SAP Finance Senior Manager

We are Accenture's SAP practice, and we live to see how this can transform the way we live and work. We are the industry-leader for building SAP Retail and Fashion solutions and we're curious and always learning. We are assembling a talented team and providing our people with opportunities to gain new skills, training, and experience. Additionally, the Retail industry is going through remarkable levels of transformation as they are developing new business models, new digital sales channels, analytics capabilities to understand customer needs, and transforming internal operations for efficiencies. SAP technologies power these organizations with modern cloud-based and AI-enabled solutions, and Accenture is the undisputed market leader in this industry. We are continuously expanding our SAP team with advisory skills to continue to drive transformation at scale for our clients.

You are a confident leader who spots and stays ahead of the SAP platform, industry, and finance trends and knows how to translate client goals into clear and actionable outcomes that everyone can get behind. You know how to fully utilize the capabilities of various SAP platforms to drive business value, transform end-to-end functions and drive leading practices for your clients in markets all over the globe. The more complex their challenges, the more excited you are about leading the charge to solve them.

The work: Team with clients on their SAP functional transformation programs through your combined SAP application and functional process expertise which includes your ability to:

• Engage with senior client finance executives on the business challenges/trends and the potential value of SAP solutions (current & future)
• Lead customers in defining their SAP journey through the development of business cases & roadmaps including during sales origination, proposal development and client presentations
• Architect e2e finance solutions that leverage SAP technologies, custom apps, & add on partner solutions
• Clearly explain SAP's Business AI strategy, including an understanding of its capabilities and roadmap. Identify functional areas expertise where AI can deliver real value to clients
• Experience in deployment of AI use cases within SAP delivery to improve efficiency and ability to explain how these AI-driven improvements can enhance project delivery
• Advise, design and deliver finance solutions based on the latest industry and technology best practices leveraging a SAP solutions and embedded innovation
• Lead large project teams of varying size and scope helping them achieve transformational roadmaps - onsite with clients or within Accenture
• Become a trusted expert and advisor to your clients, team, and Accenture Leadership by staying current on regulations, trends, and innovations across your area of expertise
• Be a thought leader, build assets and best practices and develop the next level of transformation experts

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's what you need:

• Minimum of 7 years of SAP functional and technical expertise in finance, including but not limited to: GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in SAP projects supporting retail/grocery clients (SAP support / managed services experience will not be considered for this requirement)
• Minimum of 3 end-to-end SAP S/4 implementations, including project planning, estimation and solution architecture for retail/grocery clients
• Experience managing SAP delivery teams, in a global delivery model, including but not limited to the following responsibilities: driving complex workshops and leading design decisions, as well as leading the design and execution of system build, configuration, testing, cutover, and go-live
• Prior experience in an advisory and/or consulting role
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If associate's degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

Role location annual salary range:

• California: $132,500 to $338,300
• Cleveland: $122,700 to $270,600
• Colorado: $132,500 to $292,200
• District of Columbia: $141,100 to $311,200
• Illinois: $122,700 to $292,200
• Maryland: $132,500 to $292,200
• Massachusetts: $132,500 to $311,200
• Minnesota: $132,500 to $292,200
• New York/New Jersey: $122,700 to $338,300
• Washington: $141,100 to $311,200

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