SAP Solutions Architect Assistant Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - EY

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Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

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Assistant Manager - Tech Consulting SAP Solution Consultant

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you.

And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The opportunity
EY Consulting is a fast-moving, high-growth area with huge potential. We are currently looking for an Associate Manager to join our team. This team offers variety, challenge, responsibility, and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential.

This position falls within our Technology Consulting team, which helps our clients enhance the operating effectiveness of their core systems as they adopt SAP technologies and solutions on their path of Digital transformations and undertake technology refresh initiatives.

We help clients by delivering assessment, transformation, and process efficiency solutions in specialty areas like finance, supply chain, IT consulting, customer, people and organization change, strategic direction, and program management.

Your key responsibilities

As an Associate Manager, you work with client teams and EY teams to arrive at an enterprise solution that is scalable, adaptable and in synchronization with ever changing business needs.

The role will also be required to participate in client and EY internal engagements, provide leadership, oversight and mentorship for junior team members, and support building out the reporting & analytics practice.

You will also influence projects, vendors and/or SIs to ensure they are aligned with our approved methods and delivery standards.

As an Associate Manager, you'll assist in developing applicable methodologies, tools, approaches, points of view, thought leadership and accelerators to differentiate EY in the ERP consulting market.

Our associate managers are thought leaders with demonstrated experience within their chosen SAP Module.

Project Management:
Participate in large scale SAP client engagements. Consistently deliver quality client services, driving high-quality work products within the expected timeframes and on budget. Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Manage expectations of client service delivery. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business. Should be a self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Should be comfortable interfacing with a client on a daily basis. This role requires daily interaction with the client at many levels.

Practice Management:
Demonstrate technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge. Possess in-depth business acumen. Remain current on new developments in Consulting capabilities and industry knowledge.

Assist in developing applicable methodologies, tools, approaches, points of view, thought leadership and accelerators to differentiate EY in the consulting market.

These are shared with all EY market facing organizations to provide consistency and common platforms with which to go to market.

Knowledge of the overall SAP roadmap and experience with assisting clients to understand the myriad of options available to them. This should include preparing the business case to define an appropriate roadmap for their business and ultimately helping them in executing that roadmap.
Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.
Help prepare reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel.
Build strong internal relationships within EY Consulting and with other service lines across the organization.

Skills and attributes for success

Effectively team with diverse skills and backgrounds and foster an innovative and inclusive teamoriented work environment.
Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating enterprise domain knowledge with technology skills.
Demonstrate characteristics of a forward thinker and selfstarter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
Ability to lead a team of consulting professionals on multiple projects.
A strong work ethic.

To qualify for the role you must have
A degree in computer science, accounting, finance, or a related field (Business Undergraduate or MBA degree preferred).

SAP certification/s and relevant project experience at minimum
Approximately 4+ years of total experience and SAP Implementation experience in minimum 2 full life cycle p