SAP Digital Supply Chain Director

Powered Enterprise is KPMG’s world-class accelerated Enterprise Business Transformation approach for cloud-based solutions that uses pre-designed back-office leading practices and KPMG’s six-layer Target Operating Model. It enables clients to make better, faster decisions, resulting in a quicker implementation and a faster path to Return on Investment. This solution combines the breadth and scale of KPMG’s leading practice, capabilities and insight into a complete solution for an effective back-office.

The Powered Apps teams are communities of technology focussed professionals who work together to deliver KPMG Powered Enterprise through a standardised delivery model, which drives professional delivery to clients. The teams use their functional knowledge and experience (e.g. Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement), coupled with their expertise in the cloud applications (e.g. SAP, Ariba) to lead and deliver client programmes, support pre-sales activities and develop improvement and extensions to Powered Enterprise.

The Role

We are seeking talented individuals with experience of SAP S/4HANA advisory and implementation across various solution process areas. This is a high-profile role within the Supply Chain Capability team, requiring a balance of business development / sales origination to grow the practice and strong client delivery.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Lead business development and sales initiatives including bid, proposal, and contract / commercial negotiations with our SAP clients
• As an Engagement Lead, and/or as a Enterprise Architect lead the delivery of high-quality SAP S/4HANA advisory and delivery projects
• Provide specialist advice in SAP Digital Supply Chain management and work closely with client leads to optimise processes and maximise the benefits of SAP
• Lead the growth of SAP Supply Chain Capability through sharing knowledge, developing thought leadership and supporting the career aspirations of team members
• Have a functional expertise of latest SAP Digital Supply Chain solution and roadmap  
• Advise on migration roadmap to SAP S/4 HANA  
• Industry experience of SAP S/4 implementation in manufacturing industries, consumer packaging goods, pharmaceutical, or retail

The Person

•  
• Functional expertise and knowledge of the latest SAP Digital Supply Chain suite and roadmap
• Deep understanding and knowledge of digital Supply Chain trends e.g., Industry 4.0, Digital manufacturing, SCM Digital Solutions that integrate with SAP).
• Experience in leading on bids, proposals, and commercial negotiations with clients
• Proven Engagement Lead and/or Enterprise Architect experience for large scale SAP transformation programs
• Experience leading onshore, offshore, and near-shore resources effectively to ensure the most efficient delivery for the client
• Ability to build strong client relationships based on subject matter expertise and quality of delivery
• Strong interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational skills
• Facilitation and problem-solving skills along with excellent communication skills (written and oral) whether this is with client stakeholders or remote development teams
• SAP system design, build and deployment experience – minimum 4 full lifecycle implementations preferred
• Experience of business analysis, facilitating a design workshop to gather requirements and then translating the requirements into design
• Experience producing high quality project deliverables (business requirements, solution design document, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices etc.)
<

We are seeking talented individuals with experience of SAP S/4HANA implementations across various Supply Chain solution process areas. This is a high-profile role within the Supply Chain Capability team, requiring a balance of business development / sales origination to grow the practice and strong client delivery.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• As an Engagement Manager, and/or as a Solution Architect lead the delivery of high-quality SAP S/4HANA advisory and delivery projects
• Provide specialist advice in SAP Supply Chain management and work closely with client leads to optimise processes and maximise the benefits of SAP
• Lead and contribute to business development and sales initiatives including bid, proposal, and contract / commercial negotiations with our SAP clients
• Lead the growth of SAP Supply Chain Capability through sharing knowledge, developing thought leadership and supporting the career aspirations of team members

Base Location: London/Bristol plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

The KPMG Defence Consulting and National Security function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from London and Bristol we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies.  We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

We advise government and industry clients on their largest, most complex, and highest profile strategic issues. Our team combines deep sector insight, expert consulting capabilities and trusted client relationships to design and implement solutions that span all aspects of our clients’ operations. We become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as an Assistant Manager within our National Security function?

Defence and National Security is a KPMG priority sector. That means we are a fast-growing team which presents exciting opportunities for a manager to lead impactful projects, drive our ambitious growth agenda and seek career progression.

The Cyber Response & Recovery Senior Manager role will be working in the Cyber Response Services (CRS) Team within our Risk Consulting practice, reporting directly into the head of cyber response. Cyber security is one of the areas which KPMG has identified for tremendous investment and growth. Our clients face a challenging cyber threat and look to us to help them understand and respond to that threat.

This is a hands-on and operational management role with opportunities to grow into service line leadership. The successful candidate is expected to manage a broad range of cyber-security incidents as well as perform digital forensics (disk, volatile memory, network packets, logfiles) and help advance KPMG’s incident response processes and methodologies.

In this role we are looking for a person who can demonstrate strong technical background, significant experience in incident response and digital forensics and is looking to grow into an incident response leadership role as part of a growing team. You will be expected to lead a number of incident response case managers and practitioners, as well as have the opportunity to work with, and learn from, the service leadership as part of your continuous development.

MS Dynamics 365 F&O Senior Finance Consultant
 

The Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) business unit at KPMG is looking for a Dynamics 365F&O Senior Finance Consultant with experience across all phases of large-scale enterprise Dynamics 365F&O projects. With a hands-on approach and solid understanding of finance process and procedures combined with knowledge of interfacing and integration with Dynamics products. A demonstrable history of consultancy experience is a must as this role will entail continuous interaction with clients and project teams working alongside both onshore and offshore development teams. This role will also require a level of presales activities focused around Dynamics F&O functionality and the wider Microsoft platform. You will also contribute to proposal development and provide input in business development whilst mentoring more junior staff.
 

This role is therefore key to KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions’ customer delivery of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations solutions. It is a dynamic and exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing business area within an established and market-leading global Big 4 firm.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in full end-to-end implementations and all phases of project life cycle
• Involvement with D365FO interfaces and Integrations
• Ability to gather and document functional requirements and complete gap/fit analysis
• Ability to produce solution design and integration design documents, alongside development teams.
• Demonstrate awareness of scope (creep) and use of change control
• Delivery of end-user training to clients and colleagues
• Provide on-site support and assistance throughout delivery and go-live phases of project
• Have awareness of product roadmap and the content of future releases of D365FO
• Provide on-site support and assistance throughout delivery and go-live phases of project to client and more junior team members
• Involvement in responding to RFPs and RFQs
• Solves and advises on complex problems with creative solutions
• Knowledge of product roadmap and the content of future releases of D365FO in the finance area and demonstrate changes/additions to team members
• Awareness around upselling and understanding of additional company capabilities
• Partake in practice development activities
• Promotes the Values of our company
• Ensure timely completion of internal processes and mandatory training
• Have awareness of product roadmap and the content of future releases of D365FO
• Demonstrate awareness around upselling and company capabilities
• Carry out additional duties as may occur from time to time as instructed and agreed by Directors
• Represent KPMG MBS in a professional and positive manner at all times

Requirements

Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in consulting and very good presentation skills
• Ability to lead meetings and workshop, and confidently present to the C-Suite
• Minimum of 4 years Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations (D365FO) or AX2012 implementation experience including the following modules and areas
  • General Ledger
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Cash and Bank Management
  • Budgeting
  • Project Management and Accounting
  • Fixed Assets
  • Management Reporter

• Financial Consolidation and elimination experience
• Experience with electronic banking file and tax reporting needs
• Knowledge of Financial workflow and journal approval
• Multi-legal entries experience
• Multi-currency experience
• Experience with (D365FO) interfaces and Integrations
• Good understanding of Accounting processes, principles, functionality & systems
• Microsoft Dynamics certification in Finance, ideally most current version
• Solid Finance background (ACA/ACCA/CIMA part qualified; qualified is desirable but not essential)
• Beneficial to have experience of LCS and Azure DevOps
• Good MS Office skills (primarily Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Visio is a plus)
• Understanding of Power Platform capabilities and Business Intelligence (BI) is preferred

Soft Skills

• Exudes confidence
• Works independently as well as in a team environment
• Ability to manage others and lead more junior consultants for a successful outcome
• Acts with professional demeanour
• Manages time and multiple tasks accordingly
• Thinks clearly and calmly under pressure
• Solves complex problems with creative solutions
• Client centric approach with emphasis on client satisfaction
• Desires to constantly assess and incorporate new technologies and software into own skillset
• Promotes the Values of our company
• Confidence to reach out to more senior colleagues for guidance