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This role offers the opportunity to shape a large-scale SAP transformation and establish the costing, asset-lifecycle, and analytical capabilities used to support operational and strategic decisions.\nKey Responsibilities:\nServe as the Controlling functional lead for the SAP S/4HANA implementation, integrating finance processes with manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, product lifecycle management, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, planning, and reporting solutions.\nLead fit-to-standard workshops to capture business requirements, define future-state Controlling processes, identify solution gaps, and guide stakeholders toward SAP standard practices and clean-core principles.\nPerform and validate hands-on SAP configuration for Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Material Ledger, Profit Center Accounting, Margin Analysis, planning processes, and related finance capabilities.\nDesign and implement manufacturing and product-costing methodologies, including standard costing, moving-average costing, inventory valuation, cost-component structures, overhead allocation, and month-end costing processes.\nPartner with business stakeholders to determine the appropriate costing granularity by vehicle identification number, model, product line, location, or other approved level and define cost elements such as labor, overtime, parts, overhead, and freight.\nDefine and support profitability analysis and Margin Analysis capabilities, ensuring consistency among product costs, operational activity, financial results, and management reporting.\nEstablish integrated processes across SAP Finance, Materials Management, Production Planning, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, and Material Ledger to support asset creation, product manufacturing, distribution, settlement, and lifecycle cost analysis.\nServe as the functional design authority by reviewing and approving system-integrator designs, SAP configurations, enhancements, interfaces, reports, analytics, and data-conversion approaches.\nOwn Controlling master-data requirements, including cost centers, profit centers, internal orders, activity types, statistical key figures, cost elements, and allocation structures.\nDevelop and execute integration-testing scenarios, maintain functional and configuration documentation, and support deployment, training, knowledge transfer, financial close, and post-go-live optimization activities.\nDesired Competencies:\nTechnical / Functional Expertise: You apply the required technical or professional knowledge to perform your role effectively and stay current within your area of expertise.\nBusiness Acumen: You understand how your work impacts financial performance, operational efficiency, and organizational goals, and you make decisions with the broader business context in mind.\nCollaboration: You work effectively with others across functions and levels, contributing to shared goals while respecting different perspectives.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.\nMinimum of 10 years of overall IT with increasing scope and responsibility, including at least 5 years of hands-on experience configuring and implementing SAP Controlling solutions.\nExperience completing at least one full SAP implementation, with experience supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations, conversions, or brownfield transformations required and multiple large-scale S/4HANA implementations preferred.\nCurrent hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration experience in Margin Analysis and CO-PA, Product Costing, Material Ledger, Cost Center Accounting, and FI-CO integration.\nStrong knowledge of manufacturing costing, standard costing, moving-average costing, inventory valuation, cost-component structures, overhead allocation, management reporting, and profitability analysis.\nExperience designing integrated business processes across SAP Finance, Asset Accounting, Materials Management, Production Planning, Project Systems, and related solutions.\nExperience defining SAP integrations and collaborating with finance and manufacturing stakeholders, technical resources, data-migration teams, and system integrators.\nExperience supporting SAP FI-CO, financial close activities, costing runs, allocations, settlements, inventory valuation, asset-lifecycle processes, and profitability reporting.\nExperience authoring and executing integration-test scenarios, supporting solution deployments, and working with SAP Business Technology Platform products.\nAbility to communicate complex financial, operational, and technical concepts to senior leaders, business users, and technical team members.\nAbility to work within a hybrid model consisting of three days in the office and two flexible workdays.\nAbility to work within a hybrid model, 3 days in-office, 2 days of flex.\nThe starting pay range for Minnesota is $142,000 to $176,000 per year. Individual salaries and positioning within the range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. While individual pay could fall anywhere in the range based on these factors, it is not common to start at the high end or top of the range.\n#LI-RAO #HYBRID\nTo qualify for this position, former employees must be eligible for rehire, and current employees must be in good standing.\nWe are an ambitious, resourceful, and driven workforce, which empowers us to THINK OUTSIDE.Apply today!\nAt Polaris we put our employees first, by offering a holistic approach to their health and financial wellbeing. Polaris is proud to offer competitive compensation, including a market-leading profit-sharing plan that is fundamental to our pay-for-performance culture. At Polaris, employees are owners of the company through company contributions to our Employee Stock Ownership Plan and discounted employee stock purchases plan. Employees receive a generous matchingcontribution to 401(k), financial wellness education and consultation to plan for their financial future. In addition to competitive pay, Polaris provides a comprehensive suite of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, paid time off, gym & personal training reimbursement, life insurance and disability offerings. Through the Polaris Foundation and our Polaris Gives paid volunteer time off, we support employees who actively volunteer their time, efforts, and passions to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities in which they live, play and work. Employees at Polaris drive our success and are rewarded for their commitment.\nAbout Polaris\nAs the global leader in powersports, Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII) pioneers product breakthroughs and enriching experiences and services that have invited people to discover the joy of being outdoors since our founding in 1954. Polaris' high-quality product line-up includes the Polaris RANGER®, RZR® and Polaris GENERAL™ side-by-side off-road vehicles; Sportsman® all-terrain off-road vehicles; military and commercial off-road vehicles; snowmobiles; Slingshot® moto-roadsters; Aixam quadricycles; Goupil electric vehicles; and pontoon and deck boats, including industry-leading Bennington pontoons. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a robust portfolio of parts, garments, and accessories. Proudly headquartered in Minnesota, Polaris serves more than 100 countries across the globe. www.polaris.com\nEEO Statement\nPolaris Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Applicants with a disability that are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, or otherwise need assistance or an accommodation in the recruiting process, should contact Human Resources at 800-765-2747 or . 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