Central Systems Finance and Procurement Solution Manager

WRK digital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

WRK digital is partnering with a major UK operator to appoint an SAP Solution Manager covering Finance and Procurement. You'll own the solution design across SAP FI/CO and Source-to-Pay and work between the business and delivery partners.

It's part solution architect, part team lead, reporting to the Head of SAP & Enterprise Applications. It's not a project role; standing teams mean you own your area and push for standard, right-fit solutions across the estate, with three on-site days per week

Qualifications

• Solution ownership or functional lead experience in SAP Finance/Controlling and SAP Procurement / Source-to-Pay.
• Experience managing external delivery partners, systems integrators or MSPs from the client side.
• Ability to explain trade-offs to finance and procurement stakeholders who aren't technical.
• Experience leading a team, including people you don't directly control.
• Comfort in an environment with shifting priorities and escalations.
• Strong preference for S/4HANA depth; ECC-based candidates welcome.

Responsibilities

• Own the solution design across SAP FI/CO, record-to-report and source-to-pay.
• Chair design reviews, approve build, and maintain standard, right-fit solutions.
• Prioritise change demand with Business Process Owners and super users.
• Manage performance of third-party partners and vendors.
• Lead a functional team of SAP specialists with objectives and coaching.
• Own integration points and review system integration test scope.

Skills

SAP FI/CO

Source-to-Pay

Vendor management

Team leadership

Stakeholder comms

S/4HANA

Tools

VIM

Concur

REFX

BPC

SAC

BW

Job description

SAP Solution Manager – Finance & Procurement

Multiple UK locations (Warrington, Garston, Cardiff, Southampton, London and others)

Hybrid – 3 days per week on site

Up to £80,000 + benefits

Permanent

WRK digital is partnered with a major UK infrastructure and logistics operator to appoint an SAP Solution Manager covering Finance and Procurement.

This is the role that sits between the business and the people who build. You'll own the solution design across SAP Finance, Controlling and Source-to-Pay - approving designs, prioritising demand with the business, and holding third-party delivery partners to the standard you set. It's part solution architect, part team lead, and reports directly to the Head of SAP & Enterprise Applications.

It's also, refreshingly, not a project role. The organisation runs standing teams rather than fixed-term programmes, which means you own your area properly instead of handing it over at go-live and moving on.

What you'll be doing

• Owning the solution design across SAP FI/CO, record-to-report and source-to-pay, including Vendor Invoice Management and Concur
• Chairing design review, approving build, and holding the line on standard, right-fit solutions rather than expensive customisation
• Prioritising change demand with Business Process Owners and super users, and managing impact assessment across the estate
• Managing the performance of third-party partners and vendors - a significant part of the job, and a requirement for the role
• Leading a functional team of SAP specialists: objectives, coaching, development, capacity and resource planning
• Owning the integration points between your area and the wider landscape, and reviewing system integration test scope

What we're looking for

• Solution ownership or functional lead experience in SAP Finance and Controlling and SAP Procurement / Source-to-Pay.
• Genuine experience managing external delivery partners, systems integrators or managed service providers, from the client side
• The ability to explain trade-offs clearly to finance and procurement stakeholders who aren't technical, and to say no when the answer is no
• Experience leading a team, including people you don't directly control
• Comfort in an environment where priorities move and escalations land on your desk
• S/4HANA experience is strongly preferred. If your depth is ECC-based and you've since moved into S/4, we'd still like to hear from you
• Exposure to any of Inventory Management, VIM, Concur, EPPM, REFX, BPC, SAC or BW is welcome but not expected across the board

Location and working pattern

Three days a week on site, and you can be based at any of a number of UK locations - Warrington, Garston, Cardiff, Southampton and London among them. The finance team sits in Hull, so one of those three days once a fortnight is a Hull visit. Everything else is flexible around your nearest site.