SAP Delivery Associate Director

Job Description

SAP Delivery Lead Functional Associate Director

Location: London/Birmingham/Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)

Career Level: Associate Director

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skills and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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In our team you will:

As an SAP Service Delivery professional at Accenture, you will play a crucial role in providing ongoing application maintenance and support services to our clients during the post-implementation phase. The roles within the AMS (Application Maintenance Support) Tower encompass both Service Delivery Managers, who are responsible for managing client accounts and ensuring the delivery of contractual commitments, and Application Maintenance Support experts, who handle problem resolution, incident management, and process improvement in a production environment. Your strong SAP knowledge, combined with your excellent customer management and ITIL process awareness, will be instrumental in delivering exceptional service and continuous improvement for our clients.

Qualification

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Excellent customer management skills, acting as the face of the Service Delivery capability to clients and engaging with them regularly.
  
• Ultimately responsible for the delivery of SAP’s Services engagement at the account, coordinating and aligning strategy, planning and execution with other stakeholders from SAP.
  
• Manages the risks & compliance for the service across S/4 Finance.
  
• Proficient in contract management and performance management, ensuring that contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met by the technical and functional teams.
  
• Ability to manage overall accounts, including application maintenance, changes, and new business origination.
  
• Expertise in revenue management, handling actual and forecasted revenues, and maintaining Cost-to-Charge Ratio (CCI%) for engagements.
  
• Strong service delivery and AMS (Application Maintenance Services) skillset, with awareness of ITIL processes.
  
• Deep understanding of SAP, and the capability to handle non-SAP components when required.
  
• Familiarity with operations, including monitoring utilization levels of the team.
  
• Have at least a relevant bachelor’s degree from a recognised institution.
  

Set yourself apart:

• Proficiency in problem identification and resolution, incident and ticket management, and prioritization of fixes in a production environment.
  
• Ability to manage transports and change requests effectively.
  
• Proactive in identifying process and technology improvement areas and proposing suitable alternatives.
  
• Similar skillset to functional and technical roles, but with a focus on post-go-live production support rather than project-based tasks.
  
• Ultimately responsible for the delivery of SAP’s Services engagement at the account, coordinating and aligning strategy, planning and execution with other stakeholders from SAP.
  
• Manages the risks & compliance for the service across a single or multiple functional areas.
  
• S4/HANA experience is highly desirable.
  

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications 30/11/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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Locations

London

Birmingham

Manchester

Additional Information

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