At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead SAP finance transformation initiatives and design innovative solutions.
- Company: Join TCS, a top employer known for its inclusive culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, health care, and extensive training resources.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in finance while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in SAP Finance and proven leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Are you looking to lead SAP finance transformation initiatives within large-scale enterprise environments? We have an exciting opportunity for you!
The Role
As an SAP Finance Lead Consultant, you will be responsible for leading the design, configuration, and delivery of SAP Finance solutions across implementation, rollout, enhancement, and steady-state support phases. You will play a key role in SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes, ensuring that finance processes are optimised, compliant, and aligned with business objectives. The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, leadership in solution design, and ownership of delivery across the finance domain.
Your responsibilities:
- Lead the design, configuration, and implementation of SAP Finance (FI/CO) solutions across key processes such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Banking, and Financial Close.
- Gather, analyse, and translate business requirements into scalable SAP system solutions.
- Lead client workshops, fit-gap analysis, and solution design activities.
- Drive SAP S/4HANA Finance implementations, including corporate finance, reporting, cash management, treasury, and group reporting.
- Oversee integration with other SAP modules such as MM, SD, and CO.
- Own functional deliverables, including business requirements documents, functional specifications, and configuration documentation.
- Support testing activities, including SIT, UAT, and performance testing, ensuring deployment readiness.
- Manage data migration, validation, reconciliation, and sign-off processes.
- Act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams for issue resolution and solution alignment.
- Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, compliance, and financial performance KPIs.
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
- Strong experience in SAP Finance (FI/CO), including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Cost and Profit Centre Accounting.
- Proven experience leading SAP S/4HANA or ECC finance implementations.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end finance processes and financial reporting.
- Experience in business analysis, requirements gathering, and solution design.
- Ability to translate business requirements into configuration and functional specifications.
- Experience leading client workshops and stakeholder engagements.
- Strong knowledge of integration between SAP Finance and other modules such as MM, SD, and CO.
- Experience supporting testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to lead teams and manage deliverables across multiple workstreams.
- Extensive experience in IT services or enterprise software environments.
- Strong hands-on experience in SAP FICO modules.
- Previous experience delivering end-to-end SAP transformation programmes in client-facing roles.
- Ability to define and govern solution architecture and manage change requests.
- Experience translating functional gaps into RICEFW objects and estimating effort.
- Strong stakeholder management and the ability to work with offshore delivery teams.
- Experience creating and reviewing functional specifications, test scenarios, and training materials.
TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network. We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events.
Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Tata Consultancy Services UK & I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998. We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
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SAP Finance Lead Consultant in London employer: Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in London where innovation and collaboration thrive. As a SAP Finance Lead Consultant, you will benefit from competitive salary packages, extensive training resources, and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. With a focus on employee growth and wellness initiatives, TCS provides a rewarding career path for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the finance domain.
