SAP Project System Consultant in India

• Position: Senior SAP PS Consultant
• Location: Bengaluru (On-site)
• Experience: 8+ years in SAP, including 6+ years in SAP PS
• Budget: Up to 1.2 lakh per month
• Availability: Immediate joiners only
• Project: BIAL Airport Infrastructure Programme

Job Description

Senior SAP PS (Project System) Consultant

Contract | 8+ years | Bengaluru (on-site) | BIAL airport infrastructure programme

Position

Senior SAP PS (Project System) Consultant

Engagement type

Fixed-term contract, [duration] months, extendable based on project need and performance

Client / project

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) capital projects and infrastructure programme

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka on-site at the client location (Kempegowda International Airport, Devanahalli)

Total experience

8+ years in SAP, of which at least 6 years in SAP PS

Implementations

Minimum 2 end-to-end SAP PS implementations, at least 1 on SAP S/4HANA

Availability

Immediate to 30 days preferred

• Role summary

ATC is looking for a hands-on Senior SAP PS Consultant to lead the Project System workstream for BIAL s capital and infrastructure programme. You will design, configure and support the full project lifecycle in SAP: structuring, planning, budgeting, procurement, execution, progress measurement, settlement to fixed assets and reporting. The role calls for deep knowledge of PS configuration and of its integration with CO, FI-AA, IM, MM, SD and PM in an asset-heavy, capex-led environment.

• Key responsibilities

2.1 Solution design and configuration

• Lead requirement workshops with BIAL s project, engineering, finance and procurement teams, and turn capex processes into SAP PS designs (business blueprint / fit-to-standard, functional design documents).
• Design the project structure: project definition, WBS hierarchy, networks, activities (internal, external, general cost and service), activity elements and milestones, aligned to BIAL s capital project, cost-centre and asset classes.
• Configure project profiles, network profiles, network types, coding masks, number ranges, status profiles, budget and planning profiles, settlement profiles, results analysis and progress analysis.
• Build and maintain standard structures (standard WBS and standard networks) for repeatable airport project types such as terminal works, airside works, utilities, landside and IT infrastructure.

2.2 Cost planning, budgeting and availability control

• Set up cost planning by structure, Easy Cost Planning, unit costing and network costing, using appropriate costing variants and planning versions.
• Configure budgeting: original budget, supplements, returns, transfers, releases and budget carry-forward at year end.
• Design and test availability control: tolerance limits, activity groups, actions (warning, error, e-mail) and exempt cost elements, and activate and reconstruct availability control.
• Integrate PS with Investment Management (IM): investment programmes, positions, appropriation requests, programme budget distribution to WBS elements, and IM PS budget consistency.

2.3 Execution, procurement and logistics integration

• Configure MM integration: purchase requisitions from external and service activities, account assignment to WBS and network, material components, reservations, project stock (valuated and non-valuated) and MRP for project materials.
• Configure service procurement for contractor works (service entry sheets) and commitment management against WBS budgets.
• Set up confirmations (individual, collective, CATS timesheets), confirmation parameters, work centres, activity types and capacity planning.
• Configure dates and scheduling: basic, forecast and actual dates; scheduling parameters; relationships (FS, SS, FF, SF); float; and network rescheduling.
• Integrate PM work orders and maintenance costs with WBS elements where needed.

2.4 Progress, revenue and period-end

• Configure progress analysis and earned value management: progress versions, measurement methods (milestone, start finish, degree of processing, time-proportional, quantity proportional, estimation) and POC reporting.
• Configure results analysis (RA keys, RA versions, valuation methods including POC and revenue-based) where projects are billable or revenue-bearing.
• Configure billing integration where applicable: milestone billing, billing plans, down payments and resource-related billing (DIP profile).
• Configure and run settlement: settlement rules, settlement profiles, allocation and source structures, periodic and full settlement, and settlement of assets under construction (AuC) to final fixed assets, including line-item settlement.
• Support period-end and year-end processes: overhead calculation (costing sheets), interest calculation, results analysis, settlement, commitments carry-forward and budget carry-forward.

2.5 Reporting, testing, data and support

• Deliver PS reporting: structure overview, cost and budget reports, line-item reports, commitment and payment reports, and S/4HANA Fiori analytics, as well as custom reports through functional specifications.
• Write functional specifications for RICEFW objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, workflows) and work with ABAP and integration teams to deliver them.
• Lead data migration for projects, WBS, networks, budgets and open commitments using the S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, LSMW or BAPIs.
• Plan and run unit, integration (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT); prepare test scripts; and resolve defects.
• Prepare training material and end-user guides, train key users, provide hypercare after go-live, and handle incidents and change requests within agreed service levels.
• Technical skills matrix

Candidates must show hands-on experience, not just awareness, in the areas marked Mandatory.

Area

Level

Technical scope (objects, configuration, transactions)

Project structure

Mandatory

Project definition, WBS elements, networks, activities, activity elements, milestones; operative indicators (planning, account assignment, billing); Project Builder (CJ20N), CJ01 CJ03, CN21 CN23; standard WBS (CJ91) and standard network (CN01)

Core configuration

Mandatory

Project profile (OPSA), network profile (OPUU), network type (OPSC), project coding mask (OPSJ), status profile (OK02) with system and user status, field selection, validations and substitutions

Cost planning

Mandatory

Planning profile (OPSB), structure planning (CJ40), Easy Cost Planning (CKCM), network costing, costing variants, plan versions

Budgeting and availability control

Mandatory

Budget profile (OPS9), original budget (CJ30), supplement / return (CJ37 / CJ38), release (CJ32), budget carry-forward (CJCO), availability control activation and reconstruction (CJBV / CJBN), tolerance limits

Investment Management

Mandatory

Investment programmes and positions, appropriation requests, programme budget distribution, IM-to-WBS budget flow, AuC management

Procurement and materials

Mandatory

External and service activities, PR/PO account assignment to WBS and network, material components (CN22), reservations, project stock (valuated / non-valuated), service entry sheets, commitment management

Dates, scheduling and capacity

Mandatory

Scheduling parameters, relationships, float, forward and backward scheduling, CN24N, work centres (CR01), capacity evaluation (CM01), workforce planning

Confirmations

Mandatory

CN25 individual and CN27 collective confirmation, CATS (CAT2) time entry and transfer, confirmation parameters

Settlement and fixed assets

Mandatory

Settlement rules, settlement profile (OKO7), allocation structure (OKO6), source structure, individual / collective settlement (CJ88 / CJ8G), AuC line-item settlement to final assets, FI-AA integration

Progress and earned value

Mandatory

Progress versions, measurement techniques, progress analysis (CNE1 / CNE5), earned value, POC

Results analysis and billing

Preferred

RA keys and versions (KKA2 / KKAJ), milestone billing, billing plans, down payments, resource-related billing (DP91, DIP profile)

Period-end

Mandatory

Overhead (costing sheet), interest calculation (CJZ2), commitments and budget carry-forward, settlement cycles, period-end closing sequence

Information system

Mandatory

CN41N structure overview, CN43N, CJI3 / CJI4 / CJI5 line items, budget actual commitment reports, PS info system profiles, database profiles

SAP S/4HANA

Mandatory

Universal Journal (ACDOCA) impact on PS reporting, S/4HANA simplification items for PS, Fiori apps for project monitoring and control, Migration Cockpit (LTMC / LTMOM)

Enhancements and interfaces

Preferred

Customer fields on WBS (CI_PRPS), PS user exits and BAdIs, BAPIs (BAPI_PROJECT_MAINTAIN, BAPI_BUS2054_*, BAPI_NETWORK_MAINTAIN), IDocs; Primavera P6 / MS Project integration

Portfolio and project management

Good to have

SAP PPM / S/4HANA Portfolio and Project Management, Commercial Project Management (CPM), document management (DMS) and claim management

• Mandatory requirements
• 8+ years of SAP experience, with at least 6 years of hands-on SAP PS configuration.
• At least 2 full-cycle SAP PS implementations, including at least 1 on SAP S/4HANA, plus experience in support or rollout projects.
• Strong grasp of capex and capital project accounting: budgeting, availability control, AuC and capitalisation.
• Proven integration experience with CO, FI-AA, IM and MM; working knowledge of SD and PM integration.
• Experience writing functional specifications and working with ABAP, BTP and integration teams.
• Ability to work on-site in Bengaluru, at the client location, for the full engagement.
• Preferred requirements
• Domain experience in airports, aviation, infrastructure, EPC, construction, utilities or the public sector.
• Experience integrating SAP PS with Primavera P6 or MS Project for scheduling.
• Exposure to SAP Activate methodology and SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM.
• SAP certification in Project System or S/4HANA Portfolio and Project Management.
• Bachelor s degree in engineering, finance, commerce or a related field; MBA or CA / ICWA is an advantage.
• Behavioural competencies
• Clear communication with senior client stakeholders in project, engineering and finance teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured approach to documentation.
• Ability to work independently in a client-facing, deadline-driven programme.
• Ownership of deliverables and quality, from design through to hypercare.
• Technical screening guide (for interviewers)

Suggested questions for assessing hands-on depth. Interviewers should record answers against job-related criteria only.

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Question

What a Strong Answer Covers

1

How would you design the WBS and network structure for a terminal expansion capex project?

Levels, operative indicators, link to asset classes and cost centres, standard structures, coding mask

2

Walk through configuring availability control with tolerance limits for a capex WBS.

Budget profile, activity groups, tolerance %, actions, exempt cost elements, activation and reconstruction

3

How does budget flow from an investment programme down to WBS elements?

IM programme positions, appropriation requests, budget distribution, consistency checks

4

Explain AuC settlement to final assets with line-item settlement.

Settlement rule, settlement profile, AuC creation, capitalisation, distribution to final assets

5

Which progress measurement techniques have you used, and when would you choose each one?

Milestone, start finish, degree of processing, estimation; progress version; earned value reporting

6

How does procurement for an external activity in a network work end to end?

Control key, PR creation, account assignment, PO, GR / service entry, commitments

7

What changes for PS reporting and data models in S/4HANA?

ACDOCA, simplification items, Fiori apps, migration approach

8

Describe a period-end close sequence for PS that you have run.

Overheads, interest, RA, settlement, carry-forwards, sequence and controls