Jr SAP Application Analyst – FI-CO (S/4HANA)

We are looking for entrepreneurs, techies, passionate, eager to learn, humble, with a positive attitude and a high level of integrity People. Flexible and willing to take challenges, work and live in coffee-producing countries, People who want to build expertise and a career in the coffee business and are ready to go the extra mile.

What we offer:

• We offer within our pleasant family environment, great opportunities to learn and grow, we offer challenges and exposure to multicultural environments, on-merit base compensation, and free coffee around the clock!
  

Job Description

• We are looking for a junior SAP Solution Analyst, based in Nairobi, Kenya, to support the FI (Financial Accounting) and CO (Controlling) modules of our SAP S/4HANA landscape. Working closely with senior FI-CO consultant, finance business users and center of excellence, you will provide day-to-day application support, help deliver changes and new rollouts, and contribute to the stability and continuous improvement of our finance processes, supporting an organization with multi-country operations.
  

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Provide day-to-day application support (incident and service request handling) for SAP S/4HANA FI and CO, escalating complex issues to senior consultants when needed.
  
• Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities (e.g., GL, AP, AR, asset accounting, bank accounting, FX revaluation, CO allocations and settlements).
  
• Analyze business requirements from finance users and translate them into functional requirements and simple configuration changes, under the guidance of senior consultants.
  
• Perform FI-CO configuration and master data maintenance (GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, internal orders) following established change control and transport procedures.
  
• Monitor and support interfaces between our commodity trading (CTRM) system and SAP FI-CO, investigating posting errors and supporting reconciliations.
  
• Prepare and execute test scripts (unit, integration and user acceptance testing) for changes, fixes and new entity rollouts.
  
• Support and run rollouts of the FI-CO template to new companies, including data validation, testing, go-live and post go-live support.
  
• Support standard financial reporting needs using S/4HANA reports and Fiori apps and, where applicable, SAP Analytics Cloud.
  
• Coordinate with the Basis, security and development teams on authorization requests, enhancements and technical issues related to FI-CO.
  
• Support internal and external audit requests and local statutory reporting requirements together with the finance teams.
  
• Prepare and maintain functional documentation, process descriptions and end-user guides, and provide user training and knowledge transfer.
  

Experience

• 1–3 years of hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA in FI and CO modules (project or support environment).
  
• Practical knowledge of core FI processes: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts. Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting and period-end closing. TRM would be a plus.
  
• Practical knowledge of core CO processes: Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, allocations and settlement.
  
• Experience in application support (incident and service request handling) and/or in testing and documentation of SAP changes.
  
• Understanding of finance and accounting fundamentals and of how FI-CO integrates with other systems and interfaces.
  

Technical Competences: Mandatory Requirements

• SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI): GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, period-end closing, foreign currency valuation.
  
• SAP S/4HANA Controlling (CO): cost center and profit center accounting, internal orders, allocations, settlement.
  
• Understanding of S/4HANA Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and its impact on FI-CO processes and reporting.
  
• Basic FI-CO configuration (SPRO) and master data management, following change control and transport procedures.
  
• Use of S/4HANA standard reporting and Fiori apps for finance; ability to write functional specifications and test scripts.
  

Highly Desired (Big Plus)

• Knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC): building stories/dashboards and models for financial reporting.
  

Nice to Have

• SAP S/4HANA Finance certification (or equivalent training).
  
• Experience working in a multinational or shared-services environment.
  
• Exposure to commodity trading or agribusiness finance processes.
  
• Awareness of local statutory, tax and reporting requirements for finance operations.