Senior SAP Royalty Management Consultant (German-speaking)

Location: Walldorf, Germany / EU
Workload: Full-time
Duration: Long-term

Start date: 01 July 2026
End date: 30 June 2027
Language: German C2 / English as needed

About the role

We are seeking a Senior SAP Royalty Management Consultant to act as a Subject Matter Expert for SAP Royalty Management, with a strong focus on 3rd Party Legal Licensing and Intercompany (ICO) Royalty Management processes.

This is a highly specialized techno-functional role requiring deep integration knowledge across Settlement Management, FI/CO, Tax, SAP BI/BW, and ABAP. The consultant will independently drive solution design, implementation, validation, support, and continuous improvement activities.

Key responsibilities

• Act as SME for SAP Settlement Management in the area of Royalty Management
• Take end-to-end responsibility for 3rd Party Legal Licensing and ICO Royalty processes
• Lead implementation, validation, and operational business support
• Support FI/CO and Tax-related Royalty Management topics
• Manage input/output tax, extended withholding tax, and intercompany transaction flows
• Provide support for half-yearly SOX audits
• Support operational reporting for Legal Licensing and ICO Royalty
• Work with:
  • custom ABAP reports
  • SAP BI / BW reporting
• Configure IP Owners for ICO Royalty
• Perform regular data quality checks for distribution into:
  • SAP BW
  • CO-PA
  • custom Legal Licensing / ICO Royalty solutions
• Provide primary support during quarter-end closing, including potential on-call activities
• Handle incident, service request, and problem management
• Drive continuous improvement, housekeeping, and automation initiatives
• Maintain technical and application documentation
• Support provisioning, monitoring, administration, and go-live activities until steady state

Mandatory skills and experience

• 8+ years of SAP experience
• Experience level equivalent to Application Consulting – E5 (Chief Consultant)
• German language proficiency at C2 level
• Strong expertise in SAP Finance & Controlling
  • SAP FI: GL, AR, AP
  • SAP CO: CO, PCA, CCA, CO-PA
  • SAP FICA: AR and AP
• Strong experience in intercompany business processes
• Strong tax knowledge:
  • input and output tax
  • extended withholding tax
• Advanced techno-functional expertise in SAP Settlement Management
• Hands-on experience with 3rd Party Licensing and ICO Royalty Management
• Strong understanding of royalty settlement, validations, and operational support processes
• End-to-end experience in SAP BRIM (Consumption Model)
  • SOM
  • CC
  • CI/FICA
• Advanced techno-functional knowledge in SAP SD
• Strong SAP BI / BW knowledge, especially data extraction
• ABAP development and debugging skills

Deliverables

• Design concepts and solution architecture
• Business requirements and process definitions
• SAP solution assessment and implementation
• Customization and enhancement of business functionality
• Performance optimization and issue resolution
• Go-live and post-go-live support
• Documentation and operational handover

Additional details

• Work delivery location: Walldorf, Germany