Service Delivery AFR (Accounting & Financial Reporting) Sr Specialist

Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 25 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 26 countries, and employs approximately 4,700 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.

Role Purpose and Mission

The Service Delivery AFR Expert – Managerial controlling is a senior individual contributor role within the Accounting & Financial Reporting area.

Mission: To ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality on covers both actual and planning activities for managerial reporting across the Campari Group, with a strong focus on SAP S/4HANA controlling models, including Material Ledger (actual costing), Product Costing (budget, revised budget and forecast scenarios), variance analysis, and actual & planning COGS allocations cycles.

The role supports relevant internal stakeholders ensuring data quality, reconciliation, and alignment between SAP S/4HANA and managerial reporting layers in BW/ BPC11, while coordinating operational activities performed by BPO providers, without direct people management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

1. Managerial Consolidation Process Management (Actual & Planning)

• Coordinate and manage monthly Material Ledger runs in SAP S/4HANA, ensuring full compliance with Group closing calendar and consistent application of actual costing logic across Legal Entities using Parallel (Group) valuation.
• Product costing (SAP S/4HANA) Manage standard cost calculation for budget, revised budget, and forecast scenarios according to Parallel currency and Group valuation frameworks. Perform analysis and deep dive reviews of results across different systems, including BW and BPC11.
• Planning & Actual allocation cycles in SAP systems (S/4HANA, BPC11) investigate and resolve discrepancies related to quantity and value flows across logistics, controlling, and financial reporting
• Support the implementation and optimization of consolidation SAP systems (BPC, S/4HANA, BW, SAC) to enhance efficiency and accuracy in the controlling process.
• Collaborate with finance teams across the organization (Local Finance, Regional Finance, Group FP&A and House of Brands) to collect, validate, and report managerial financial data accurately.
• Coordinate activities with the BPO delivery center to ensure quality, timeliness, and accuracy of data deliverables.

• Support issue resolution related SAP systems (BPC, S/4HANA, BW, SAC) processes in collaboration with IT and SAP support teams.

2. Data Quality, Validation & Controls

• Implement data validation and review processes to ensure accuracy and completeness of actual and planning managerial data (reconciliation checks, variance analyses, and data integrity controls)
• Ensure alignment between managerial data, and between different reporting systems (S/4HANA, BW, BPC, SAC).

• Perform detailed analysis of correct attribution of controlling and reporting dimensions, including cost centers, internal orders, work breakdown structure, production orders, material master data and profitability segments (CO‑PA characteristics).
• Deliver effective support for accurate data processing through manual journal entries, including support to Local Finance for corrective accounting actions, review and validate manual postings, ensuring corrective journals are properly reflected in controlling and managerial reporting
• Maintain and continuously improve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and control frameworks.

3. Stakeholder Management & BPO coordination

• Act as primary operational point of contact for controlling topics with Local Finance, Group FP&A, Regional FP&A, and Supply Chain stakeholders.
• Coordinate daily activities with BPO delivery centers, ensuring:
• Clear task ownership
• Adherence to timelines and quality standards
• Proper escalation and resolution of issues
• Participate in monthly closing and planning review meetings, supporting explanation of results and cost dynamics.

4. Process Improvement & Innovation

• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives in Product Costing, Material Ledger, and COGS processes.
• Support SAP S/4HANA evolution initiatives, including enhancements and integration with planning and reporting tools.
• Contribute to Finance initiatives related to new Legal Entity setup, M&A integration, and process standardization.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Education

Professional Experience

• 5–6 years of experience in S4 controlling module with exposure to financial planning & analysis (FP&A) topic.
• Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA On premise & Public Cloud, particularly Material Ledger, Product Costing, CO‑PA, cost allocation, logistics and production integration module.

• Experience with managerial consolidation processes, including both actual and planning cycles (Budget, Revised Budget, Forecast)

Technical Skills & Systems

• Advanced knowledge of SAP systems, particularly:
  • SAP S/4HANA (Finance – Controlling module) On premise & Public Cloud
  • SAP BW
  • SAP BPC /SAC
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills, including complex financial modeling and variance analysis

Professional Competencies

• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interact with senior finance leaders and cross-functional teams
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Campari Group believes that fair compensation and equal opportunities are crucial for employees’ well-being, empowerment, and engagement.  Our efforts to ensure fair pay have earned us the Fair Pay Certification by Fair Pay Workplace, an independent organization dedicated to dismantling pay disparities based on gender, race and their intersection.

Note to applicants:

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