SAP S/4HANA Finance SME - Contract - Outside IR35
Posted Today by IO Associates
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
England, UK
Summary: The role of SAP S/4HANA Finance SME involves supporting a significant finance transformation program by transitioning from multiple legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. This business-facing position emphasizes process design, improvement, and implementation support rather than direct SAP configuration. The candidate will play a crucial role in shaping the Finance workstream during the organization's re-planning phase.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the Finance representative within the S/4HANA programme, bridging Finance, IT, and the System Integrator
- Lead process review and redesign, simplifying and standardising finance processes across multiple Legacy systems
- Assess current ways of working and challenge whether processes are fit-for-purpose or Legacy-driven
- Support requirements gathering, solution validation, and process mapping
- Work closely with the SI to ensure solutions align with business needs and finance best practice
- Support data migration, testing (SIT/UAT), and go-live preparation
- Assist with training and post-go-live (hypercare) support
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA preferred)
- Strong background in financial accounting and finance operations
- Experience working on SAP S/4HANA projects (ideally Public Cloud)
- Ideally has worked as an end user or Finance SME, not purely an SAP consultant
- Proven ability to bridge finance and technology teams
- Strong experience in process design and transformation
- Experience in project-based environments (desirable)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Guildford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
SAP S/4HANA Finance SME (Implementation Support) - Contract
Overview
We are looking for a Finance SME with SAP S/4HANA experience to support a major finance transformation programme, transitioning from multiple Legacy systems (including SAP Business One) into SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
This is a business-facing role, sitting within Finance, focused on process design, improvement, and implementation support rather than hands-on SAP configuration.
The organisation is currently in a re-planning phase, making this a key opportunity to shape the Finance workstream from an early stage.
Key Responsibilities- Act as the Finance representative within the S/4HANA programme, bridging Finance, IT, and the System Integrator
- Lead process review and redesign, simplifying and standardising finance processes across multiple Legacy systems
- Assess current ways of working and challenge whether processes are fit-for-purpose or Legacy-driven
- Support requirements gathering, solution validation, and process mapping
- Work closely with the SI to ensure solutions align with business needs and finance best practice
- Support data migration, testing (SIT/UAT), and go-live preparation
- Assist with training and post-go-live (hypercare) support
Candidate Profile
- Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA preferred)
- Strong background in financial accounting and finance operations
- Experience working on SAP S/4HANA projects (ideally Public Cloud)
- Ideally has worked as an end user or Finance SME, not purely an SAP consultant
- Proven ability to bridge finance and technology teams
- Strong experience in process design and transformation
- Experience in project-based environments (desirable)
Key Characteristics
- Able to challenge existing processes and drive improvement
- Comfortable working in a complex, multi-system environment
- Strong stakeholder engagement across Finance, IT, and external partners
- Pragmatic and solutions-focused
Logistics
- Contract: Rolling 3-month contract (long-term engagement expected, incl. hypercare) Outside IR35
- Start: ASAP (flexible for the right candidate)
- Location: Guildford - initially 3/4 days onsite, with flexibility over time
