Manager, SAP AI & Agent Governance

KPMG LLP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP in Houston is seeking a Manager, SAP AI & Agent Governance to lead the design and delivery of AI-enabled, agentic business processes across SAP Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, and other enterprise functions.

You will apply SAP functional expertise to define AI agent responsibilities, governance controls, and access models; design governance frameworks for AI agents; evaluate risks; collaborate with SAP BTP, IAM/IGA, security, GRC, and AI teams; and support client

Qualifications

• Five+ years in SAP functional consulting or related transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of SAP processes in Finance, Procurement, or Supply Chain.
• Experience with AI-enabled transformation and intelligent automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of AI-enabled and agentic business processes across SAP domains.
• Define governance controls, access models, and segregation of duties for AI agents.
• Design governance frameworks for AI agents, including identity and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate risks and design control frameworks with monitoring capabilities.
• Collaborate with SAP BTP, IAM/IGA, security, GRC, and AI teams to govern access.
• Support client workshops and contribute to methodologies and proposals.

Skills

SAP

S/4HANA

Intelligent automation

AI in business processes

Governance & controls

Leadership

Communication

Security & IAM

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, engineering, technology, or related field

GED/high school diploma + 7 years SAP experience

Tools

SAP Build

APIs

Integration platforms

SAP BTP

Copilots / AI agents

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Manager, SAP AI & Agent Governance to join our Advisory Technology Organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and delivery of AI-enabled and agentic business processes across SAP Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, and other enterprise functions
• Apply SAP functional and business process expertise to define AI agent responsibilities, delegated authority, access models, approval thresholds, segregation of duties requirements, and governance controls
• Design governance frameworks for AI agents and other non-human actors, including identity, roles, lifecycle management, monitoring, controls, guardrails, and human oversight requirements
• Evaluate risks associated with AI-enabled business processes and design practical control frameworks, escalation mechanisms, exception handling, transaction limits, and runtime monitoring capabilities
• Collaborate with SAP BTP, integration, IAM/IGA, security, cyber, GRC, and AI teams to establish governed access to SAP applications, workflows, APIs, and enterprise data
• Facilitate client workshops and support engagement delivery while contributing to KPMG methodologies, accelerators, thought leadership, proposals, and go-to-market initiatives for Trusted Agents
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent experience in SAP functional consulting, SAP business process transformation, S/4HANA programs, intelligent automation, AI-enabled transformation, enterprise architecture, identity, security, controls, or related technology initiatives
• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, engineering, technology, or related field preferred; or minimum of a high school diploma or GED required plus seven years of relevant SAP implementation experience
• Strong hands-on understanding of one or more SAP business process areas such as Finance/Controlling, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Asset Management, or Human Capital Management, including SAP processes, transactions, master data, workflow, integrations, and business requirements
• Experience with AI, intelligent automation, SAP BTP, SAP Build, workflow, APIs, integration platforms, copilots, AI agents, or other emerging automation technologies is strongly preferred
• Understanding of identity and authorization concepts including least privilege, role-based access, delegated authority, segregation of duties, privileged access, identity lifecycle management, and related governance controls
• Strong ability to translate business process requirements into practical AI, automation, governance, risk, and control solutions; project or team leadership experience within consulting or professional services is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with the ability to work effectively with senior business and technology leaders
• Travel could be as high as 80% at times
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)