make recommendations on functional and technical improvements to the application

• Manage global and local SAP CO projects

• Work closely with other team members, locally and globally, with proactive sharing of expertise, to improve and ensure team success

• Provide feedback on team members’ performance

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related, preferred

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

• Strong problem solving, trouble shooting and analytical skills

• Ability to handle multiple conflicting priorities in a professional manner, good planning and organizing skills

• Ability to effectively articulate and present complex concepts and ideas to IT development teams

• Ability to interact with business users and trading partners

• Working in distributed team environments, self-motivated, and self-directed

• Required:

• Experience in leading small and large projects with many team members within IT and the business.  
• Experience in SAP ECC 6.0 CO functionality, 5 years & 3 full life cycle implementations desired
• Previous experience with highly complex projects/programs 
• Experience with SAP Controlling related Master Data
• Experience with settlement processes and financial reporting
• Experience with Cost Center Accounting, Contribution Margin Accounting, Product Cost Calculation & Internal Orders
• Experience with end-user support for SAP CO, providing a high level of customer satisfaction
• Basic understanding of Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, & Bank
• Demonstrated experience with large Enterprise ERP implementations in the areas of technical design specification, development, and knowledge transfer.
• Basic understanding of SAP ECC 6.0 and any of the core modules (FI, SD, HR, MM, LE, PP, PM) and manufacturing and consumer products business processes
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including Outlook
• Travel, domestic and international, up to 40%

• Advantageous:

• Experience with Profit Center Accounting
• Experience with Accounts Payable, especially payment management
• Experience with General Ledger 
• Experience with Accounts Receivable, especially cash application
• Experience with Bank Accounting, especially lockbox and electronic bank statement
• Experience in ABAP, ABAP OOPS, Smart Forms, and SAP Scripts
• Experience working on the business side in Accounting or Controlling.  
• Basic understanding of SAP BW system and query design
• Good understanding of many business processes including, but not limited to finance & controlling
• German language skills

More information will be provided to qualified applicants, including client name, salary and additional job responsiblities.