SAP CO/PS Manager

Accenture; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced SAP Project Systems Manager to lead the delivery of SAP PS and CO across complex transformation programs in New Zealand. You will partner with stakeholders, project teams and architects to design, implement, and optimize SAP solutions that improve project visibility and financial control.

You will drive end-to-end delivery, mentor consultants, and help grow the SAP practice while ensuring governance and risk management. NZ locations welcomed.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of SAP Project System (PS) and SAP Controlling (CO).
• Experience delivering end-to-end SAP implementation and transformation projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, problem-solving and facilitation skills.
• SAP certifications will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, configuration, and delivery of SAP PS and CO solutions across transformation programs.
• Drive end-to-end delivery from requirements to go-live and hypercare support.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to design integrated SAP solutions for project costing, budgeting and reporting.
• Facilitate workshops and solution design sessions; mentor SAP consultants and project staff.
• Identify process improvements by leveraging S/4HANA capabilities and industry best practices.
• Support governance, risk management, and delivery excellence throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to business development, proposals, and SAP capability development.

Skills

SAP PS

SAP CO

Project Costing

Budgeting

Forecasting

Settlements

Profitability Analysis

Project Reporting

SAP S/4HANA PS

SAP Controlling

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Integration with FI/MM/SD/PM

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Systems Manager to join our SAP practice and lead the delivery of SAP Project System (PS) and SAP Controlling (CO) solutions across complex transformation programs.

The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, project teams, architects, and cross-functional leaders to design, implement, and optimize SAP solutions that improve project visibility, financial control, operational performance, and business outcomes. The role requires strong SAP PS and CO expertise, leadership capabilities, stakeholder management skills, and experience delivering SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, configuration, and delivery of SAP Project System (PS) and SAP Controlling (CO) solutions across SAP transformation programs.
• Drive end-to-end project delivery activities from requirements gathering and solution design through testing, deployment, go-live, and hypercare support.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, functional teams, and technical teams to design integrated SAP solutions supporting project costing, budgeting, forecasting, settlements, and reporting processes.
• Facilitate workshops, solution design sessions, fit‑to‑standard discussions, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to SAP consultants and project team members.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and innovation by leveraging SAP S/4HANA capabilities and industry‑leading practices.
• Support project governance, risk management, issue resolution, and delivery excellence throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to business development activities including proposals, solution estimations, and SAP practice capability development.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong knowledge of SAP Project System (PS) and SAP Controlling (CO).
• Extensive experience in:
  • Project Costing
  • Project Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Settlements
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Project Reporting
  • SAP S/4HANA Project System
  • SAP Controlling
• Experience delivering end‑to‑end SAP implementation and transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of integration between SAP PS/CO and:
  • SAP Finance (FI)
  • Materials Management (MM)
  • Sales and Distribution (SD)
  • Plant Maintenance (PM)
  • Other related SAP modules
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing project delivery across large‑scale SAP transformation programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, problem‑solving, and facilitation skills.
• SAP certifications will be highly regarded.

Note:

• Open to any NZ locations.
• Should be NZ Citizen / PR Holder / other eligible working rights (Partner Visa, Post Study Visa, Open Work Visa).

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑and‑innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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