SAP CO (Controlling) Consultant

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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