What aspects of this job will improve your life?

If you’re a senior SAP FI/CO professional who wants to stay close to Finance rather than move deeper into technical SAC development, this role gives you exactly that opportunity.

You’ll become the finance authority on the planning implementation, owning the requirements and financial design while an established SAC technical team handles the build. You’ll have exposure to large-scale transformation, hybrid working and extensive learning and development opportunities through Capgemini.

The role also provides access to a broad learning ecosystem, including 250,000 courses and external certification opportunities, alongside flexible benefits and Capgemini’s employee recognition program.

About the role

We’re working with Capgemini to find an experienced SAP FI/CO SAC Planning Functional Lead to own the financial design of an SAC Planning implementation.

This is a finance-first functional leadership role, not an SAC developer or modeller position.

You’ll work directly with Finance and FP&A stakeholders to define planning requirements and translate S/4HANA Finance structures into a clear planning design for the SAC technical team to build.

You’ll effectively be the bridge between the business and the SAC team, accountable for scoping, finalising and communicating the Planning requirements and deliverables.

Duties

• Lead financial planning workshops with Finance and FP&A stakeholders
• Own requirements across budgeting, forecasting and planning
• Design P&L, balance sheet and cash flow planning
• Map S/4HANA FI/CO structures into the planning solution
• Define allocations, intercompany, eliminations and currency requirements
• Translate complex finance requirements for the SAC Planning technical team
• Lead finance testing and validate the solution against agreed requirements Skills & Experience

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• 8+ years’ experience across SAP FI/CO and Finance
• Strong functional experience with SAP Analytics Cloud Planning
• Proven experience leading financial planning design end-to-end
• Strong knowledge of S/4HANA Finance and Controlling
• Experience across budgeting, forecasting, allocations and intercompany
• Confidence leading workshops with senior Finance and FP&A stakeholders
• Finance or accounting background preferred
• Previous SAP BPC experience would be advantageous Important:

What this role is not:

This isn’t an SAC developer or modeller position, nor is the focus on dashboards, stories, BW, Datasphere or integration.

The sweet spot is someone who is Finance and SAP FI/CO first, with strong SAC Planning experience.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to Jon at jon.jugueta@precisionsourcing.com.au