Junior SAP Application Analyst - FI-CO (S/4HANA)

About the role

Sucafina, a sustainable farm-to-roaster coffee company, is hiring a junior SAP Solution Analyst in Nairobi to support the FI (Financial Accounting) and CO (Controlling) modules of its SAP S/4HANA landscape. Working closely with a senior FI-CO consultant, finance business users and the centre of excellence, the role provides day-to-day application support, helps deliver changes and new rollouts, and contributes to the stability and continuous improvement of finance processes across multi-country operations.

Key responsibilities

• Handle day-to-day incident and service requests for SAP S/4HANA FI and CO, escalating complex issues to senior consultants.
• Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing (GL, AP, AR, asset and bank accounting, FX revaluation, CO allocations and settlements).
• Analyse business requirements from finance users and turn them into functional requirements and simple configuration changes under senior consultant guidance.
• Perform FI-CO configuration and master data maintenance (GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, internal orders) following change control and transport procedures.
• Monitor and support interfaces between the commodity trading (CTRM) system and SAP FI-CO, investigating posting errors and supporting reconciliations.
• Prepare and run test scripts (unit, integration and UAT) and support rollouts of the FI-CO template to new companies, including data validation, testing, go-live and post-go-live support.
• Support standard financial reporting with S/4HANA reports, Fiori apps and, where applicable, SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Coordinate with Basis, security and development teams on authorizations, enhancements and technical issues, and support audits and statutory reporting.
• Maintain functional documentation, process descriptions and user guides, and provide user training and knowledge transfer.

Required profile

• 1-3 years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA FI and CO experience (project or support environment).
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Advanced spoken and written English (mandatory); hybrid or onsite work mode depending on location.
• Nice to have: SAP S/4HANA Finance certification, experience in a multinational or shared-services environment, exposure to commodity trading or agribusiness finance, and awareness of local statutory and tax reporting requirements.

Required skills

• SAP S/4HANA FI: GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, period-end closing, foreign currency valuation.
• SAP S/4HANA CO: cost center and profit center accounting, internal orders, allocations and settlement.
• Understanding of the S/4HANA Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and basic FI-CO configuration (SPRO) and master data management.
• Ability to write functional specifications and test scripts; highly desired: SAP Analytics Cloud dashboards and models.

What we offer

• A pleasant family environment with opportunities to learn and grow.
• Exposure to multicultural environments and challenges.
• On-merit-based compensation.
• Free coffee around the clock.