SAP Finance Product Costing Lead (must have Pharma and Life Sciences experience)

Job Description

A career in our SAP Finance practice, within SAP Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients maximise the value of their SAP investment with offerings that address sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, and human capital. We provide comprehensive consulting, system integration and implementation services across multiple SAP applications, products and technologies. Simply put, we focus on delivering business led, technology enabled change for our clients including industry specific enterprise resource planning and the latest in mobile, analytics and cloud solutions. In joining our finance team, you’ll work with our clients to transform their finance function and processes by leveraging SAP applications to enhance their core transaction processing and reporting competencies ultimately strengthening their ability to support management decision making and corporate strategy.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Minimum Years of Experience:
6 years of SAP product experience
Certification(s) Preferred:
SAP services functional certification(s)
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates extensive-level abilities and a proven record of success with SAP CO, product costing, and cost accounting including Material Ledger and Actual Costing, including:

• Leading the SAP product costing workstream while having experience with at least three full implementations;

• Aligning financial processes with SAP solutions across several industries, including Discrete, Repetitive, and Process Manufacturing;

• Understanding of SAP architecture, including integration with other functions/modules, as well as managing inbound/outbound integrations related to cost accounting and inventory modules;

• Delivering end-to-end SAP projects, including system integrations, financial reporting, and SAP migrations for multinational/global organizations;

• Understanding the common issues facing clients who provide products and services within one or more of the following sectors: pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, consumer products and industrial products;

• Understanding of Life Sciences regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, GxP) and experience implementing SAP solutions with computer system validation;

• Collaborating effectively with manufacturing and logistics teams to support account determination, inventory cutover preparations, and cost estimate releases;

• Providing month-end close support, working closely with cost accountants (e.g., allocations, order settlements, management reporting) and FP&A for AOP/budgeting;

• Demonstrates hands-on expertise in system configuration, enterprise structure, currencies, master data, and end-to-end business transactions;

• Understanding intercompany transfer pricing in a multinational corporation and supports various transfer pricing arrangements (e.g., cost plus, LRD) for both Tax and transactional pricing;

• Communicating effectively to lead workshops and articulate Product Cost leading practices;

• Identifying and facilitating Key Design Decisions and dispositions with business and IT stakeholders, and

• Developing presentations describing product costing and inter-company SAP functionality, identifying impacted business processes and data requirements.

Demonstrates extensive-level abilities and success with managing the identification and addressing of client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing, collection; and, preparing or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.
Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader: supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust and seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; answering questions and providing direction to less-experienced staff; coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
The salary range for this position is: $100,000 – $232,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance