EY SAP - Data & Analytics Senior Manager Consulting Location Open 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

172584953

We innovate with SAP to co-create more innovative answers, drawing on our integrated competencies in tax, assurance, transactions and risk, as well as our work in implementing SAP. Together, we help clients provide better outcomes and long-lasting results, from strategy to execution.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead large-scale SAP client engagements or work streams.
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and possess strong business acumen. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business, and demonstrate ability assimilate to new knowledge.
• Consistently deliver quality client services. Monitor progress, manage risk and make sure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Establish relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels.
• Effectively lead and motivate teams with diverse skills and backgrounds. Provide constructive on-the-job feedback/coaching to team members. Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment. Play an active role in counseling and mentoring junior consultants within the organization.
• Generate new business opportunities. Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients. Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to serve client needs.

Skills and attributes for success

On your typical engagement, you will work with the key stakeholders to understand their needs and advise on SAP system capabilities. You will initiate the requirement gathering, architect solutions, blueprinting, testing, and complete the workflow and documentation, as well as the functional design of the solution. Liaise with the stakeholders and technical team to translate needs into business solutions and complete the configurations and/or integrations with SAP and non-SAP systems.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree with at least nine years of related work experience
• At least eight years of experience working with one or more SAP module
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills
• Experience managing SAP projects or work streams and project-based team members
• Knowledge of leading practices, benchmarking, peer company environments and prior advisory experience relevant to industry-specific finance and technology functions
• Ability and comfort-level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 80%

Ideally you’ll also have

• Prior consulting industry experience
• SAP certification/s
• Experience with at least one full-cycle implementation of your core module

• 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.