SAP PaPM Lead

Responsibilities The PaPM Lead will be responsible for: • Leading the end-to-end design, build, testing, and deployment of SAP PaPM solutions. • Driving solution design for cost allocation, revenue allocation, planning, forecasting, profitability analysis, and what-if simulations. • Reviewing business requirements and translating them into PaPM functional and technical design. • Leading PaPM model configuration, data integration, calculation logic, allocation rules, enrichment, validation, and reporting outputs. • Providing guidance to PaPM consultants on modelling approach, configuration standards, performance optimization, and troubleshooting. • Integrating PaPM with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/BW4HANA, and other relevant data sources. • Ensuring PaPM outputs are validated, reconciled, and aligned with finance and business expectations. • Supporting SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, defect resolution, cutover, and go-live activities. • Working with Finance, FP&A, IT, and project stakeholders to manage design decisions, risks, issues, and dependencies. • Supporting knowledge transfer and handover to AMS / BAU support teams. Key Skills Required • Strong hands-on experience in SAP PaPM modelling and configuration. • Proven experience leading SAP PaPM implementation projects. • Strong understanding of cost allocation, revenue allocation, profitability, planning, and forecasting processes. • Experience with PaPM functions such as Calculation, Allocation, Enrichment, Validation, Joins, Views, and What-If Simulation. • Strong experience in data integration from SAP S/4HANA and SAP BW/BW4HANA. • Good finance knowledge, including P&L, cost centers, profit centers, products, customers, and management reporting. • Ability to review and validate PaPM results and reconcile outputs with source systems. • Strong performance tuning, troubleshooting, and error handling experience. • Experience supporting SIT, UAT, go-live, and post-go-live support. • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and team leadership skills. Preferred Experience • Prior experience as a PaPM Lead or senior PaPM consultant in large-scale SAP transformation projects. • Experience working in finance transformation, integrated planning, or performance management projects. • Experience with SAP SAC, BPC, BW, or S/4HANA Finance would be an advantage. • Ability to onboard within short notice and work in a fast-paced project environment.