Job description

What you’ll do

Costing

• Manufacturing costing: production orders, cost centers, profit centers, standard cost, average cost, and variance analysis.
• Material Ledger: costing and inventory analysis where applicable.
• Distribution costing: calculation and analysis of distribution and logistics costs.
• White Collar and MOGE: design and maintenance of allocation models for administrative and overhead costs.
• Transportation costing: accounting and allocation of transportation costs.
• COGS and distribution forecasting: maintenance of forecasting models, with consistent accounting and management views.

Planning and Controlling

• Period-end closing: FI/CO closing activities, reconciliations, data checks, and deadline management.
• Reporting: development and maintenance of SAP standard reports, queries, Excel reports, and BI solutions.
• Budgeting and forecasting: connection between CO structures, such as cost centers, internal orders, and projects, and financial planning.
• Profitability analysis: CO-PA analysis by product, customer, channel, region, and other business dimensions.
• Trade and PFME solutions: accounting and performance visibility for trade spending, promotions, and PFME processes.

Your responsibilities

• Act as the functional reference for Management Accounting within the AMS team.
• Manage incidents, service requests, and enhancements related to Costing and Planning & Controlling in SAP FI/CO.
• Investigate data inconsistencies, recommend corrections, and work with technical teams on process and configuration changes.
• Prepare functional specifications for FI/CO changes and enhancements across CO-OM, CO-PA, Material Ledger, and FI/MM/SD/PP integrations.
• Participate in integrated testing and UAT.
• Check that changes meet business requirements and protect closing and reporting activities.
• Support Finance, Controlling, and Operations users with reports, variance analysis, and cost and margin drivers.
• Own the full ticket lifecycle, from creation and analysis through solution delivery and documentation.
• Contribute to the standardization of Management Accounting processes across the AMS zone.
• Support continuous improvement of the services delivered to business users.

What we’re looking for

Required experience

• Proven experience with SAP FI/CO, with a clear focus on CO and Management Accounting.
• Hands-on experience in several of the following areas:
  • CO-OM, including cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, and allocation cycles.
  • CO-PA and profitability analysis.
  • Material Ledger.
  • Result Analysis.
  • FI/CO integration with MM, SD, and PP.
  • Production costs, inventory valuation, and COGS.
• Experience with FI/CO period-end closing, including cost, expense, and margin variance analysis.
• Previous experience in AMS, Managed Services, or SAP functional support.
• Experience managing incidents, enhancements, functional specifications, testing, and UAT.
• Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field, with a strong background in finance and cost accounting.
• Fluent English and Spanish.
• Availability to work within the Mexico or Brazil time zone.

Skills and ways of working

• You take ownership of your topics and follow tasks through to completion.
• You can lead Management Accounting topics from a functional perspective.
• You communicate clearly with business and IT stakeholders in English and Spanish.
• You have a strong analytical mindset and pay close attention to data quality, closing deadlines, and reporting reliability.
• You are organized, solution-focused, and comfortable working under time pressure.
• You can work effectively in a multicultural environment with distributed teams.

Why this role matters

Who are we?

Amaris Consulting, part of Mantu is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:   

Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you! 

Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.   

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company.  That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience. 
We look forward to meeting you!