Associate Director, SAP Central Finance Architect

DELOITTE LLP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Associate Director, specializing as an SAP Finance Architect. You will guide clients in their SAP S/4HANA transformation journey, delivering architecture on large-scale finance programmes. Desired candidates should possess extensive SAP knowledge, strong financial acumen, and excellent stakeholder management skills. This role offers the flexibility of hybrid working across various UK locations.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Central Finance implementation.
• Hands-on knowledge of SAP financial accounting and management accounting.
• Ability to manage large-scale transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Guide clients through S/4HANA transformation programs.
• Lead teams in designing SAP finance solutions.
• Develop and foster relationships with client stakeholders.

Skills

Subject matter expertise in SAP S/4HANA Central Finance

Strong understanding of financial accounting principles

Excellent communication skills

Agile working practices experience

Stakeholder management skills

Education

Qualified/Part-Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Learning Hub

Job description

Overview

Associate Director, SAP Central Finance Architect

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's strategy is to be the market leader in SAP enabled Transformations. We are recruiting exceptional individuals to provide leadership and expertise to sell and deliver groundbreaking, digital S/4HANA and SAP-enabled Finance Transformation Programmes.

Deloitte has a long-standing relationship with SAP. We advise, implement, and operate transformational solutions in SAP that create world-class business capabilities across organisations.

You will be part of a diverse team that challenges itself to provide innovative solutions in high-profile, complex projects. Working alongside excellent colleagues from around the firm and across the globe, Deloitte is an environment where you and your career can flourish.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients\' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It\'s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, fostering inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

As an Associate Director in our Technology and Transformation SAP practice you will specialise as an SAP Finance Architect, where you will have the opportunity to:

• Guide clients to understand, select and deliver different deployment approaches for their S/4HANA transformation program (e.g. Greenfield, Brownfield, Selective, Cloud, CFIN etc).
• Manage and deliver architecture and roadmaps on large-scale S/4HANA transformation programmes across the Finance landscape.
• Lead teams of high-performing functional consultants to design and build SAP finance enabled business solutions for delivery of large-scale S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Plan and lead high-level and detailed design workshops for the Finance architecture, collecting business requirements and mapping out business processes.
• Design end-to-end solutions and ensure deliverables are consistent with design principles, standards and methodologies.
• Ensure the SAP finance solution design integrates into the client\'s broader technology eco-system, and architect/design integration with connected applications to ensure seamless end-to-end processes.
• Provide thought leadership and develop external and internal market eminence through different marketing strategies/approaches.
• Develop implementation plans that maximise the potential of SAP technology whilst minimising implementation risk.
• Develop and foster strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, with alliance partners (e.g. SAP) and with your internal Deloitte network.
• Support sales processes by contributing to compelling and commercial attractive client proposals and leading the Finance response to opportunities.
• Lead practice development activities to support sales initiatives and internal capability development.
• Mentor and lead members of your team and help us to develop our junior talent.
• Work with the latest SAP technology including AI and automation innovations.
• Work across multiple traditional and emerging client industries.
• Access SAP and professional developmental training through internal (e.g. Deloitte University) and external provision (e.g. via SAP Learning Hub). Attain and maintain SAP certification.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

To be successful in this role you are required to demonstrate experience of:

• Subject matter expertise and hands on implementation of SAP S/4HANA Central Finance covering both integration with SAP and non-SAP source systems.
• Functional design and build of SAP S/4HANA core Financial Accounting (FI) and Management Accounting (CO).
• Understanding of non-Finance SAP modules including Sourcing and Procurement (MM), Supply Chain, Sales (SD) and Asset Management (PM).
• Driving the design of the SAP Finance Enterprise Structure and data model aligned to your client\'s organisation and business structures.
• Leading the client in their mapping and reconciliation processes.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting principles, concepts, and processes.
• Working in an architectural capacity on transformation programmes involving S/4HANA, and the various deployment solutions especially Central Finance.
• Execution and management of configuration in multiple SAP S/4HANA modules.
• Knowledge of SAP innovations, roadmap and SAP Best Practices for S/4HANA Finance and integrated modules.
• Guiding the team through the project governance frameworks including planning activities, management of project risks, issues and change requests.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) with clients and colleagues both on and offshore.
• Planning fit to standard workshop topics and approach to ensure the team can translate the requirements into a functional design.
• Acting as Design Authority and ensuring the end-to-end quality of the SAP Finance solution.
• Demonstrable experience of Agile working practices on SAP implementations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to forge strong professional relationships with your clients, leaders and peers.
• Qualified/Part-Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent.
• Ability to get Security Clearance, to support activities in the Public Sector.
• Knowledge of broader architectural principles and considerations.
• Knowledge on middleware applications that support integration outside of SAP.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That\'s what connects us. That\'s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we\'ll make an impact that matters.

Enterprise, Technology and Performance

Our clients want to achieve maximum value from digital transformation investments in Finance, Supply Chain and IT operations. That\'s where we come in. By taking a holistic view of performance improvement, including strategy, process design and technology enablement, we support the smooth operation of transformations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte\'s clients include many of the world\'s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of." - Dan, Technology & Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You\'ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That\'s why we\'ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you\'ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You\'ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it\'s why we\'re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we\'re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we\'ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. click apply for full job details