S/4 Finance Transformation Manager/Senior Manager

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow, informed and validated by science and data, superpowered by creativity and design, all underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Profile

We are seeking a highly skilled SAP S/4HANA Finance Implementation Specialist with expertise in consolidation, group reporting, Treasury and Tax. Seed Accounting is highly preferred. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the implementation of SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions, ensuring seamless integration with cross functions, particularly seed accounting processes, consolidation, tax and group reporting requirements.

You will play a key role in:

• Driving and leading full end to end implementation of SAP S/4HANA Finance modules per client’s needs.
• Leading and participating in full lifecycle SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting implementation projects, including blueprinting, configuration, testing, and go-live support.
• Configuring and customizing SAP S/4HANA modules to meet specific business requirements.
• Implementing and supporting SAP Group Reporting solutions, including data integration, consolidation, and reporting.
• Providing expert-level troubleshooting and resolution of issues related to SAP S/4HANA FICO and Group Reporting.
• Staying up to date with the latest SAP S/4HANA and Group Reporting trends and technologies.

Master Data Management: Create and manage relevant master data including Company Code, GL Accounts, Ownership Rates/percentages, Trading Partners, Class (product master), and Fund Hierarchy.

Cash and Account management Transfers: Design the facilitation of cash transfers to/from entities into funds/accounts for approved seed investments and redemptions, record seed funds in custody accounts within UK Dividends, revaluation and translation.

Market functions: Design, build and test the process to record dividends received on seed investments, with different treatments for reinvested or cash-paid dividend, revaluation and translation of seed accounts as appropriate, preparation of unconsolidated investments at market values, calculation of NCI share of funds, determine consolidation conclusions based on ownership model.

General Ledger and period end Accounting: Design and build process to record seed investments to the appropriate general ledger accounts for both Book and Tax Basis, monthly gain/loss analysis, seed hedge activity with integration to Treasury, and trial balance preparation at the Fund level.

Reporting: Design processes to present seed investments in financial statements, including deconsolidation, cash flow statements and ETF corporate investments and compliance and legal reporting to the respective authorities, and YTD versions of detailed seed data and seed table for management dashboards and SEC disclosures.

Disclosure and Risk: Design detailed schedules for the US Investments Risk team to adjust hedges, preparation of detailed investment schedules with relevant underlying data, footnotes and disclosures (for 10-Q/10-K reports) and support in external audits, and preparation of schedules for third-party capital.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

Our ideal candidate will have the following personal and professional attributes:

• Extensive hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA FICO and Group Reporting.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA Finance processes, including New GL, AP, AR, and Asset Accounting.
• Proven experience in implementing SAP Group Reporting solutions, including data integration, consolidation, and reporting.
• Excellent knowledge of SAP S/4HANA configuration tools and techniques.
• Evidence of managing teams, including multiple workstreams in complex delivery environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery.
• Willingness to travel as needed.
• SAP Group Reporting or CFA certification is preferred.
• Must have experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Must have Knowledge of industry-specific regulations and standards (e.g., IFRS, US GAAP).
• Certifications on S/4HANA are preferred.

Ideally you are working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having SAP Consulting. Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.

Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be contributing to £500k of consulting revenues.

What You’ll Love About Working Here

No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It’s really rewarding. And it’s also really varied. You’ll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.

Client engagements give you the opportunity to work with our leadership and experienced consulting management, where you can learn from them, challenge them and accelerate your hands-on experience, delivery capability and industry insights. There are many opportunities like monthly team drinks to connect face-to-face with the wider team over a few drinks in the city. There are regular leadership connect sessions that will give you a different, more relaxed setting to meet up in the office to hear from the leadership, meet colleagues and discuss the trends and insights within the market.

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years.

Need To Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.