SAP S/4HANA Finance – Manager

About the Team

KPMG’s Technology Implementation team partners with organisations across a wide range of industries to deliver technology‑enabled business transformation. We take a business‑driven approach that combines deep industry insight, functional expertise and leading technology to support our clients’ strategic goals and long‑term value creation.

Our growing national SAP Capability brings together talented professionals who collaborate closely with clients to design, implement and optimise SAP S/4HANA solutions that enhance financial performance, governance and decision‑making.

Your Opportunity

As an SAP S/4HANA Finance Manager, you will play a key leadership role within our SAP Capability team, leading a small team of SAP analysts and functional consultants to deliver high‑quality finance solutions for our clients.

This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of clients and industries, applying your deep SAP Finance expertise, including Joint Venture Accounting, to drive meaningful outcomes. You will combine hands‑on functional knowledge with strong stakeholder engagement and people leadership to support complex finance transformations in a dynamic consulting environment.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Solution Design & Configuration: Leading the design, configuration and enhancement of SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling solutions, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Cost and Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing, Margin Analysis, Profitability Analysis, and Joint Venture Accounting (JVA).
• Team Leadership: Leading, mentoring and supporting a small team of SAP analysts and functional consultants, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and high‑performing team culture.
• Business Process Optimisation: Partnering with finance stakeholders to assess current‑state processes, identify gaps and implement SAP‑enabled best practices to improve efficiency, transparency and compliance.
• Integration Management: Ensuring effective integration between SAP FI/CO, Joint Venture Accounting, other SAP modules (such as MM, SD and PP) and external systems, with a strong focus on data integrity and end‑to‑end process alignment.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acting as a trusted advisor and liaison between business and technology teams, translating business requirements into clear functional and technical outcomes aligned to strategic objectives.
• Support & Troubleshooting: Providing expert‑level support across critical finance processes, including month‑end and year‑end close, reporting, and issue resolution.
• Training & Documentation: Developing and delivering user training, knowledge transfer and maintaining high‑quality documentation of configurations, processes and controls.
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation: Staying up to date with SAP S/4HANA advancements and emerging capabilities, and proactively recommending enhancements to improve financial operations and reporting.

Experience

To be successful in this role, your experience may include:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience delivering SAP Finance implementations in a consulting or client‑facing environment.
• Strong functional expertise in SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling, with experience across one or more of the following areas:• Financial Accounting (GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets)
• Group Reporting
• Management Accounting / Cost Controlling
• Margin Analysis
• Product Costing
• Joint Venture Accounting

• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring team members and contributing to their development.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively.
• A collaborative, inclusive leadership style and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

At KPMG, we value diversity of thought, background and lived experience, and we encourage applications from people with varied career paths and perspectives.

• Tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) in a relevant discipline.
• Current SAP S/4HANA certification(s) in Finance, Controlling and/or related modules.

KPMG is a professional services firm with global outreach and deep sector experience. We work with clients across an array of industries to solve complex challenges, steer change and enable growth. 

Our people are what make KPMG the thriving workplace that it is and what sets us apart is that we know great minds think differently. Collaborate with a team of passionate, highly skilled professionals who’ve got your back. You’ll build relationships with unique and diverse colleagues who will provide you with the support you need to be your best and produce meaningful and impactful work in an inclusive, equitable culture.

At KPMG, you’ll take control over how you work. We’re embracing a new way of working in many ways, from offering flexible hours and locations to generous paid parental leave and career breaks. Our people enjoy a variety of exciting perks, including retail discounts, health and wellbeing initiatives, learning and growth opportunities, salary packaging options and more.

Diverse candidates have diverse needs. During your recruitment journey, information will be provided about adjustment requests. If you require additional support before submitting your application, please contact the Talent Attraction Support Team.

At KPMG every career is different, and we look forward to seeing how you grow with us.

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