SAP Functional Manager

Hachette UK Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28 days

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Pension scheme

Rent deposit loans

Community days

Summer hours

Book discounts

Job summary

Hachette UK Limited is seeking an experienced SAP Functional Manager to lead the SAP Functional Support team across Finance, Order-to-Cash and related business processes. You will collaborate with Finance and Distribution to prioritise work, manage demand and deliver a stable SAP service.

You’ll drive the team’s development, push continuous improvement and help shape the roadmap as we advance our S/4HANA journey, exploring automation and AI opportunities to extract greater value from SAP.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on SAP Finance experience.
• Proven experience leading SAP functional teams in BAU.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Finance and Order-to-Cash processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SAP Functional Support team and own functional services across Finance, Order-to-Cash and related processes.
• Develop and mentor the team, drive continuous improvement and shape the SAP functional roadmap on the S/4HANA journey.
• Identify opportunities to maximise SAP value through automation, AI and expanding SAP capabilities.

Skills

SAP Finance

Team leadership

End-to-end SAP

BAU environment

S/4HANA

Stakeholder management

Automation / AI

Relationship with SI/partners

Tools

SAP

S/4HANA

Job description

Who we are and what we do

About Hachette UK

Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.

We're made up of 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.

Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Little, Brown, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2026 British Book Awards; Orion (2021 Publisher of the Year Award Winner); John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.

Hachette UK is part of Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.

It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.

What you'll be doing

As our SAP Functional Manager, you’ll lead the SAP Functional Support team and take ownership of functional services across Finance, Order-to-Cash and related business processes.

You’ll work closely with Finance and Distribution stakeholders to understand priorities, manage demand and ensure we continue to deliver a stable, effective SAP service. You’ll lead and develop the team, drive continuous improvement and help shape the future SAP functional roadmap as we continue our S/4HANA journey.

You’ll also play an important role in identifying how we can get more value from SAP, including opportunities to simplify processes and make greater use of automation, AI and emerging SAP capabilities.

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for an experienced SAP leader with a strong hands-on SAP Finance functional background, who has progressed into team leadership and is comfortable operating across both business and technology.

You’ll have deep knowledge of SAP Finance, a good understanding of Order-to-Cash and wider end-to-end SAP processes, and experience leading and developing SAP functional teams in a BAU environment.

You’ll understand SAP S/4HANA and the opportunities around adoption, optimisation and continuous improvement, and be confident managing business demand, competing priorities and relationships with systems integrators and support partners.

Most importantly, you’ll be a strong people leader and business partner who can bring the best out of the team while continuing to move our SAP capability forward.

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Generous pension schemes
• Rent deposit loans
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• An active range of staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing, Women in Techand religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

The role will be based at our London or Didcot office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Our commitment

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to perform at their best during our recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, you can let us know at the ‘Reasonable Adjustments’ section of your application. We’ll make sure you’re supported throughout the process.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit https://btbs.org/grants