08/19/2026 updated
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SAP FI/CO Consultant | Product Costing | Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) | Overhead Controlling
Resita, Romania
Only remote
BSc, Accounting & Financial Management Information SystemsAbout me
SAP FI/CO consultant: 9+ years hands-on SAP ECC, 17 years in finance and tax (PwC, tax audit, plant controlling). CO-PC, CO-PA, overhead, FI tax, banking, payments, new company code builds and UAT. I trace unclear financial symptoms to the exact config cause. Remote, CET, English/Romanian.
SAP FI/CO Expertise
In-depth knowledge of SAP FI and CO, including Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Overhead Cost Controlling (CO-OM) and Financial Accounting (FI). Standard cost estimates, marking and release (CK11N/CK24), costing variants, valuation variants, WIP calculation, variance analysis, period-end close and intercompany corrections.
Product Costing & Variance Analysis
Standard costing for manufacturing, cost allocation and per-piece costing models, variance analysis (volume/price/mix), budgeting and forecasting, and root-cause analysis of product cost and variance issues in complex SAP landscapes.
Data Extraction, Automation & Reporting
Controlled extraction frameworks with SAP GUI Scripting (Python/pywin32), 170+ configuration and customizing tables mapped into PostgreSQL, reporting suites automated with SQL, Python and VBA, Power BI dashboards for plant KPI sets.
SAP Cross-Module Integration
MM, SD, PP and FI/CO integration: valuation classes, price control, GR/IR, consignment, movement types, settlement, account determination, cost of sales, BOMs, routings, production orders, FI-CO reconciliation.
New Company Code & Carve-in Implementation
Complete FI and CO build for new legal entities: company code setup, global parameters, chart of accounts and FSV assignment, tax procedures and tax codes, bank determination, EBS design, payment methods, UAT design and execution, cutover lists.
Financial Accounting (FI)
G/L master data and chart-of-accounts governance, financial statement versions and their transport, end-to-end tax configuration (FTXP, OB40), electronic bank statement design (OT83), automatic payment program (F110), Asset Accounting, new G/L, parallel ledgers and intercompany reclassification.
SQL, PostgreSQL & Power BI
SQL and PostgreSQL for data queries and automation, Power BI dashboards with Power Query and VBA, reporting for plant management and stakeholders.
Tax & Compliance
Full tax compliance cycle: monthly VAT returns and journals, corporate tax, social contributions, tax and legal review of contracts, transfer pricing documentation, fiscal risk assessment, IFRS and Romanian statutory reporting.
Python & SAP GUI Scripting Automation
Automation with Python (pandas, pywin32) and SAP GUI Scripting, Flask/React front ends for controlling analysis, and a registry of 35+ validated, replayable runbooks.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026
Languages
GermanBasic knowledgeEnglishFluentRomanianNative speaker
Project history
FI and CO support and build across a three-family SAP ECC landscape (DEV/QA/PROD each), 30+ company codes, 38 controlling areas, one shared group chart of accounts and one operating concern. Incident and change resolution across product cost controlling, CO-PA, overhead controlling, FI-AA, banking and tax. FI/CO workstream on new company code carve-ins: tax, banking, payments, assets, intercompany and the controlling build, through UAT to cutover. Design and transport governance scoping every change to its intended keys.
Standard cost calculation for brake pad production in SAP across four production lines. Built cost allocation and per-piece costing models for OEM and aftermarket business. Monthly and annual reporting, contribution margin, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting. Automated the monthly reporting suite with SQL, Python and VBA, removing 25+ hours of manual work per month. Built Power BI dashboards for the plant KPI set. Led the annual stock count, cost centre control, productivity project validation, and internal and external audit support.
SAP Key User for finance - first point of contact for the finance team and the bridge to IT for master data, postings and reporting issues. Built SQL extractions and Python applications to automate SAP data posting, cutting errors and shortening the period-end close. Balance sheet reporting packages, period close, weekly performance reporting, J-SOX compliance testing and internal control effectiveness, external audit support.