Director - SAP Analytics Cloud Planning

EY (Ernst & Young); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

EY FlexEY benefits

Career development

Job summary

EY in London seeks a Director to lead SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and EPM engagements, delivering planning-focused SAC solutions for large-scale transformations.

You will shape delivery strategy, manage senior stakeholders (CFO/CIO), oversee architecture, and drive revenue growth across engagements, with flexible working and a strong emphasis on quality and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering SAC analytics solutions with planning use cases.
• Deep understanding of finance processes and how SAC supports them.
• Ability to create complex system architectures and lead large programmes.
• Proven track record in executive stakeholder engagement and sales.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engagements with clients and partners.
• Guide teams through all project phases from value identification to delivery.
• Act as senior delivery lead for SAC programmes focused on financial planning.
• Oversee architecture and data strategy alignment.
• Manage senior client stakeholders (CFO, CIO, Heads of Data/FP&A).
• Resolve delivery risks and align across finance, data, and tech.
• Own sales pipelines and contribute to EPM proposals.
• Shape propositions around FP&A transformation and go-to-market.
• Lead bid teams including pricing and commercial structuring.
• Drive revenue and margin across engagements.
• Identify opportunities within existing accounts.
• Evolve EY's EPM offering and assets, including AI-enabled planning.

Skills

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAC planning

Project lifecycles

Finance processes

System architecture

Transformation programmes

Stakeholder management

Executive level communication

Leadership of multidisciplinary teams

Industry expertise (energy/defence/ret

EPM tools (SAP BPC, Tagetik, Lumel,Pig

SAP Group Reporting

SAP BW/Datasphere/BDC

Tools

AI

Cloud

SAP

SAP Analytics Cloud

Databricks

Snowflake

Network

Job description

Salary: £58,000 - 98,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience delivering SAP Analytics Cloud solutions, with a focus on planning use cases and multiple full project lifecycles
• Deep understanding of business finance processes and how SAC can support them
• Ability to create complex system architecture
• Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation programmes
• Demonstrated commercial acumen, including sales, pricing, and margin management
• Strong stakeholder management at executive level
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across functional and technical domains
• Ideally, industry expertise in energy, defence, retail, or life sciences
• Experience with other EPM tools such as SAP BPC, Tagetik, Lumel, or Pigment
• Experience with consolidation tools such as SAP Group Reporting or Tagetik
• SAP analytics experience with SAP BW, Datasphere, or BDC

Responsibilities:

• We lead project engagements directly with clients and our partners
• We guide our team through all phases of a project, from identifying client value and developing new opportunities to designing and delivering solutions
• We act as senior delivery lead across complex SAC programmes focused on financial planning
• We oversee solution architecture and ensure alignment with client enterprise data strategies
• We manage senior client stakeholders, including CFO, CIO, and Heads of Data or FP&A, as trusted advisors
• We resolve critical delivery risks and escalations across workstreams
• We ensure integration across finance, data, and technology domains
• We own and contribute to sales pipelines, leading pursuits and proposals for EPM
• We shape client propositions around FP&A transformation
• We lead bid teams, including solutioning, pricing, and commercial structuring
• We drive revenue growth and margin performance across engagements
• We identify and originate new opportunities within existing client accounts
• We define and evolve our EPM offering, including go-to-market propositions
• We lead development of reusable assets
• We drive innovation in areas such as AI-enabled planning and predictive analytics
• We build and develop our SAC capability, including mentoring junior colleagues
• We support recruitment and workforce planning aligned to our growth strategy
• We establish delivery standards, methods, and best practices across the practice
• We foster a high-performance culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• We represent our firm externally in client meetings, industry forums, and with alliance partners
• We contribute to thought leadership and position our practice as a leader in SAC and SAP data and analytics solutions

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• SAP
• SAP Analytics Cloud
• Databricks
• Network
• Snowflake

More:

We are EY, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary firm helping clients shape the future with confidence and build a better working world. Our Technology Consulting team works across assurance, consulting, tax, strategy, and transactions, using data, AI, and advanced technology to create new value for clients, people, society, and the planet. This Director role sits within our EPM team in London and offers a competitive remuneration package, flexible working, career development, and our FlexEY benefits, including holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, discounts, offers, and promotions. You will also benefit from coaching, support from engaging colleagues, opportunities to develop new skills, and the freedom and flexibility to shape your role in a way that works for you.

last updated 36 week of 2026