SAP Business Process & Controls Audit SME (P2P, P2S, O2C)

C5MI Insight

2d•$115,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP Business Process & Controls Audit SME serves as the senior audit authority for inventory accountability, business process controls, and audit readiness within an SAP S/4HANA Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) environment that supports DoD distribution operations. This role audits end-to-end business transactions across multiple business cycles to include Procure to Pay (P2P), Plan to Stock (P2S), and Order to Cash (O2C). Reviews may originate from physical events on the warehouse floor through SAP S4, EWM, Transportation Management (TM), and Process Integration (PI) transactions to downstream accountability and financial records. The SME leads physical inventory and control observation audits inside distribution centers, traces findings back through SAP, identifies control deficiencies and root causes, and drives corrective actions to closure. Operating with a high degree of autonomy and only high-level guidance, this individual works across functional, technical, logistics, financial, and operational teams to strengthen inventory and financial accountability and sustain audit readiness.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related discipline.
Minimum 8 years of financial or operational audit experience, including end-to-end audits of inventory, logistics, or supply chain processes.
Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC logistics functionality, including SAP EWM or WM, and working knowledge of SAP TM and SAP PI.
Demonstrated experience performing audits on site in distribution center, warehouse, depot, or manufacturing environments, including physical inventory counts, B2F and F2B testing, and control observations.
Working knowledge of the P2P, P2S, and O2C business cycles and their related controls and financial impacts.
Demonstrated experience tracing transactions end to end through SAP source, feeder, and destination systems to the financial records.
Demonstrated experience assessing control design and operating effectiveness, performing root-cause analysis, and developing Corrective Action Plans.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex audits or operational investigations independently with only high-level guidance.
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex audit, operational, and system-control issues to senior Government leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Excellent written, analytical, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to travel up to 50%.
Must be able to obtain and maintain an active government clearance (requires U.S. citizenship).

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), or Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM).
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), CRISC, or another relevant audit or risk certification.
DoD or federal audit readiness experience, such as DLA audit readiness, FIAR, Statement of Assurance, OMB Circular A-123, or DoD financial-statement audits.
Working knowledge of federal internal-control frameworks, such as the GAO Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book) and FISCAM.
Experience supporting DLA Distribution or comparable DoD logistics environments.
Experience with SAP GRC or SAP access control.

Responsibilities

Leads end-to-end audits of SAP-enabled P2P, P2S, and O2C business cycles, including receiving, putaway, storage, inventory management, picking, packing, shipping, transportation, goods movements, returns, and the related financial postings.
Plans and performs physical inventory audits in distribution center and warehouse environments, including book-to-floor (B2F) and floor-to-book (F2B) counts, cycle count validation, and on-site control observations.
Traces transactions end to end, from physical warehouse events and source documents through SAP S/4HANA, EWM, TM, and PI records, feeder system interfaces, and downstream accountability and financial records, to validate completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and authorization.
Investigates inventory discrepancies, adjustments, and variances, performs root-cause analysis, and determines their accountability and financial impact.
Assesses the design and operating effectiveness of business process and system-enabled controls, including segregation of duties, master data, transaction processing, interfaces, and exception handling, and evaluates compensating controls.
Supports audit testing through population identification, transaction sampling, walkthroughs, evidence collection, and documentation of results.
Develops process and control maps, risk assessments, control matrices, testing documentation, and audit-support packages.
Develops Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) for audit findings and control deficiencies, monitors remediation, validates corrective actions, and drives findings to closure.
Evaluates the audit and control impact of WMS Incidents (INCs), Change Requests (CRs), system enhancements, interfaces, and business-process changes, and recommends risk-mitigation measures.
Supports Government interactions with internal and external auditors, including audit engagements, Requests for Evidence (RFEs), walkthroughs, transaction testing, and findings remediation.
Develops audit-risk dashboards, trend analyses, and executive-level briefings that give Government leadership visibility into audit posture, control deficiencies, and remediation status.
Travels up to 50% to distribution centers, warehouse sites, customer locations, and C5MI locations.
Adheres to all certified processes as part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and information security, which includes actively participating in quality assurance activities and ensuring the protection of sensitive information in accordance with our security policies.
Performs other related tasks as assigned by direct supervisor.