Solutions Consultant for Accountants (Hybrid)

Sage; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work away scheme

Life Insurance

Income Protection

Critical Illness cover

Funeral Assistance

Provident fund

Medical aid subsidy

Sage Academy leave

Annual leave and sick leave

Volunteer days

Employee Assistance Program

Hybrid working

Job summary

Sage in Johannesburg is seeking a commercially minded Solutions Consultant for the Accountants Division who translates complex accounting and business requirements into practical Sage solutions and demonstrates measurable value to clients.

You will partner with Account Managers to run discovery, design tailored demonstrations, guide cloud migrations, and ensure seamless handoffs while keeping commercial ownership with the Account Manager.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience in solution consulting or pre-sales in ERP or accounting software.
• Strong understanding of accounting processes and finance for SMBs.
• Proven ability to translate requirements into scalable, feasible solutions and demos.
• Experience delivering software demonstrations to diverse audiences.
• Strong business-value storytelling and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discovery with Account Managers to understand client needs.
• Translate requirements into business, solution and technical specs, including integrations and migration.
• Design scalable Sage solutions aligned to client operating models and outcomes.
• Create prospect-specific demonstration environments and deliver tailored demos.
• Support cloud migrations and digital transformation journeys.
• Provide guidance on architecture, integrations, security and feasibility.
• Develop proposals, RFPs, RFIs and ROI analyses.
• Collaborate with Product, Professional Services and Customer Success teams.

Skills

Solution consulting

Pre-sales

ERP

Accounting software

Stakeholder management

Demos

Data migration

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Commerce

Sage certifications advantageous

Tools

Sage Intacct

Sage 300 People

Sage Business Cloud Accounting

APIs

Job description

Sage in Johannesburg is seeking a commercially minded Solutions Consultant for the Accountants Division who translates complex accounting and business requirements into practical Sage solutions and demonstrates measurable value to clients.

You will partner with Account Managers to run discovery, design tailored demonstrations, guide cloud migrations, and ensure seamless handoffs while keeping commercial ownership with the Account Manager.