Job Description
We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Associate Director to join our thriving team in London. Delivering Business Applications (Cloud ERP/SaaS) services is a critical pillar of S&W’s Technology and Data consulting team. You will play a key leadership role in the expansion of S&W’s capability, combining practice growth, sales origination, and end‑to‑end delivery leadership.
What will you be doing?
Core focus on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, while also requiring the ability to sell, shape, and resource for engagements across a broader Cloud ERP portfolio including Dynamics 365, NetSuite and Workday Financials.
You will act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, lead complex programmes and support the development of our propositions, delivery capability and talent base. S&W is an ambitious and expanding organisation, offering significant opportunities for individuals who want to help shape a growing practice and progress their careers at pace.
This is a permanent role to be based at our London office with expected office attendance at 3 days per week minimum.
Responsibilities (selected)
- Play a leadership role in the growth and strategic development of S&W’s Business Applications (Cloud ERP/SaaS) practice
- Own and manage C-suite and executive client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor
- Monitor delivery progress closely, anticipate client needs and take ownership of client challenges to ensure timely and high‑quality resolution
- Confidently articulate S&W’s Business Applications service offering, value proposition, and strategy to internal and external audiences, positioning S&W effectively in the market
- Deploy deep technical and commercial knowledge across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and wider Cloud ERP/SaaS platforms to proactively identify, shape and secure new client opportunities
- Take accountability for engagement financial performance, including budgeting, margin management, billing, WIP and lock‑up
- Lead UK and offshore teams, creating an environment where people, process and technology combine to deliver effectively
- Coach and mentor colleagues, helping to build a pipeline of future leaders and specialists
Qualifications
Skills and Experience
- Extensive experience delivering multiple full‑lifecycle Cloud ERP implementations at scale
- Deep expertise in Finance processes across all areas of Finance and a working understanding of Operations and CRM processes
- Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, including finance and operational process transformation
- Sufficient knowledge of Dynamics 365, NetSuite, and Workday Financials to assist with sales, resourcing and lateral expansion in these areas
- Experience implementing or overseeing native AI capabilities within Cloud ERP platforms (e.g., Copilot)
- Proven experience in both sales and delivery leadership, including ownership of client relationships and engagement commercials
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience operating at C‑suite and executive level
- Experience leading multi‑vendor and complex delivery environments
Desired
- A proven consulting background, with Big 4 experience or equivalent
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Microsoft) or equivalent
- Ongoing commitment to professional development and thought leadership
- Relevant accounting qualification or equivalent
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Pension contribution
- Hybrid working model (role dependent)Generous holiday package
- Option to purchase additional holiday
- Shared parental leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Eye care support
EEO Statement
We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.
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