SAP S/4 Senior Manager or Senior SAP Leader

Accenture; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a senior level professional to drive SAP S/4 transformations across multi-country deliveries, combining commercial acumen, delivery excellence, and stakeholder leadership. You will act as a strategic advisor with a proven consulting background.

You will lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA programs, oversee data migration, testing, and cutover, and build relationships with C-level stakeholders while ensuring governance and commercial control across global delivery models.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience(+10 years)leading SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes from strategy through execution.
• Strong understanding of SAP ecosystem (S/4, integration landscape, data migration, testing, cutover).
• Proven background in managing complex international programmes across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Experience operating in a client-facing leadership role with executive governance forums.
• Demonstrated success in combining sales, commercial awareness, and delivery leadership in programme environments.
• Previous experience in a tier-1 consulting environment with strong problem-solving and transformation advisory skills.
• Fluency in English is required; Finnish is a plus; authorised to work in Finland.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP S/4 transformation programmes (greenfield, brownfield, or selective).
• Manage complex, multi-country and multi-stream deployments.
• Oversee key programme elements including S/4, integration, data migration, testing, and cutover.
• Build trusted relationships with C-level stakeholders as a strategic advisor.
• Drive governance through steering committees and executive forums.
• Support and lead deal shaping, proposals, and client negotiations.
• Ensure strong commercial control (scope, change management, pricing, margins).
• Translate business needs into clear transformation roadmaps and drive adoption.
• Lead large distributed teams across onshore and offshore models.
• Manage risks, financials, and delivery challenges to ensure successful outcomes.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA transformation

Stakeholder leadership

Delivery leadership

Sales and commercial acumen

Client facing leadership

Executive governance

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Data migration

Testing and cutover

Job description

We are looking for asenior level professionalwho brings a strong balance of commercial acumen, delivery excellence, and stakeholder leadership , combined with a proven consulting background. In this role, you will help clients navigate complex SAP-led business transformations and turn ambitiousprogrammesinto measurable business outcomes.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Leadend-to-end SAP S/4 transformationprogrammes(greenfield, brownfield, or selective).

• Managecomplex, multi-countryand multi-stream deployments .

• Oversee keyprogrammeelements, includingS/4, integration, data migration, testing, and cutover .

• Build trusted relationships withC-level stakeholders, acting asa strategic advisor.

• Drive governance throughsteering committees and executive forums.

• Support and leaddeal shaping, proposals, and client negotiations .

• Ensure strongcommercial control(scope, change management, pricing, and margins).

• Translate business needs intocleartransformationroadmapsand drive adoption.

• Leadlarge distributed teamsacross onshore and offshore models.

• Managerisks, financials, and complex delivery challenges, ensuring successful outcomes.

Key requirements:

• Extensive experience(+10 years)leading SAP S/4HANA transformationprogrammesfrom strategy through execution.

• Strong understanding ofSAPecosystem (S/4, integration landscape, data migration, testing, cutover).

• Proven background in managing complex internationalprogrammesacross multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.

• Experienceoperatingin a client-facing leadership role, including engagement with executive stakeholders and governance forums.

• Demonstrated success in combining sales, commercial awareness, anddeliveryleadership inprogrammeenvironments.

• Previousexperience in a tier-1 consulting environment, with strong structured problem-solving and transformation advisory skills.

• Fluency in English isrequired; Finnish is a plus. You must beauthorisedto work in Finland.

Bonus if you have:

• Industry experience in manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain-heavy environments.

• Experience with AI and automation in SAPprogrammes.

• Exposure toglobal delivery models and GCC setups.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to buildand growthe industrial SAP S/4 domain in a global context.

• Access to comprehensive tools and frameworks supported by our globalorganisation, including methodologies, knowledge databases, expert networks, and benchmarks.

• High levelof autonomy and ownership.

• Access to impactful, large-scale transformationprogrammes.

• Collaborative, people-focused culture. And a great work-life balance!

• Competitive compensation and benefits.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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