Technology Consulting - Senior Functional Architect (SAP S/4HANA)

Whole industries have been disrupted and transformed in recent years by digital technology. As a Technology Consulting Professional, you will help businesses realise the value they can gain from their IT investments — supporting strategy and being a key growth driver. As part of a high-performing team, you will deliver exceptional client service — providing advice on how technology enablement, digital transformation and enterprise intelligence contribute to performance improvement, as well as how IT can act as multiplying effect during major program transformations.

As organisations look to leverage the advantage IT offers, we will work with you to develop the consultancy and analytical skills that you will need in today’s environment. Working on projects that cross borders and sectors, the experiences you gain here will be more valuable than anywhere else. So whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

The opportunity

The functional lead will prepare workshop materials- per L3 process identifying likely pain-points and opportunities for a given client using EY's collateral and their own experiences.

They will facilitate workshops to step through every L3 process, understanding how the Client performs the process and their pain-points / points of competitive advantage. During the workshops, they will identify the key differences to SAP S/4HANA- identifying and explaining opportunities.

Using EY's Phase 0 methodology, they will prioritize the opportunities considering the Client's business vision and their own experience. They will explain the prioritization to the business. They will identify where a differentiated solution is required to enable the Client to achieve their business vision.

They will summarize their findings in a report to be presented to the Client's senior leaders.

Your key responsibilities:

• You are the day-to-day point of contact for clients and senior managers on projects. You structure and engage teams to deliver high quality outputs
• Along with senior management, you take the lead in identifying client issues and proposing the most appropriate approach for challenges that governments face
• You help develop the business and acquire new clients and engagements, including the identification and pursuit of business opportunities by forging strong client relationships
• You build and maintain long-term relationships with senior clients
• You will be involved in defining and delivering digital solutions for our clients
• You drive strategic discussions regarding business objectives and strategy KPIs
• You capture strategic objectives, vision and iterative feedback from our clients’ stakeholders
• You drive ideation, evaluation, definition and prioritization of features and use cases
• You help lead a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and user researchers to build user-centric solutions
• You represent the voice of business strategy, synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data to ensure product decisions address their needs.

 Skills and attributes for success

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Dedicated, innovative, resourceful, analytical and able to work under pressure
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Experience of Design to Deployment of at least two SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• 10+ years' experience in SAP deployment role, ideally with a leading SI partner.
• Involvement in sales activities- such as RFP response for large transformation opportunities.
• Able to articulate the differences between ECC and S/4 for given functional area. Able to translate differences into the context of different business challenges.
• Able to explain the usage of S/4 in a business context- how the system and processes will work in a real-world context, using business friendly (not SAP) descriptions.
• Able to explain the benefits of an SAP standard and harmonized approach for given functional area, using examples.
• Able to demonstrate usage of key transactions within given functional area- explaining key aspects to a Client audience.
• Excellent Client facing skills:
  • Able to understand and manage perspective of people not familiar with SAP.
  • Able to listen to Client challenges and translate to a system context.
  • Able to articulate benefits and challenges of proposed solutions.
  • Able to manage senior stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English.
• Flexibility to manage rapidly changing requirements. Phase 0 deals with the Client before formal governance has been established. Requires patience and understanding.
• Able to evaluate risks to timelines / desired outcomes and propose potential mitigations.
• Self-starter. Able to manage own workload based on objectives.

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you will be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you are ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities, and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

EY offers a competitive remuneration package commensurate with your work experience, where you will be rewarded for your individual and team performance. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements (FWA), as needed, guided by our FWA Policy. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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