SAP Finance Consultant - Controlling

Location: Manchester/Birmingham/London

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Consultant/Associate Manager

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Role and Delivery Approach

As a team: You will be an integral part of our SAP delivery projects, acting as a Functional Expert in a specific area. You will work closely with clients, translating their business and functional requirements into SAP design documents. In this delivery-focused role, you may lead a functional team and stay on one project for an extended period. Your strong business process knowledge, combined with your in-depth expertise in your functional area, will be key to designing effective and efficient solutions for our clients. Additionally, you will contribute to the Fit to Standard approach for SAP S/4 transformations.

In our team you will:

• Work with single or multiple clients at a time, focusing on delivery projects as a Functional Expert in Finance and Controlling.
• Engage in longer-term projects, collaborating with clients and functional teams to design and implement SAP solutions.
• Willingness to travel when required.

We are seeking an experienced SAP Controlling Consultant/Associate Manager with deep expertise across financial and management accounting processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end business and finance workflows, combined with hands-on experience in key SAP CO components including Allocations, Inventory Valuation, Product Costing, Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, and COPA.

This is a senior role requiring strong leadership capabilities, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive high-quality transformation across finance functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of SAP Controlling solutions across large-scale programmes and S/4HANA transformations.
• Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to gather requirements, challenge assumptions, and build future-state process designs.
• Translate business needs into robust SAP CO processes and configuration.
• Drive finance process optimisation and re-engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across OTC, RTR, PTP and other integrated processes.
• Present solution strategies and roadmaps to senior leadership, including C-suite stakeholders.
• Guide and mentor junior consultants, ensuring quality and consistency across deliverables.

Qualification

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of SAP Finance experience, with strong understanding of SAP Controlling and cross-functional integration.
• Minimum 4 full lifecycle implementations, covering all project phases from design to deployment.
• Deep expertise in: Inventory Valuation, Profitability Analysis (COPA), Internal Orders, Product Costing, Cost Centre & Profit Centre Accounting.
• Proven success delivering SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Strong capability in leading workshops, documenting functional requirements, and designing scalable SAP solutions.
• Experience defining SAP Finance roadmaps and advising clients on functional strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to lead business process reengineering to improve efficiency and standardisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging executive-level audiences.

Desirable Skills

• Strong understanding of controlling and cost management methodologies.
• Broader knowledge of the S/4HANA technology landscape, migration approaches, and complementary solutions.
• Experience with revenue recognition processes, including result analysis and event-based revenue recognition.
• Familiarity with project management solutions such as PPM, CPM, and EPPM for cost planning, budgeting, and settlement.
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud certification (or willingness to pursue certification).
• Experience working on SAP Public or Private Cloud implementations.
• Interest in developing expertise as a Finance functional Subject Matter Expert (SME).

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 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 first-class services we are known for.

Closing Date / Locations

Closing Date for Applications: 31/05/2026. Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

Locations: London, Birmingham, Manchester