John Jordan

Founder, CEO, and Lead Consultant, ERPCorp
SAP Finance and Controlling Consultant | SAP PRESS Author | SAP Controlling Conference Founder

John Jordan helps organizations improve product cost transparency, profitability analysis, and SAP Finance and Controlling processes. As Founder, CEO, and Lead Consultant at ERPCorp, he brings more than 20 years of SAP consulting experience, with a focus on Product Costing and SAP S/4HANA Finance.

His areas of expertise include Product Cost Controlling, Material Ledger, Actual Costing,  and Margin Analysis. He works with finance and manufacturing teams to connect master data, configuration, and reporting to the business questions they need to answer.

John is the author of five SAP PRESS books and the founder of the annual SAP Controlling Conference. Through his consulting, books, articles, and conference community, he shares practical approaches to SAP configuration, and financial reporting.

SAP Consulting Expertise

• Product Costing: Standard cost estimates, cost component structures, costing variants, and manufacturing cost analysis.
• Material Ledger and Actual Costing: Inventory valuation, period-end processing, and analysis of actual manufacturing costs.
• Production Variance Analysis: Understanding cost differences and reviewing variance calculation, settlement, and reporting.
• Margin Analysis: Connecting revenue, cost of goods sold, and production variances to profitability reporting.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance: Supporting finance transformation, process improvement, and reporting design.

SAP PRESS Books

John's books provide configuration guidance, examples, and practical explanations for SAP Finance and Controlling professionals:

• Product Cost Controlling with SAP S/4HANA — co-authored with Janet Salmon.
• Production Variance Analysis in SAP S/4HANA — co-authored with Janet Salmon.
• Product Cost Controlling with SAP.
• Controlling with SAP – 100 Things You Should Know About Controlling with SAP.
• Production Variance Analysis for SAP Controlling.

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Founder of the SAP Controlling Conference

John founded the SAP Controlling Conference to bring SAP experts and practitioners together to share implementation experience, discuss business challenges, and explore developments in Finance and Controlling.

The conference connects technical knowledge with practical application through expert sessions, case studies, and conversations with fellow SAP professionals. Explore ERPCorp membership for access to conference session recordings and further SAP learning content.

SAP Articles and Professional Community

John shares technical guidance through the ERPCorp SAP FICO blog and connects with a community of more than 57,000 followers on LinkedIn.

Recent articles include SAP COGS Split in S/4HANA and SAP Variance Split in S/4HANA, which explain how cost and variance details support financial and profitability analysis.