SAP Finance Functional Associate Director

Role Title: SAP Finance Functional Associate Director

Location: London (Birmingham or Manchester considered)

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Associate Director

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO.

As a team:

You will be an integral part of our SAP delivery projects, acting as a Functional Expert in a specific area. You will work closely with clients, translating their business and functional requirements into SAP design documents. In this delivery-focused role, you may lead a functional team and stay on one project for an extended period. Your strong business process knowledge, combined with your in-depth expertise in your functional area, will be key to designing effective and efficient solutions for our clients. Additionally, you will contribute to the Fit to Standard approach for SAP S/4 transformations, ensuring seamless business transformations.

In our team you will:

• Work with single or multiple clients at a time, focusing on delivery projects as a Functional Expert in Finance and Controlling.
• Engage in longer-term projects, collaborating with clients and functional teams to design and implement SAP solutions.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Ability to architect Finance solutions and lead large scale strategic engagements, partnering with multinational clients to address complex challenges and drive business transformation.
• Deep SAP Finance functional skills developed in S/4HANA client facing engagements, coupled with the ability to articulate the transformational business benefits the platform can deliver.
• Strong understanding of SAP technologies such as RISE with SAP, Signavio, Business Technology Platform (BTP), and other domain relevant products such as CFIN, Blackline, Group Reporting and SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Hands on sales experience and acumen as a key member of an origination team, representing the Finance solution offering to the client and other internal Accenture groups
• Be able to develop credible options and solution papers and provide recommendations such as Gen AI use-cases for SAP

Set yourself apart:

• Whilst a cross industry role, background and expertise in any of these key industries would be advantageous: Consumer Goods, Retail, Communications, High Tech, Oil & Gas and Mining
• Design Thinking concepts – able to brainstorm, problem-solve and present ideas using a variety of design thinking methods available.
• Professional Qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CFA) is preferable

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.