Director - SAP Finance

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Senior SAP Finance & EPM Director to spearhead business development and client delivery within a Big4 environment. This high-profile role offers a unique opportunity to shape SAP offerings, driving innovations in automation and AI while leading complex bids and managing key relationships with CFOs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in delivering SAP Finance solutions and a proven track record in leading successful SAP programmes. Join a rapidly growing team where your expertise will directly influence the future of SAP business.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in SAP Finance and EPM solutions with a focus on Budgeting and Forecasting.
• Proven track record in leading complex bids and managing proposals with limited support.

Responsibilities

• Drive business development and lead pre-sales activities with senior stakeholders.
• Attract, recruit, train, and retain top talent in the SAP domain.

Skills

SAP Finance Solutions

EPM Solutions

Business Development

Sales Origination

Stakeholder Management

AI Integration

Tools

SAP SAC

BPC

Datasphere

S/4HANA

Job description

We are seeking a senior SAP Finance & EPM Director to focus on business development, practice and asset build, and delivery of transformations enabled by SAP technology. This high-profile role requires a balance of business development, sales origination, practice build and client delivery. This is a unique opportunity to shape the SAP business within a Big4.

Successful candidates will be expected to:

1. Drive origination and lead pre-sales activities (RFP responses, direct award within our customers, etc.), engage directly with senior stakeholders (typically CFOs) - and manage bid teams with limited support from the SAP business partners.
2. Have commercial acumen to propose constructs for proposals and defend the rationale when reviewing with partners.
3. Enhance KPMG Powered Enterprise offerings, focusing on readily deployable assets, demos, accelerators with clear ROI, especially on automation, clean core, and AI.
4. Write external KPMG whitepapers and points of view.
5. Maintain regular interactions with SAP to gain insights into future roadmaps, align joint target accounts, and drive the direction of KPMG’s offerings in this domain.
6. Attract, recruit, train, and retain top talent.
7. Serve as the senior Finance Architect for complex engagements with flagship accounts.

The Person

KPMG’s SAP business is on a rapid growth trajectory and seeks candidates who are self-driven, experienced, and excited about shaping the SAP business inside a Big4.

Successful candidates will be expected to have:

1. Deep experience selling and delivering key SAP Finance and EPM solutions such as Budgeting, Forecasting, Group Reporting, Consolidation, Central Finance, PaPM, and Treasury.
2. A high-level understanding of SAP SAC, BPC, Datasphere, and other EPM tools is desirable.
3. Delivered 4+ end-to-end SAP programmes as an end-to-end Finance Lead.
4. Delivered at least 2 end-to-end Central Finance programmes as the overall lead.
5. Experience selling and delivering under a RISE contract from the business development/sales phase to go-live.
6. Proven track record in leading complex bids including S/4HANA and other SAP and non-SAP technologies, with experience leading bid processes end-to-end with limited support from senior stakeholders, including identifying SMEs, delivery teams, and managing proposals.
7. Experience in maintaining a regular cadence with SAP to understand future roadmap directions and co-innovation opportunities.
8. Managed onshore and offshore resources from individual engagement to practice level.
9. Understanding of SAP’s AI roadmap and experience creating assets, products, or solutions leveraging AI for customer benefit.
10. Built assets and accelerators deployed across multiple customers.