SAP Finance Lead

Capgemini; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Melbourne is seeking a Finance Lead within our SAP team to work with clients on innovative SAP engagements, focusing on Finance, CO, and integration across functional areas. You will lead a team of 3-10 consultants, guide design decisions, and drive delivery across RISE and GROW, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, career growth, and a flexible, hybrid working environment.

This role requires 8+ years SAP Finance experience and expertise in S/4HANA, with a proven track record

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in SAP Finance.
• Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA (Finance & Controlling) with 2-3 full life-cycle implementations.
• Additional experience in Group Reporting, Advanced Financial Closing or Document and Reporting Compliance will be given preference.
• Proven track record in delivering large and small IT projects across diverse industry sectors, including multicultural environments.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 3-10 consultants, onshore and offshore as part of an SAP implementation.
• Accompany Capgemini’s clients in key design decisions in the Finance space, integrated with other functional and technical areas.
• Design, configure, and optimize SAP Solutions from a finance perspective to meet evolving business needs, based on SAP standard and industry best practices for both RISE and GROW.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, IT professionals, and external vendors, to ensure successful SAP project delivery and support.
• Prepare and share a status report for the finance domain, drive the team’s workload based on the agreed timelines and quality outputs required for the project.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers, managing relationships throughout implementation and technical build processes.
• Contribute from a thought leadership perspective to help grow our clients but also our internal practice from a finance perspective, SAP perspective (including the future roadmap) and the industry practices you’ve come across.

Job description

Your role

As Finance Lead within our SAP team, you’ll work alongside a team of like‑minded individuals within the SAP community and partner closely with our clients on a wide variety of collaborative and innovative engagements.

You Will

• Lead a team of 3-10 consultants, onshore and offshore as part of an SAP implementation.
• Accompany Capgemini’s clients in key design decisions in the Finance space, integrated with other functional and technical areas.
• Design, configure, and optimize SAP Solutions from a finance perspective to meet evolving business needs, based on SAP standard and industry best practices for both RISE and GROW.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including business stakeholders, IT professionals, and external vendors, to ensure successful SAP project delivery and support.
• Prepare and share a status report for the finance domain, drive the team’s workload based on the agreed timelines and quality outputs required for the project.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers, managing relationships throughout implementation and technical build processes.
• Contribute from a thought leadership perspective to help grow our clients but also our internal practice from a finance perspective, SAP perspective (including the future roadmap) and the industry practices you’ve come across.

Your profile

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in SAP Finance.
• Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA (Finance & Controlling) with 2-3 full life‑cycle implementations.
• Additional experience in Group Reporting, Advanced Financial Closing or Document and Reporting Compliance will be given preference.
• Proven track record in delivering large and small IT projects across diverse industry sectors, including multicultural environments.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels.

What You’ll Love About Working Here

• You will be a part of a diverse collective of free‑thinkers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts. You will love the exposure to the scale of transformation, the depth of expertise, and the opportunities for career growth.
• We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people.
• At the heart of our mission is your career growth. You will have countless learning and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
• We realise a Total Reward package should be more than just compensation. We offer a range of core and flexible benefits and have a Peer Recognition Portal called ‘Celebrate’.
• We don’t just believe in inclusion we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and ‘Inclusive future for all’ campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

This position is covered by the Professional Employees Award. Remuneration for this role is structured in accordance with this award, with classification level and salary determined based on the successful candidate's experience and qualifications. Full statutory entitlements, including the standard Superannuation Guarantee, apply.