Director - SAP Data & Analytics - BW & BDC - TC - UKI

EY; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

FlexEY benefits

Support and coaching from colleagues

Opportunities for career progression

Job summary

A global professional services firm in Birmingham is seeking a Director for SAP Data & Analytics. This role involves leading client engagements, driving SAP analytics solutions, and being a key player in the growth of the analytics practice. The ideal candidate will have strong SAP analytics experience, proven track record in large-scale transformations, and the ability to manage senior client stakeholders effectively. A competitive remuneration package is offered along with opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering SAP analytics solutions across multiple full project lifecycles.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation programmes.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across functional and technical domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engagements and work directly with clients and EY Partners.
• Guide your team through all project phases.
• Ensure successful outcomes in scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
• Manage senior client stakeholders acting as a trusted advisor.
• Own and contribute to sales pipelines, lead pursuits and proposals for Analytics.

Skills

SAP analytics solutions

Cross-system integration

Leadership in transformation programmes

Stakeholder management at executive level

Tools

SAP BDC

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

Job description

Join EY as Director for SAP Data & Analytics and help shape business value through technology and analytics. This role is focused on leading client engagements, driving SAP analytics solutions, and contributing to the growth and evolution of EY’s analytics practice.

Technology Consulting | Director | SAP Data & Analytics

Our EY Analytics team unlocks business value by harnessing the latest SAP innovations. We seek tech‑savvy, business‑mindful leaders who can connect SAP technology to real‑world business challenges and drive transformative solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project engagements and work directly with clients and EY Partners.
• Guide your team through all project phases—from opportunity development and value identification to solution design and delivery.
• Play a key role across people leadership as part of the SAP Analytics Technology leadership team.
• Client Leadership & Delivery Oversight: act as senior delivery lead across complex SAP BDC, Datasphere, and BW programmes, ensuring successful outcomes in scope, quality, timeline, and budget.
• Provide oversight and challenge on solution architecture, ensuring alignment with client enterprise data strategies.
• Manage senior client stakeholders (CFO, CIO, Head of Data/FP&A), acting as a trusted advisor.
• Resolve critical delivery risks and escalations across workstreams.
• Ensure integration across finance, data, and technology domains (e.g., SAC Planning, BDC, Databricks, Snowflake, Azure).
• Commercial Leadership: own and contribute to sales pipelines, lead pursuits and proposals for Analytics, shape client propositions around Analytics Transformation, lead bid teams, drive revenue growth and margin performance, and identify and originate new opportunities within existing client accounts.
• Offering & Asset Development: define and evolve the SAP Analytics offering, develop go‑to‑market propositions, drive AI innovation, and lead development of reusable assets.
• Practice & Capability Leadership: build and develop the SAP Analytics capability, mentor junior colleagues, support recruitment and workforce planning, establish delivery standards, methods, and best practices, and foster a high‑performance culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Thought Leadership & Market Presence: represent the firm externally in client meetings, industry forums, and with alliance partners; contribute to thought leadership and position the practice as a leader in SAP data & analytics solutions.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Strong experience delivering SAP analytics solutions across multiple full project lifecycles.
• Deep understanding and experience of leading practices for architecting and building SAP data & analytics solutions.
• Strong experience with cross‑system integration.
• Deep understanding of multiple SAP process areas and experience designing end‑to‑end analytics models.
• 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, you’ll also have:

• Industry expertise (energy, defence, retail, life sciences).
• Experience in non‑SAP cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake).
• Experience delivering SAP AI products.

What Working At EY Offers

• Competitive remuneration package rewarding individual and team performance.
• Comprehensive Total Rewards package including support for flexible working and career development.
• FlexEY benefits allowing you to select options that suit your needs (holidays, health & well‑being, insurance, savings, discounts).
• Support, coaching, and feedback from engaging colleagues.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• Freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.