SAP Principal

LA International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International is seeking a Principal Delivery Owner to lead the Finance AI transformation, steering Reshape and Reinvent from strategy to live deployment. You’ll govern the AI Pilot Pipeline, instrument pilots, measure value, and build a structured business case in a SAP-centric Finance environment.

You will own the Finance AI Data Strategy leveraging SAP BDC data products, SAP HANA, and ensure GDPR and Security by Design.

Qualifications

• Deep SAP Finance expertise across S/4HANA Finance, FI/CO, AP, AR, GL, Controlling, Treasury (FSCM) and adjacent platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own Finance AI Transformation strategy and governance from design to live deployment.

Skills

S/4HANA Finance

FI/CO

AP/AR/GL

Agentic AI literacy

Investment planning

Stakeholder engagement

Roadmap ownership

Agile/SAFe

LLMOps awareness

RAG pipelines

Tools

SAP Signavio

SAP Business Data Cloud

SAP iRPA

S/4HANA

Job description

London 3 days onsite 2 from home INSIDE IR35 4 MONTHS

Act as principal and accountable delivery owner for the Finance AI transformation - owning both Reshape (AI-augmented Finance productivity) and Reinvent (Agentic AI-redesigned Finance processes) from strategy through to live deployment, governing Finance AI Pilot Pipeline through the Evidence-led Scaling principle: instrument every pilot, measure value, and govern the scale decision with a structured business case.

Own Finance AI Data Strategy - leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud pre-built data products, SAP HANA structured data, and unstructured Finance content; ensuring all data pipelines are governed with Security by Design, integrated on SAP, and compliant with GDPR and internal data standards.

Maintain a Responsible AI Governance Framework for Finance - ensuring every AI use case is explainable, auditable, and SOX-compliant; that Human in the Loop controls are embedded for all material and regulatory decisions; and that Finance AI programme aligns with SAP's ISO 42001-certified AI governance standards

Act as primary interface with SAP on AI product roadmap - engaging SAP product and innovation teams to align Finance AI investment sequencing with SAP's 2026 strategy, and ensuring benefits from early access programmes, MaxSuccess Premium Engagement, and SAP AI innovation previews.

Build and lead a structured knowledge-sharing programme for SAP and Finance systems - hosting regular sessions with QGF and Digital teams, creating post-casts, knowledge articles, and technical reference guides; while fostering a culture of responsible AI experimentation and evidence-led innovation that creates psychological safety for the team to pilot boldly and grow capability at the frontier of SAP and AI.

Provide principal-level technical assurance for all major programmes and NDA project milestones -conducting design reviews, architecture governance, and delivery oversight to ensure zero OTD failure attributable to design defects or technical issues; acting as the ultimate technical authority and quality gate for Finance technology delivery

Must Have

• Deep SAP Finance expertise: Mastery of S/4HANA Finance, FI/CO, AP, AR, GL, Controlling, Treasury (FSCM), and adjacent Finance platforms - with proven delivery as Solution Architect or Principal Consultant on S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Agentic AI literacy: Understanding of multi-agent orchestration, A2A/MCP interaction patterns, and how Joule agents automate end-to-end Finance workflows - the ability to translate this into business language for Finance stakeholders.
• Business case and investment planning: Ability to translate technology opportunity into structured, commercially rigorous investment proposals - from financial modelling and benefit quantification through to executive sign-off.
• Stakeholder gravitas and communication: Ability to engage CFO-level Finance leaders, Digital Directors, SAP account teams, and third-party vendors with equal confidence - translating complex AI and architecture decisions into clear, action-oriented business narratives.
• Roadmap and architecture ownership: Demonstrable experience maintaining a multi-year SAP application and AI roadmap - balancing clean-core discipline, technical debt management, licence economics, and innovation sequencing.
• Hands-on experience with SAP Signavio for process mining and business process redesign as part of a Reinvent programme.
• Working knowledge of SAP Business Data Cloud and its Finance Intelligence, Spend Intelligence, and Cloud ERP Intelligence intelligent applications.
• Exposure to LLMOps/MLOps pipelines - model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management in an enterprise SAP context.
• Familiarity with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines and hybrid AI architectures for enterprise Finance document processing.
• Understanding of SAP iRPA (Intelligent RPA) and how process automation integrates with Joule Agentic AI for endto-end Finance workflow orchestration.
• Experience with Central Finance as an enterprise-wide data consolidation and real-time reporting layer for Group Finance.
• Exposure to Agile/SAFe delivery frameworks and how iterative delivery integrates with enterprise SAP programme governance.

LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply.

If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.