SAP S/4HANA EAM Asset Accounting Specialist at Salt South Africa

Role Overview

• We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA EAM & Asset Accounting Functional Specialist to provide hands-on configuration, functional support, testing and process improvement across Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Plant Maintenance (PM) and Asset Accounting (FI-AA).
• The role covers the full fixed asset lifecycle, including technical asset structures, maintenance orders, capitalisation, depreciation, settlement, transfers and retirements. Strong integration knowledge across EAM, FI-AA, FI-GL, CO, MM and WBS/CWIP is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration, support, testing and BAU activities across EAM/PM and FI-AA.
• Configure and maintain Functional Locations, Equipment, Asset Classes, Depreciation Areas, Maintenance Orders and Asset Master Records.
• Support the full asset lifecycle, including acquisitions, capitalisation, AUC/CWIP settlement, transfers, retirements, impairment and revaluation.
• Configure and support depreciation runs, valuation rules, depreciation postings and fixed asset reconciliations.
• Analyse and resolve EAM, maintenance order, asset master, depreciation and fixed asset accounting incidents.
• Provide incident triage, root-cause analysis, configuration fixes, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer using JIRA.
• Configure EAM structures, technical objects, asset classes, depreciation keys and settlement profiles.
• Support integration between maintenance orders, WBS elements, internal orders, MM goods movements and FI-AA/FI-GL postings.
• Identify process improvements, reduce manual workarounds and improve asset capitalisation, tracking and reporting.
• Engage with Finance, Engineering/Operations, Asset Management and business stakeholders on requirements and solution delivery.
• Prepare functional specifications, test cases, process documentation, issue summaries and change impact assessments.
• Execute configuration changes, unit/integration testing, UAT, transports and post-implementation support.
• Support workshops, user adoption, training and knowledge transfer.
• Work within established SAP governance and transport procedures, escalating complex or high-risk configuration matters appropriately.
• Utilise SAP Fiori, JIRA, Solution Manager and Confluence; exposure to SAP Joule or SAP Business AI is advantageous.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting, Financial Management, Engineering, Information Systems or IT.
• 3-6 years’ experience in SAP EAM/PM, FI-AA or a related functional role.
• Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA configuration and support experience.
• Experience across FI-AA, EAM/PM, AUC/CWIP settlement, asset acquisition/retirement and depreciation processing.
• Experience with fixed asset registers, technical objects, equipment master data, maintenance orders and month-end close.
• Strong understanding of asset classes, valuation areas, depreciation keys, transfers, retirements and revaluations.
• SAP EAM/PM, FI Asset Accounting or S/4HANA Finance certification is advantageous.
• Experience working in a BAU/Run environment, preferably with JIRA and SAP Solution Manager.
• MDG or Asset/EAM master data knowledge is mandatory.

Technical Knowledge

• SAP S/4HANA EAM and Asset Accounting.
• Functional Locations, Equipment, BOMs and technical asset structures.
• Maintenance orders, work orders and settlement rules.
• Asset classes, depreciation keys, valuation areas and depreciation runs.
• AUC/CWIP capitalisation and settlement.
• Asset acquisitions, transfers, retirements and reconciliation.
• FI/CO integration including GL postings, cost centres, WBS elements and internal orders.
• Month-end close and fixed asset exception resolution.
• Functional specifications, configuration, testing and process documentation.
• Master data governance and configuration dependencies.
• Exposure to automated asset tracking or maintenance-to-finance integration is advantageous.

Key Skills & Attributes

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and configuration-debugging skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and process improvement capability.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Able to manage competing priorities and month-end deadlines.
• Resilient, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident engaging with Finance, Engineering/Operations, Asset Managers, business users and SAP stakeholders.
• Proficient in MS Office, Excel, Word and Visio.