Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Deliver end to end control of project costs, revenues, results analysis & settlement (Accounting) and network/WBS scheduling, capacity & progress tracking (Scheduling), tightly integrated with FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, AA in ECC or S/4HANA.
- WBS/Network Fundamentals
- Design WBS structures, networks, and activities; status profile (CRTD/REL/TECO/CLSD), user status & authorizations (PSJ*).
- Project Builder CJ20N, Planning Board, Simulation/versions, baselines.
- Cost Planning & Budget Control
- Cost planning at WBS/Network; Easy Cost Planning (ECP), unit costing, templates.
- Budgeting & Availability Control (AVC): define tolerance profiles, budget releases CJ30/CJ32, AVC messages, reporting S_ALR_87013558.
- Overhead costing: costing sheets, credits/debits, overhead keys.
- Actuals, Commitments & Allocations
- Actual cost flows via MM (PR/PO/GR), CATS/Timesheets, confirmations, external services; commitments tracking (CJI5, CJI3, CJI8).
- Internal allocations/assessments, activity types, work centers (CO-PC integration).
- Results Analysis (RA)
- Configure RA key, method (cost based, POC/methods for long term projects, completed contract), line IDs, RA categories, valuation method.
- Execute RA (KKA2/KKAJ or S/4 equivalents), interpret RA line items & GL impact; integration with COPA where applicable.
- Understand differences/usage of PS RA vs SD RevRec/RAR in S/4HANA scenarios; select correct approach per project type (T&M vs fixed price).
- Settlement Design
- Settlement profiles, allocation structures, source/assignment, PA transfer structures.
- Settlement receivers: AUC/Asset (AA), CO PA, Cost Center, Internal Order, G/L.
- Period end runs (CJ88/CJB1), order/wbs settlement variants, error handling & reconciliation to FI.
- Revenue & Billing (if applicable)
- DIP Profiles (Dynamic Item Processor) for T&M billing, resource related billing with SD.
- Milestone billing scenarios from PS ↔ SD; posting flows to FI/CO and COPA.
- Project Stock & Procurement
- Valuated/non valuated project stock, WBS stock, requirements planning (MD51/MD61), requirements grouping, procurement from WBS/network.
- External services (SRV), subcontracting, framework POs linked to WBS.
- Integration Mastery
- FI/CO: account determination, cost elements, RA/settlement postings, FX/translation.
- MM/PP/SD/AA: doc chains from PR/PO/GR to settlement; AUC capitalization; SD billing; PP capacity confirmations where networks drive production.
- Period-End Closing Playbook
- Sequence: Progress/confirmations → RA → Settlement → Overheads → WIP/Variances → Reconciliation.
- Fast close practices; error queues; audit trail; balancing to Trial Balance/COPA.
- Reporting & Analytics
- PS Information System: CJI3/CJI4, CN41N (Project structure), CN52N (Activities), S_ALR* reports.
- Earned Value (EV) KPIs: CPI, SPI, BAC, EAC, cost to complete.
- S/4HANA Fiori analytics & CDS views for real time PS reporting.
✅ Must Have Functional Skills — Scheduling (SAP PS)
- Network Scheduling
- Forward/Backward scheduling, floats (total/free), lead/lag, constraints, scheduling parameters (OPU7/OPU5).
- Critical path analysis, baseline vs cu rrent schedule; calendar & factory calendar management.
- Capacity & Resource Planning
- Work centers, capacities, formulas; capacity leveling (CM25, CM21) for PS networks (integration with PP capacities).
- Labor/machine assignment; external services scheduling; relationships across activities.
- Progress & Confirmation
- Activity confirmations (CNF), percentage of completion, milestone technique.
- Integration with CATS, time recording, and progress versions; impact on RA/POC.
- Milestones & Dates
- Milestone types (technical, billing, progress), date derivation, automatic status changes.
- Link milestones to billing plans (SD) and accounting recognition events.
- Logistics & Procurement Timing
- Material requirement dates from networks/WBS, procurement lead time effects on schedule, rescheduling after delays; MRP for projects.
- Change Control
- Versioning, baselines, variance analysis; change numbers and impact analysis; audit trail for schedule changes.
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🧩 Technical / Configuration Must Haves
oProject profiles, number ranges, status profiles, field selection.
oNetwork profiles, control keys, scheduling parameters, confirmations, valuation settings.
oRA/Settlement: RA keys, line IDs, categories, valuation methods; allocation structures; settlement profiles; PA structures.
oAVC: tolerance profiles, budgeting settings, activation points.
oPROJ/PRPS (Project/WBS), AFKO/AFVC/AFVV/AFRU (Orders/Activities/Confirmations), COSP/COSS/COSB (CO postings), BPJA/BPGE (Budget), COEP (Line items), VBRK/VBRP (Billing), AUFK (Order header), OBJNR linkages.
oFunctional specs for reports/exits; common BAdIs/exits (e.g., WORKBREAKDOWN_UPDATE, CNEX0009), DIP enhancements, validations/substitutions (GGB0/OKC7).
oInterfaces for timesheets, cost feeds, market/FX if relevant; Fiori apps enablement for PS.
oBasic debugging to triage posting or scheduling issues.
- General Ledger (FI-GL) & Closing
- Chart of Accounts, account groups, field status variants, posting keys.
- Parallel ledgers, document splitting, segment reporting.
- Month/Quarter/Year end: open item management, foreign currency valuation, recurring/parked documents, GR/IR clearing, automatic account assignments.
- Asset Accounting (FI AA): asset classes, depreciation areas/keys, AUC capitalization, retirements, transfers.
- AP/AR & Tax
- Vendor/Customer master (BP), payment terms, dunning, withholdings (TDS/Withholding Tax), payment programs (F110/F111), bank interfaces.
- eInvoicing/eWayBill (where applicable), GST/VAT configuration concepts, tax codes, condition records, reverse charge, input/output tax posting.
- Controlling (CO)
- Cost Centers/Profit Centers: hierarchy, allocations (assessments/distributions), statistical posting controls.
- Internal Orders: budgeting, settlement to assets/cost centers/COPA.
- Product Costing (CO-PC): costing variants, valuation variants, BOM/routing integration, WIP/variance calculation, period-end closing (KKS1/KO88).
- COPA: account vs costing based, characteristics/values, value flows from SD/FI.
- Revenue Recognition / Results Analysis
- SD RevRec / R AR (S/4HANA): POBs, event based revenue recognition, contract combination/split, IFRS 15 alignment.
- PS Results Analysis (long term projects): RA keys/methods (cost based, POC), line IDs/categories, WIP calculations, and settlement to CO PA/AA.
- Clear understanding of unbilled/billed revenue, WIP, and accruals/deferrals.
- Integration & Controls
- End to end value flows: MM (PR/PO/GR/IR) → FI (AP) → GL; SD (Delivery/Billing) → FI (AR) → COPA; PP/PM/PS confirmations → CO actuals.
- Automatic Account Determination: OBYC, VKOA, account keys; valuation classes.
- Controls & Compliance: three way match, tolerance keys, SoD, audit trails, document change logs; fast close practices.
- Reporting & Analytics
- Standard reports (FBL1N/3N/5N, FAGLL03), trial balance, aging, cash flow, line item vs totals logic.
- CO reports (KSB1/2, KE30/KE24, CJI3, KKBC*), reconciliation packs (FI ↔ CO ↔ COPA), Settlement/RA logs.
- S/4 Fiori apps and CDS views for real time analytics; understanding of ACDOCA universal journal.
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✅ Must Have Functional Skills — Scheduling
Depending on your environment, scheduling usually spans one or more of PS (projects), PP (production), PM (maintenance). Below are the essentials per area.
- Project Scheduling — SAP PS
- WBS & Network Activities; relationships (FS/SS/FF/SF), leads/lags, floats; baseline vs current schedule.
- Forward/Backward scheduling, calendars/factory calendars, milestone technique (billing/progress/technical).
- Capacity planning with work centers; confirmations (CNF), progress versioning, POC impact on RA.
- Integration with MM (project procurement/stock) and SD (milestone billing); rescheduling after actuals.
- Production Scheduling — SAP PP
- MRP parameters, production versions, detailed scheduling logic in routings/recipes (setup/processing/teardown).
- Capacity requirements planning (CRP), finite scheduling, capacity leveling (CM25/CM21), queues/dispatch lists.
- Order types, control keys, confirmations (partial/final/backflush), rework handling, ATP/CTP collaboration with SD.
- Performance safe planning cycles, rescheduling strategies, and alignment with shop floor constraints.
- Maintenance Scheduling — SAP PM
- Maintenance plans: time based, performance based, strategy plans; call object generation (orders/notifications).
- Preventive vs corrective scheduling, shift factors, call horizons, priority & SLA based planning.
- Integration with spare parts (MM) and costing/settlement (CO); capacity planning for maintenance work centers.
- Turnaround/shutdown planning (large outage scheduling), backlog management, compliance reporting.
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🧩 Must Have Configuration/Technical Skills
- FI/CO IMG: company code set up, ledgers, tax procedures, asset configuration, account determination, allocations, settlements, RA/AVC, RAR (S/4).
- PS IMG: project/network profiles, status profiles, scheduling parameters (OPU7/OPU5), progress analysis, RA/settlement profiles.
- PP IMG: work centers/capacities, scheduling parameters, order types/control keys, MRP strategies, finite scheduling settings.
- PM IMG: maintenance plans/strategies, task lists, order types, priority rules, scheduling parameters.
- Data model awareness (key tables):
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Qualifications:
BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
