EPM Manager (SAC)

Grade:

Assistant Manager

Job Title:

EPM Assistant Manager (SAP Analytics Cloud)

Locations:

London

Capability:

Advisory - Consulting

Service Line:

CS&P EPM

Contract Type:

Permanent

Summary of Role Purpose:

The Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) team is seeking an Assistant Manager with strong SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) experience to expand our delivery capacity and serve a growing pipeline of opportunities.

Description of the role:

The KPMG EPM capability within our Consulting business specialises in transforming end-to-end planning, forecasting, and consolidation processes through leading technology solutions. We are business integrators who, using our industry-leading methodologies, help clients accelerate their transformations and reduce the time and effort required to accurately predict and report business performance. This is enabled by harnessing advanced analytical techniques, technology, and centres of excellence that all contribute to better, faster decisions.

Our SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Practice is a strategic area for growth. We are looking for an experienced SAC professional to join our team to design and deliver solutions that help our clients achieve step changes in performance, productivity, and profitability

Role dimensions:

Engagement Delivery: Own deliverables and/or manage small workstreams in client engagements, business development, and practice development initiatives. Responsible for producing high-quality outputs, on time, to meet/exceed client expectations.

People Development: Monitor and support team members, accelerating their development with a particular emphasis on coaching and skills transfer.

SAC Development Expertise: Demonstrate application knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud technology and use of best practice principles when executing development tasks. Support SAC go-to-market propositions and asset development. Ideally demonstratate an undersatnding of how SAC can be used to support our typical EPM propositions and client problems around Target Operating Model design across:

• Planning Budgeting and Forecasting,
• Benefits/ Value realisation and tracking,
• Cost management (cost reduction, allocation & attribution)
• Investment/ change portfolio management

Business Development: Contribute to the establishment and development of both internal and external relationships and support the business development activity of senior team members (including shaping, developing, contributing to, and presenting proposals/bids for future work).

The Person:

Successful candidates should have EPM experience, and in particular knowledge/experience of consulting to design/deliver solutions which have assisted in driving the client’s strategy. They should also be able to demonstrate the experience of or ability to deliver the following:

Client Delivery

• Experience of SAP Analytics Cloud development work in the context of major and complex transformation programmes/projects.
• Strong knowledge of SAC platform functionalities, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Experience of Finance use cases in SAC (e.g., income statement forecasting, cost allocations, workforce-cost planning) and the accompanying reporting packages.
• Troubleshoot problems and fixes for bugs identified across testing cycles/environments and Go-Live in an agile manner.
• Good knowledge of financial processes, including integrated business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Good understanding of issues and challenges facing Finance functions, Finance business partnering, and trends in Finance.
• Build positive and collaborative relationships with client stakeholders.
• Ability to organise and prioritise work to meet project requirements.
• Good communicator with the ability to build strong and lasting internal and client relationships.
• Evidence of being an active listener, strong team player, and willingness to develop new skills and capabilities.

Business Development

• Support Partners and Directors in driving business development and sales activities.
• Support responses to client requests for proposals (RFPs).

Practice Development

• Support activities that contribute to the growth of our strategic alliance with SAP.
• Support management with internal operational responsibilities for the team.
• Participate in SAP upskill opportunities through virtual or classroom initiatives including certification programs
• Support practice development initiatives (that grow and promote the EPM practice internally and externally) and provide guidance to junior members of the team on these initiatives

People Management

• Contribute to formal training, knowledge sharing, and networking activities for the team.
• Take part in internal initiatives that seek to strengthen culture, job satisfaction, and wellbeing within the team.

KPMG Overview:

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.