About this SAP S/4 Senior Manager or Senior SAP Leader role at Accenture
We are looking for a senior level professional who brings a strong balance of commercial acumen, delivery excellence, and stakeholder leadership, combined with a proven consulting background. In this role, you will help clients navigate complex SAP-led business transformations and turn ambitious programmes into measurable business outcomes.
Role & Responsibilities:
Lead end-to-end SAP S/4 transformation programmes (greenfield, brownfield, or selective).
Manage complex, multi-country and multi-stream deployments.
Oversee key programme elements, including S/4, integration, data migration, testing, and cutover.
Build trusted relationships with C-level stakeholders, acting as a strategic advisor.
Drive governance through steering committees and executive forums.
Support and lead deal shaping, proposals, and client negotiations.
Ensure strong commercial control (scope, change management, pricing, and margins).
Translate business needs into clear transformation roadmaps and drive adoption.
Lead large distributed teams across onshore and offshore models.
Manage risks, financials, and complex delivery challenges, ensuring successful outcomes.
Key requirements:
Extensive experience (+10 years) leading SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes from strategy through execution.
Strong understanding of SAP ecosystem (S/4, integration landscape, data migration, testing, cutover).
Proven background in managing complex international programmes across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
Experience operating in a client-facing leadership role, including engagement with executive stakeholders and governance forums.
Demonstrated success in combining sales, commercial awareness, and delivery leadership in programme environments.
Previous experience in a tier-1 consulting environment, with strong structured problem-solving and transformation advisory skills.
Fluency in English is required; Finnish is a plus. You must be authorised to work in Finland.
Bonus if you have:
Industry experience in manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain-heavy environments.
Experience with AI and automation in SAP programmes.
Exposure to global delivery models and GCC setups.
What We Offer:
Opportunity to build and grow the industrial SAP S/4 domain in a global context.
Access to comprehensive tools and frameworks supported by our global organisation, including methodologies, knowledge databases, expert networks, and benchmarks.
High level of autonomy and ownership.
Access to impactful, large-scale transformation programmes.
Collaborative, people-focused culture. And a great work-life balance!
Competitive compensation and benefits.
What next?
We would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and application to take the next step in your career.
Please note that our hiring team takes some well-earned time off to enjoy the summer which is why our recruitment process will be on pause during July. We'll begin reviewing applications again in August and will be in touch as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience, we appreciate your interest and wish you a fantastic summer!
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.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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