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Alvaro Gonzalez

SAP CO Senior Consultant

Alvaro Gonzalez
Madrid, Spain

Experience

Apr 2022 - Present
3 years 10 months

SAP CO Senior Consultant

Accenture

  • SAP S/4 On Premise 2023 Greenfield implementation and roll out in Spain and France
  • SAP ECC Material Ledger implementation with 70+ roll-outs worldwide (Asia, Europe, North & South America)
  • SAP S/4 On Premise 1809 Greenfield implementation addressing technical disparities between ECC and S/4
Mar 2020 - Apr 2022
2 years 2 months
Spain

SAP CO Consultant

Exprivia

  • Brownfield upgrade from ECC 6.7 to ECC 6.8, including testing and documentation of 400+ transactions
  • Complete CO organization analysis and redesign of cost structure
  • CO-PA analysis and improvements
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
10 months
Spain

SAP FICO Analyst

Freelance

  • Basic master data management
  • Project control, supervising WBS element and AuC settlements
  • Asset lifecycle management via FI-AA and the Asset Manager tool
Sep 2012 - May 2019
6 years 9 months
Spain

Strategy & Organisation Business Consultant

Operatrece

  • Supported diverse clients through pivotal business model transformations by analysing new market scenarios and translating insights into actionable strategies

CO-OM (full: CCA, CEL, OPA)

  • Designed and implemented comprehensive cost center accounting master data, organizational structures and hierarchies
  • Managed and optimized cost center budgeting and planning aligned with corporate financial goals
  • Defined allocation cycles for accurate cost distribution
  • Designed overhead costing sheet
  • Configured activity types for activity rate calculation to support product and service costing
  • Ensured integration between CO and key modules including Project Systems, Investment Management, Asset Accounting, Production Planning and Material Management

CO-PC (full: PCP, OBJ, ACT)

  • Led end-to-end implementations of product costing from strategic design to post-go-live support
  • Managed and executed global rollouts of Material Ledger and actual costing across 70+ plants worldwide
  • Designed and streamlined period-end closing activities (revaluations, actual overhead calculations, WIP, variance calculation, settlements) to enhance financial accuracy and transparency
  • Ensured integration of costing data with Production Planning and Inventory Accounting
  • Developed and delivered key user training on CO-PC functionalities
  • Optimized standard cost estimate processes to improve profitability and margin analysis

CO-PA

  • Designed and configured characteristics and value fields for profitability reporting structures
  • Developed seamless data flow from standard and actual costing to CO-PA for detailed margin analysis
  • Set up Report Painter for customized executive and business-level reporting
  • Established validations and substitutions to ensure data integrity in profitability reports
  • Integrated profitability data from FI and MM for a holistic view of costs and revenues

Summary

Professional & Personal Mindset

Fulfilment isn’t found in a single achievement. Successful transformation is not just about going live. It is about lasting adoption, smart decisions, and consistent delivery. The difference is legacy.

Skills

  • Focusing On Manufacturing Industries
  • Product Costing & Material Ledger
  • Fi-co-mm-pp Integrator
  • Devops
  • Service-now
  • Jira
  • Q-test
  • Design And Implement Comprehensive Cost Center Accounting (Cca) Master Data, Organizational Structures And Hierarchies
  • Manage And Optimize Cost Center Budgeting And Planning, Ensuring Alignment With Corporate Financial Goals
  • Define Skf As A Basis To Develop Allocation Cycles For Accurate Cost Distribution
  • Design Of Overhead Cost Sheet
  • Configure Activity Types As A Basis For The Activity Rate Calculation To Support Accurate Product And Service Costing
  • Ensure Seamless Integration Between Co And Key Modules Like Project Systems (Ps), Investment Management (Im), Asset Accounting (Aa), Production Planning (Pp) And Material Management (Mm)
  • Lead End-to-end Implementations Of Product Costing (Pcp), From Strategic Design To Post-go-live Support
  • Manage And Execute Global Rollouts Of Material Ledger And Actual Costing Across More Than 70 Productive Plants Worldwide
  • Design And Streamline Period-end Closing Activities (Revaluations, Actual Overhead Calculations, Wip, Variance Calculation, Settlements) As A Basis For The Variance Calculation And Analysis
  • Provide Critical Insights Into Production Performance Enhancing Financial Accuracy And Transparency
  • Ensure Seamless Integration Of Costing Data With Production Planning (Pp) And Inventory Accounting Through Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Develop And Deliver Comprehensive Key User Training On Co-pc Functionalities
  • Optimize Standard Cost Estimate Processes To Improve Profitability And Margin Analysis
  • Design And Configure Characteristics And Value Fields To Create Robust Profitability Reporting Structures In Co-pa
  • Develop Seamless Data Flow From Standard And Actual Costing To Co-pa, Enabling Detailed Margin Analysis
  • Set Up Report Painter To Create Customized, User-friendly Reports For Executive And Business-level Analysis
  • Establish Validations And Substitutions To Ensure Data Integrity Across All Profitability Reports
  • Integrate Profitability Data From Fi And Mm, Creating A Holistic View Of Costs And Revenues

Languages

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