Director, SAP Finance Architect

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's strategy is to be the market leader in SAP enabled Transformations. We are recruiting exceptional individuals to provide leadership and expertise to sell and deliver groundbreaking, digital S/4HANA and SAP-enabled Finance Transformation Programmes.

Deloitte has a long-standing relationship with SAP. We advise, implement, and operate transformational solutions in SAP that create world-class business capabilities across organisations.

You will be part of a diverse team that challenges itself to provide innovative solutions in high-profile, complex projects. Working alongside excellent colleagues from around the firm and across the globe, Deloitte is an environment where you and your career can flourish.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way , serve with integrity , take care of each other , foster inclusion , and collaborate for measurable impact . These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

As a Director in our Technology and Transformation SAP practice you will specialise as an SAP Finance Architect, where you will have the opportunity to:

• Guide C-suite client executives on their strategic agenda to deliver the latest SAP Solutions creating an impact aligned with the client's business strategy.
• Structure and deliver Phase Zero opportunities, helping to inspire the clients SAP transformation plan and roadmap.
• Lead clients to envision their SAP transformation plans integrated with all relevant & applicable business processes and advise on cost-benefit/prioritization of various product packages that are most relevant to the client's agenda.
• Guide clients to understand, select and deliver different deployment approaches for their S/4HANA transformation program (e.g. Greenfield, Brownfield, Selective, Cloud, CFIN etc).
• Manage and deliver architecture and road maps on large-scale S/4HANA transformation programmes across the Finance landscape and beyond.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Guide them to design and build SAP enabled business solutions for delivery of large-scale S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Drive the Fit to Standard Agenda for high-level and detailed design workshops for the SAP functional solution, collecting business requirements and mapping out business processes.
• Design end-to-end solutions and ensure deliverables are consistent with design principles, standards and methodologies.
• Ensure the SAP solution design integrates into the client's broader technology eco-system, and architect/design integration with connected applications to ensure seamless end-to-end processes.
• Provide thought leadership and develop external market eminence through different marketing strategies/approaches.
• Develop implementation plans that maximise the potential of SAP technology whilst minimising implementation risk.
• Develop and foster trusted and productive client, alliance and internal relationships and use these to identify and develop business opportunities.
• Lead sales processes by creating compelling and commercially attractive client proposals.
• Evaluate project economics and develop a strategic approach for multi-year and/or multi-faceted projects.
• Use Deloitte's delivery networks to drive delivery efficiency and understand the levers for margin and cost/price optimisation on our client engagements.
• Strategize and plan practice development activities aligned to the wider SAP practice objectives to support sales initiatives and internal capability development.
• Inspire, mentor and lead members of your team and help us to develop our junior talent.
• Work with the latest SAP technology including AI and automation innovations.
• Work across multiple traditional and emerging client industries.
• Access SAP and professional developmental training through internal (e.g. Deloitte University) and external provision (e.g. via SAP Learning Hub). Attain and maintain SAP certification.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

You're a natural at taking initiative. Someone who brings out the best in others and is a brilliant listener. You'll grow our business without compromising standards, integrity or culture. We're all about letting our leaders lead, so we'll give you the breathing space you need to do so. To be successful in this role you are required to demonstrate experience of:

Essential

• Subject matter expertise in core SAP S/4HANA across the breadth of functionality including Financial Accounting (FI), Management Accounting (CO) and Project Systems.
• Good knowledge of non-Finance SAP modules, key business processes and integration points including Reporting solutions, Sourcing and Procurement (MM), Supply Chain, Sales (SD) and Asset Management (PM).
• Driving the design of the SAP Enterprise Structure aligned to your client's organisation and business structures.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting principles, concepts, and processes.
• Working in an architectural capacity on transformation programmes involving S/4HANA, and the various deployment solutions e.g. Central Finance, Public Cloud.
• Execution and management of configuration in multiple SAP S/4HANA modules.
• Getting the most from the latest SAP innovations, understanding the SAP roadmap and using SAP Best Practices for S/4HANA Finance and integrated modules.
• Creating project architectural and governance frameworks, setting the design principles and mechanisms to control the solution design, leading planning activities, management of project risks, issues and change requests.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex information to diverse audiences.
• Setting the fit to standard agenda for SAP programmes to ensure the team can design robust client solutions using the latest functionality to meet business requirements.
• Acting as Design Authority and ensuring the end-to-end quality of the SAP solution.
• Fluent in Agile working practices on SAP implementations, knowing how to structure project deliverables appropriately.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to forge strong professional relationships with your clients, leaders and peers.

Desirable

• Qualified/Part-Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent.
• Ability to get Security Clearance, to support activities in the Public Sector.
• Knowledge of broader architectural principles and considerations.
• Knowledge on middleware applications that support integration outside of SAP.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That's what connects us. That's what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we'll make an impact that matters.

Enterprise, Technology and Performance

Our clients want to achieve maximum value from digital transformation investments in Finance, Supply Chain and IT operations. That's where we come in. By taking a holistic view of performance improvement, including strategy, process design and technology enablement, we support the smooth operation of transformations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte's clients include many of the world's largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of." - Dan, Technology & Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level .

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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