Senior Manager – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) – Planning – TC – UKI
Location: London (Primary); other locations: Primary only.
Salary: Competitive. Date of posting: 24 Feb 2026.
Job Description
Requisition ID: 1687627.
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help build a better working world.
The opportunity
Having undergone a paradigm shift in recent years, SAP offers an innovative high‑performance real‑time platform and solutions which meet the needs of end‑to‑end digitised enterprises. Our EY SAP team is focused on working with our clients to leverage these SAP innovations and create business value.
We are looking for technology‑minded, business‑focused and creative managers with a passion for bringing context to SAP innovations and the ability to demonstrate how it can help transform our clients’ day‑to‑day operations. We want people who have been there and done it, who want to stay close to the technology and deliver solutions with optimum impact on their clients.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Manage a SAC project team on a client‑facing engagement, working effectively across the full lifecycle delivery of a large, complex technology programme while managing project financials.
- Design complex planning and consolidation solutions that meet the requirements of our clients and align with leading practices.
- Engage and collaborate with clients’ stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
- Build excellent client relationships and drive sales and opportunities in the market.
- Work as part of a high‑performing team, mentoring junior members of staff.
Skills And Attributes For Success
- SAC certification or equivalent experience.
- Ability to create complex system architecture, from designing a SAC solution to fit business functional requirements to proposing wider system landscape frameworks to enable data integration.
- Positioning the features and limitations of SAC.
- Understanding of leading practices for developing SAC models.
- Strong financial planning & consolidation knowledge.
- Full lifecycle project delivery experience (Build, Test & Deploy phases) including workshop planning and delivery, requirements & backlog definition, data model design, creation of Functional & Technical specifications and system configuration.
- Hands‑on project delivery experience of SAC capabilities including data integration and modelling, planning calculations, consolidation rules and dashboarding.
- Deep understanding of business finance processes and how SAC can be leveraged to support these.
- Understanding of the sales process, from opportunity through to delivery, with technical expertise to determine how SAC can provide value for our clients.
To qualify for the role you must have
- Demonstrable ability to manage large, complex programmes.
- Understanding of the full life cycle of SAC planning implementations both in terms of project delivery and financial management.
- Experience working with waterfall and agile delivery methodologies.
- Experience delivering financial planning projects, notably complex SAC planning delivery.
- Experience designing complex SAC solutions.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build "Trusted Adviser" relationships.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Proven sales expertise.
- Willingness to travel as required to client sites on specific engagements.
- An understanding of the SAC Planning roadmap and industry trends.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- SAP analytics experience (SAP BW, HANA, Datasphere or BDC).
- Experience in complex SAC planning delivery.
- Experience with SAP Group Reporting.
- Experience with SAP BPC or Integrated Planning.
- Industry/sector expertise would be advantageous.
What We Look For
You will be comfortable working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, operating collaboratively with clients to help them digitise their business processes using the latest SAP technology. You will add value by contextualising, designing and delivering solutions within your domain expertise, continuously developing your skills and product knowledge, staying up‑to‑date with SAP’s innovations and leveraging this to provide insight and creative solutions.
What Working At EY Offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well‑being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
- Support, coaching and feedback from engaging colleagues.
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
- The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
Senior Manager – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) – Planning – TC – UKI
Location: London (Primary); other locations: Primary only.
Salary: Competitive. Date of posting: 24 Feb 2026.
Job Description
Requisition ID: 1687627.
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help build a better working world.
The opportunity
Having undergone a paradigm shift in recent years, SAP offers an innovative high‑performance real‑time platform and solutions which meet the needs of end‑to‑end digitised enterprises. Our EY SAP team is focused on working with our clients to leverage these SAP innovations and create business value.
We are looking for technology‑minded, business‑focused and creative managers with a passion for bringing context to SAP innovations and the ability to demonstrate how it can help transform our clients’ day‑to‑day operations. We want people who have been there and done it, who want to stay close to the technology and deliver solutions with optimum impact on their clients.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Manage a SAC project team on a client‑facing engagement, working effectively across the full lifecycle delivery of a large, complex technology programme while managing project financials.
- Design complex planning and consolidation solutions that meet the requirements of our clients and align with leading practices.
- Engage and collaborate with clients’ stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
- Build excellent client relationships and drive sales and opportunities in the market.
- Work as part of a high‑performing team, mentoring junior members of staff.
Skills And Attributes For Success
- SAC certification or equivalent experience.
- Ability to create complex system architecture, from designing a SAC solution to fit business functional requirements to proposing wider system landscape frameworks to enable data integration.
- Positioning the features and limitations of SAC.
- Understanding of leading practices for developing SAC models.
- Strong financial planning & consolidation knowledge.
- Full lifecycle project delivery experience (Build, Test & Deploy phases) including workshop planning and delivery, requirements & backlog definition, data model design, creation of Functional & Technical specifications and system configuration.
- Hands‑on project delivery experience of SAC capabilities including data integration and modelling, planning calculations, consolidation rules and dashboarding.
- Deep understanding of business finance processes and how SAC can be leveraged to support these.
- Understanding of the sales process, from opportunity through to delivery, with technical expertise to determine how SAC can provide value for our clients.
To qualify for the role you must have
- Demonstrable ability to manage large, complex programmes.
- Understanding of the full life cycle of SAC planning implementations both in terms of project delivery and financial management.
- Experience working with waterfall and agile delivery methodologies.
- Experience delivering financial planning projects, notably complex SAC planning delivery.
- Experience designing complex SAC solutions.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build “Trusted Adviser” relationships.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Proven sales expertise.
- Willingness to travel as required to client sites on specific engagements.
- An understanding of the SAC Planning roadmap and industry trends.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- SAP analytics experience (SAP BW, HANA, Datasphere or BDC).
- Experience in complex SAC planning delivery.
- Experience with SAP Group Reporting.
- Experience with SAP BPC or Integrated Planning.
- Industry/sector expertise would be advantageous.
What We Look For
You will be comfortable working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, operating collaboratively with clients to help them digitise their business processes using the latest SAP technology. You will add value by contextualising, designing and delivering solutions within your domain expertise, continuously developing your skills and product knowledge, staying up‑to‑date with SAP’s innovations and leveraging this to provide insight and creative solutions.
What Working At EY Offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well‑being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
- Support, coaching and feedback from engaging colleagues.
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
- The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
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