THE ROLEA 10-person SAP team sits within a 27-person IT organisation. The Finance FI/CO function currently has a gap at senior level — this hire fills it permanently. You will cover the full FI/CO landscape: daily operations, change requests, Customising, process optimisation, and active involvement in the live S/4HANA rollout. Coordination with BearingPoint (the external implementation partner) is part of the brief. Long-term, you will be the internal knowledge anchor for everything FI/CO.

YOU WILL• Own incident management, change requests, and SAP Customising for the FI/CO domain• Act as the permanent internal SAP advisor to the finance and accounting business• Contribute directly to the live global S/4HANA implementation and international rollouts• Drive process optimisations across FI/CO• Manage bank integrations, invoice processing, form adaptations, and authorisation concepts• Coordinate with the external SAP implementation partner on FI/CO workstreams• Support consolidation projects and future SAP add-on introductions

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS• 7+ of hands-on SAP FI/CO experience• Genuine generalist coverage: GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting, CO — including Product Cost Controlling• Proven SAP Customising capability — this is a hands-on role, not concept delivery• Excellent German at business advisory level — you will work daily with German-speaking finance teams• Self-directed, high-ownership working style• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment strongly preferred• Inhouse consultant or external consulting background both welcome

NOT THIS ROLE IF• You specialise in a single FI/CO area and have limited breadth outside it• You require a predominantly remote arrangement — 2 days on-site presence in Hamburg is required• You advise and document but cannot configure yourself