SAP Delivery Consultant

Location: London / Birmingham / Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)

Level: Consultant

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In our team you will:

As an SAP Delivery Consultant professional at Accenture, you will play a crucial role in in large-scale end-to-end international projects where Accenture’s team play a key role in designing and delivering the solution to our client. You will drive industry innovation by delivering SAP S/4HANA solutions. By unlocking your potential, you will be playing an active role in building new and innovative applications and industry solutions.

Specifically, we are looking for people with either Test Lead, Cutover or PMO skills. As a Test Lead, you would be responsible for leading the testing efforts (unit, integration, performance and user) for SAP implementations and upgrades to ensure the quality and reliability of SAP solutions.

In a Cutover role, you would plan, manage, and execute the cutover activities for SAP implementations to ensure a smooth transition from legacy systems to SAP solutions.

As PMO, you will be responsible for definition of project management and governance processes for the SAP implementation. While supporting the project management team on executing planning, financial, RAID, quality, resourcing and reporting processes.

In either role you will work closely with clients, project teams, and stakeholders to ensure the quality, reliability and smooth implementation of SAP solutions.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• 3+ years’ experience in SAP cutover planning and, testing and quality assurance or project management / PMO roles in SAP projects.

• Deep understanding of SAP, and the capability to handle non-SAP components when required.

• Develop and manage detailed cutover plans, including timelines, resources, and dependencies.

• Coordinate and lead cutover activities, ensuring all tasks are completed on schedule.

• Develop and manage project management and governance processes for a large scale SAP implementation.

• Previous experience of working with Global teams with various stakeholders and multiple delivery partners. 

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.

• Creativity and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach.

• Ability to think analytically.

Set yourself apart:

• Strong knowledge of SAP modules and their integration points.

• Proficiency in test management tools such as HP ALM, JIRA, or similar.

• Experience in defining the detailed cutover plan for a large scale SAP implementation, resolving discrepancies or process issues related to cut-over.

• Experience in implementing project management tooling and reporting, including Power BI.

• Proactive in identifying process and technology improvement areas and proposing suitable alternatives.

• Expertise in revenue management, handling actual and forecasted revenues, and maintaining Cost-to-Charge Ratio (CCI%) for engagements.

• S4/HANA experience is highly desirable.

• Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is a plus.

• SAP certification(s) is a plus.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications 01/02/2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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About Accenture

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