Job Description
SAP CO (Controlling) Consultant (Lead Experience is Mandatory)
Location: St. Louis, MO
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Look for candidates in exp range 12-15 years max.
We need candidates willing to travel from 50-100%
Program Type: Post-Merger Finance Stabilization (SAP ECC)
Work Model: Onsite / Onshore with 50–100% travel | US Central Time hours
Role Summary
The CO Consultant will execute controlling structure consolidation activities within a multi-entity, multi-instance SAP ECC landscape following a merger. The role is accountable for stabilizing allocation logic, intercompany controlling flows, and profitability reporting to enable a successful consolidated financial close.
This is a senior, hands-on execution role requiring direct participation in mock conversions, cutover execution, and first consolidated close validation.
This is not AMS support and not a greenfield implementation.
Required Experience (12–15 Years)
- 12–15 years of SAP experience with minimum 8+ years focused in SAP ECC CO
- Direct hands-on participation in 2+ legal entity consolidations, carve-ins/outs, or post-merger ERP integrations
- Demonstrated experience stabilizing controlling structures in multi-instance or multi-template SAP environments
- Strong intercompany allocation and cross-company reconciliation experience
- Active involvement in period-end close during structural integration
- Deep hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting assessments, distributions, settlements, and profitability reporting structures
- Strong FI–CO integration expertise with trial balance reconciliation exposure
- Participation in mock conversion cycles and cutover weekends in live production environments
- Experience operating in imperfect data conditions requiring pragmatic resolution
Success Profile
- Understands margin sensitivity in commodity and trading-driven environments
- Quickly identifies allocation breakdowns and intercompany reconciliation discrepancies
- Makes decisive adjustments to protect close timelines
- Communicates effectively with Controllers and Finance leadership
- Maintains high accountability during conversion and first close
Environment Expectations
- Multi-entity stabilization within a multi-instance SAP landscape
- High financial reporting and margin visibility
- Extended hours during mock conversions and cutover
- Onsite presence required with significant travel
Key Responsibilities
- Consolidate and harmonize controlling structures across merged company codes and instances
- Rationalize and realign cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, and reporting hierarchies
- Reconfigure and validate assessments, distributions, settlements, and cross-company allocations
- Diagnose and resolve FI–CO reconciliation issues impacting trial balance, intercompany balances, and margin reporting
- Validate controlling balance migration and intercompany allocations during mock conversions
- Coordinate with GTM, SD, and Finance teams to protect profitability reporting integrity
- Lead CO validation activities during conversion cycles and cutover execution
- Support first consolidated close and confirm profitability and allocation accuracy across merged entities
- Triage allocation and reconciliation defects under compressed stabilization timelines
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