Work Responsibilities
The SAP FICO Lead will support financial operations by leveraging SAP capabilities to streamline processes, improve forecasting and planning, optimize product costing, and enhance Controlling Profitability Analysis (COPA) functionalities. The role also emphasizes managing the material ledger, ensuring structured master data, and enabling decision-making through accurate financial insights aligned with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Planning and Forecasting:
- Design and implement SAP solutions for effective financial forecasting and planning.
- Collaborate with finance teams to configure budgeting and forecasting modules.
- Product Costing:
- Configure product costing scenarios, including cost component structure, overheads, and material costing.
- Support variance analysis and periodic cost rollups to improve cost management.
- Controlling (COPA):
- Enhance COPA functionalities for profitability analysis by defining value fields, cost elements, and characteristic derivation.
- Generate profitability reports to support strategic decision-making.
- Asset Accounting:
- Configure and manage asset accounting, including asset classes, depreciation areas, and fiscal year changes.
- Implement practical solutions for fixed asset lifecycle management, such as acquisitions, transfers, retirements, and revaluations.
- Ensure alignment with IFRS and local financial reporting standards for asset management.
- Provide hands-on support in asset reporting, depreciation calculations, and integration with controlling processes.
- Material Ledger Management:
- Configure and maintain the material ledger for actual costing and inventory valuation.
- Analyze costing runs and material price variances.
- Master Data Governance:
- Ensure accurate, consistent, and structured financial and controlling master data (e.g., cost centers, profit centers, GL accounts).
- Define standards and processes for master data management.
- Process Improvement:
- Identify opportunities for automating financial processes.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to streamline SAP FICO operations.
- Compliance and Reporting:
- Ensure alignment with local and international financial reporting standards.
- Provide support for audit processes and statutory compliance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (Master’s or professional certifications like CPA, CMA, or ACCA preferred).
Experience
- 6+ years of experience as an SAP FICO Consultant, preferably in the pharmaceutical or manufacturing industry.
Technical Certification / Courses Required
- Strong knowledge of SAP FICO modules, COPA, and material ledger.
- Experience with structured master data governance.
Other Requirements
- Should have worked extensively in FICO as a lead or a consultant.
About IBL Unisys
IBL-Unisys, part of the IBL Group of Companies, has been a market leader in Pakistan for over a century. Specializing in distribution, marketing, and manufacturing of global brands, we also deliver innovative IT solutions to support our clients.
Position Summary:
The SAP Master Data Associate – Manufacturing & Quality (PP/QM) is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and operational readiness of manufacturing structures and quality management master records across SAP S/4HANA and SAP MDG systems. Reporting directly to the Head of MDM, you will govern Bills of Materials (BOMs), Work Centers, Routings, Inspection Plans, and Master Inspection Characteristics (MICs) to support seamless production planning, product costing, and shop floor execution.
Work Responsibilities:
- Master Data Governance: Create, update, deactivate, and audit manufacturing and quality records (BOMs, Work Centers, Routings, Production Versions, MICs, Inspection Plans, Quality Info Records) adhering to engineering change management (ECM) and global taxonomy rules.
- Operations & L2/L3 Support: Resolve incoming shop floor and quality data tickets within established SLAs (< 24h standard / < 4h high priority). Troubleshoot MRP explosion errors, routing cost centre mismatches, and inspection lot creation failures.
- Data Migration & Cleansing: Conduct routine data profiling, component validity checks, activity type linkage reviews, and batch updates using SAP Migration Cockpit, Mass Maintenance (CEWB, MASS), and LSMW.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Plant Engineering, Quality Assurance, Production Operations, and Plant Controlling to validate activity pricing formulas, inspection strategies, and component scrap factors prior to production activation.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
Experience:
- Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience in SAP PP/QM Master Data Management or Functional Support (CS01/CS02, CR01/CR02, CA01/CA02, QS21, QP01, C223).
- Practical knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Production Planning (PP) and Quality Management (QM) data structures and dependencies.
- Familiarity with Engineering Change Management (ECM / ECN workflows) and ticket-based workflow engines (e.g., Odoo, ServiceNow).
- Advanced MS Excel proficiency (VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Pivot Tables) and basic SQL data query capabilities.
- Strong understanding of product costing dependencies (BOMs & Work Center activity types), routings, and quality sampling procedures.
Technical Certification / Courses Required:
SAP Certified Application Associate (S/4HANA Production Planning & Manufacturing or Quality Management).