Associate Director, Finance Planning, Performance & Close, SAP Analytics+

The SAP Analytics+ team is organised around three core delivery pillars:

• Finance Planning, Performance & Close
• Data Platform Modernisation
• Analytics & AI

There is an opportunity for you to join and help develop our SAP Analytics+ team, specifically focusing on SAP-enabled financial planning, performance management, consolidation and close. We expect you to have recognised, market-leading expertise in using one or more of:

• SAP Analytics Cloud Planning, including predictive and workforce planning
• SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting, Group Data Analysis and Fiori reporting
• SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) and SAP BCS
• Financial close, consolidation and statutory/regulatory reporting
• Disclosure management - SAP Disclosure Management, Workiva
• AI-assisted forecasting and close, and the SAP Autonomous Finance direction

This represents a unique opportunity to develop your career in consulting within an established Big 4 consulting firm. You will have the chance to develop your technical and functional expertise in the Analytics+ tools, as well as in the delivery and implementation of large-scale technology solutions as you work on a range of projects in cross-functional teams.

In your role we expect authoritative, market-leading knowledge of financial planning, performance management and close, the SAP solutions that enable it and the industries we serve. You will own the most senior client relationships to understand client pain points, translate them into good-practice solutions, and communicate clearly at all levels of a client’s finance, business and IT organisations., As an Associate Director in Finance Planning, Performance & Close, your role will involve:

• Setting the strategy, propositions and entry offers for the Finance Planning, Performance & Close pillar, aligned to SAP’s Business AI Platform.
• Originating and closing new work - owning senior client relationships and a personal pipeline and sales target.
• Providing quality and risk oversight across multiple concurrent Finance Planning, Performance & Close engagements.
• Leading our alliance and co-sell relationships - SAP.
• Building and developing the pillar team - hiring, growing leaders and running performance and career development.
• Representing the practice externally - thought leadership, eminence and marquee-client relationships.

• A recognised, market-leading track record in the pillar, having led large, complex SAP programmes end to end.
• Authoritative command of the SAP finance analytics landscape - SAC Planning, S/4HANA Group Reporting, BPC/BCS - and of the end-to-end plan, perform and close cycle.
• Proven origination - personally opening and closing new work, with a network of senior client, SAP and alliance relationships.
• Experience leading and growing teams at scale, including developing other leaders.
• Executive presence and communication strong enough to represent the practice to marquee clients and at board level.
• A clear, current point of view on where SAP analytics is heading - Business Data Cloud, agentic AI and the Autonomous Suite - and how to monetise it.

Additional desirable experience includes:

• Qualified/part-qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA.
• SAP certification in SAC Planning, S/4HANA Group Reporting or BPC.
• Experience of SAP Disclosure Management or Workiva.
• S/4HANA finance transformation experience.

Connect to your Industry

Do you want to be at the heart of some of the biggest and most ambitious AI & Data projects using SAP+ Analytics Technologies?

How do you make intelligent, future-proof decisions in a world where change is the one constant? That’s exactly what you’ll help our clients to do. You’ll develop trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders and use proven methodologies to deliver high quality work that maximises value for our clients. As part of a practice that brings research and analytics expertise together with deep industry knowledge and extensive GenAI capability, you’ll execute programmes that are not only innovative, but deliver the most positive impact to people, clients and society.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients’ become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

Want to extend your technical and advisory skills delivering total solutions to an outstanding client base? Joining the Deloitte SAP Analytics+ team, within Enterprise Technology & Performance (ET&P) will enable you to combine your senior-level client advisory skills with your deep technical expertise all within a high-impact environment.

We are looking for enthusiastic and driven individuals to help to lead Deloitte’s leading SAP Analytics+ team. Working with a diverse portfolio of clients across various industries, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional service, designing, and implementing SAP Analytics+ solutions that meet their specific business needs.

You will collaborate with a broad range of international and industry-leading clients who are navigating rapidly evolving digital ecosystems where high-quality data is critical for operational efficiency, customer experience, regulatory compliance, and analytics-driven decision-making. You will bring deep expertise in Enterprise Data management, Reporting, Planning and Consolidation.

You will be part of a diverse team that challenges itself to provide innovative solutions in high-profile, complex projects. Working alongside excellent colleagues from around the firm and across the globe, Deloitte is an environment where you and your career can flourish., Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Enterprise, Technology and Performance

Our clients want to achieve maximum value from digital transformation investments in Finance, Supply Chain and IT operations. That’s where we come in. By taking a holistic view of performance improvement, including strategy, process design and technology enablement, we support the smooth operation of transformations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further details as you progress through the recruitment process, or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“I’ve never experienced another culture that’s so unafraid to break traditional boundaries and is so forward looking in its strategy and approach. It’s exciting to be working somewhere that’s bringing together a unique set of capabilities that we can see clients are looking for and value.”

• Gillian, Technology & Transformation

“What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte’s clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.”

• Dan, Technology & Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London or Manchester with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter about the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So, we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So, we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.