Senior Analyst, SAP Controlling

Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP Controlling Consultant to join our in-house RL Team. The candidate need to have a deep understanding of SAP Controlling (CO) module and will be responsible for leading CO relevant projects, configuring CO module, and providing expert-level guidance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead SAP CO implementation projects from planning to delivery.
• Configure and customize SAP CO module to meet development requirements.
• Design and implement CO solutions for cost center accounting, profit center accounting, and product costing.
• Hands on experience on Profitability Analysis, Product Costing and Material Ledger
• Configure and customize SAP CO module to meet the specific integration requirements with SAP MM, PP, and SD modules.
• CO to FI Module Integration experience
• Experience CO reports and analytics.
• Translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications, test scripts, and other system documentation while adhering to the organization standards.
• Provide training and support to clients on SAP CO module.
• Supports for monthly and year-end activities.
• Works as a Subject Matter Expert with the user community, other SAP business process leads, SAP development team and other team members on IT projects.
• Identifies costs, benefits, risks, and alternatives in proposed system designs and their impact on the integration with other systems and SAP modules.
• Act as direct liaison with Finance business and ERP team for troubleshooting, business process mapping and system enhancements.
• Participate in system and integration testing and production go live activities
• Contribute towards best practices for CoE to optimize development efforts and stay up to date with SAP CO module enhancements and best practices.
• Having FI module exposure and understating will be an Add on.

Experience
Experience, Skills & Knowledge

• Minimum 7 years of hands-on SAP Controlling implementation and support work experience
• Minimum two full life cycle Implementation Skills :
• Must posses' core strength in SAP Controlling (SAP CO) and SAP Finance (SAP FI)
• Should have integration knowledge of FI/CO with other SAP modules (MM and SD)
• Should have in depth SAP experience with FI Configuration which includes General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Asset Accounting, FSCM
• SAP Controlling configuration which include General controlling, Cost center accounting, Cost element accounting, Profit center accounting, Product Costing, Material Ledger, Project system
• Must be an SAP accounting and costing expert
• Experience in NA Sales and Use tax, EU Value Added Tax and Statutory reporting
• Experience in Retail and/or Fashion Industry is a huge plus
• Experience in Global Implementation will be a plus
• Excellent communication (both written & verbal), presentation and business relationship skills
• Experience with managing teams & business partners across the globe desired
• Experience with Concur (T&E) and Vertex will be a Plus Certifications:
• SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP FI/CO Certification Preferred