SAP S​/HANA Finance Consultant - Utilities

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A finance-minded SAP ERP Consultant who helps CFOs and controllers transform core accounting and finance operations on SAP S/4

HANA ERP.

You blend deep functional knowledge of Financial General Ledger and Sub-ledger processes with strong consulting, communication, and delivery skills. You are comfortable partnering across business, technology, testing, training, and offshore teams to align priorities, solve complex finance problems, and guide users through new ways of working.

You bring hands‑on experience configuring SAP ERP, working with finance process data, and translating CFO priorities into scalable solutions that drive enterprise value, controls, and decision‑ready insight.

• Engage with client Finance stakeholders—including controllers, accounting managers, and process owners—to understand current‑state pain points and translate them into SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance requirements.
• Contribute to business cases, roadmaps, and client presentations that articulate the value of SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance solutions for the CFO agenda.
• Design and configure end‑to‑end Finance solutions across GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, and Product Costing, leveraging SAP S/4
  
  HANA, Central Finance, and partner solutions.
• Analyze finance process data—including chart of accounts, master data, sub‑ledger mappings, journals, asset registers, and reconciliations—to inform design, cleanse legacy data, and validate cutover readiness.
• Execute and coordinate system testing (unit, SIT, UAT), defect triage, cutover activities, and hyper‑care for SAP Finance releases.
• Apply SAP’s Business AI capabilities and GenAI use cases in finance delivery to improve efficiency in close, controls, and reporting processes.
• Collaborate across cross‑functional teams—including business, technology, integration, testing, training, client, and offshore—within a Global Delivery model.
• Coach analysts and junior team members, contribute to internal assets and best practices, and continuously deepen your SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance expertise.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 % to 100 % depending on business need and client requirements.

• Minimum of 3 years of functional experience in SAP Finance, including hands‑on exposure to GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, and/or Product Costing.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands‑on experience with SAP Asset Accounting / Fixed Assets, including capitalization, depreciation, and parallel ledger requirements.
• Minimum of 2 end‑to‑end SAP S/4
  
  HANA or SAP Finance implementations in a configuration, functional, or delivery role.
• Minimum of 3 years of finance transformation consulting experience—including process design, controllership, close optimization, or CFO advisory work.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years’ work experience). If an Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience.

• You have a SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance certification (e.g., SAP Certified Associate – SAP S/4
  
  HANA for Financial Accounting or Management Accounting).
• You have a CPA, CMA, ACCA, MBA, or equivalent accounting/finance credential (or in progress).
• You have experience with SAP Central Finance, Group Reporting, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or SAP Datasphere.
• You have familiarity with embedding GenAI / agentic AI into close, controls, and reporting processes.
• You have experience supporting workshops and design decisions across system build, configuration, testing, cutover, and go‑live in the SAP Finance area.
• You have experience collaborating across cross‑functional business, technology, integration, testing, training, client, and offshore teams in a Global Delivery model.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

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