SAP Finance Lead

Accenture•Nashville, TN

5d•$68,300 - $218,800•Hybrid

About The Position

The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) is the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000 people across 24 countries, ATCs will provide our clients seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions. Stronger together! The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems leveraging Innovation, Intelligence, Industry insights, new IT and new technology skills. Now, with the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients. The value for our clients and our people For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world. For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges. Lead the SAP Finance workstream during the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation lifecycle ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet project timelines and standards. Engage with client stakeholders to understand, assess, and design core elements like Chart of Accounts, RTR organization structure etc. Drive solution walkthroughs with business and IT stakeholders, ensuring alignment with a global design template. Design and configure key R2R areas such as New GL, Universal Journal (ACDOCA) based parallel Ledgers and Document Splitting. Provide leadership and guidance to offshore/onshore team members for activities such as functional specifications, testing, defect resolution, and cutover planning. Support data migration, including validation and reconciliation of master data, balances, fixed assets, and opening entries. Collaborate with testing and training teams to ensure smooth UAT, training, and go-live preparation.

Requirements

A minimum of five years of hands-on SAP experience in Financial Accounting and Reporting (FI/CO), including at least 1 full-cycle S/4HANA implementation as an R2R Lead or SME.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).

Nice To Haves

Strong business process understanding of Record to Report including operational challenges and reporting.
Experience with configuration and functional specifications in SAP FI modules and in-depth exposure to integration with Procure-to-pay and Order-to-cash processes
Ability to translate complex business requirements into system design and clear functional documentation.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly in client-facing environments.
You’ve worked with SAP Central Finance in a multi-entity multi source-system landscape.
You have domain experience of Finance or Management Accounting within Manufacturing or related industries.
You’ve worked in Agile/Hybrid project methodologies and are familiar with Solution Manager, SAP Activate and tools like JIRA
You hold relevant SAP certifications (e.g., SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associate)

Responsibilities

Lead the SAP Finance workstream during the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation lifecycle ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet project timelines and standards.
Engage with client stakeholders to understand, assess, and design core elements like Chart of Accounts, RTR organization structure etc.
Drive solution walkthroughs with business and IT stakeholders, ensuring alignment with a global design template.
Design and configure key R2R areas such as New GL, Universal Journal (ACDOCA) based parallel Ledgers and Document Splitting.
Provide leadership and guidance to offshore/onshore team members for activities such as functional specifications, testing, defect resolution, and cutover planning.
Support data migration, including validation and reconciliation of master data, balances, fixed assets, and opening entries.
Collaborate with testing and training teams to ensure smooth UAT, training, and go-live preparation.