SAP Functional Architect Associate Director

You Belong Here  

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.   

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. 

Where We Need You 

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing SAP team.  

What You Can Expect 

As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology.  You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods.  

You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.  

What Will Help You Be Successful 

• You enjoy solving problems and leveraging SAP S/4HANA to do it. 

• You are passionate about building trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work. 

• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.  

• You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.  

• You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. 

• You enjoy discovering prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions. 

• You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities. 

• You view client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales.  

• You are seen as a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams. 

• You have interest in managing a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.  

Do Your Talents Include the Following? 

Demonstrated experience with: 

• Leading and implementing SAP S/4 HANA Public and Private cloud solutions 

• SAP solution design and key elements of SAP architectures 

Solutioning 

• Assist client pursuits in solutioning deals that leverage SAP S/4HANA for Finance and Operations 

• Provide direction and assistance to key practice leaders and MDs on the benefits and practical challenges of using SAP S/4HANA 

• Staying up to date with the latest enhancements to the SAP S/4HANA solution 

Services 

• Develop standard vertical based demos and solutions 

• Design presentations to facilitate interest in the SAP S/4HANA solution 

• Provide guidance and expertise on SAP S/4HANA functionality within the Finance and Supply Chain modules 

• Lead client presentations and client information gathering sessions 

Licensing 

• Work with the SAP alliance team to establish standards in licensing 

• Conduct regular meetings with SAP to discuss opportunities 

• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.  

• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.  

• Ability to translate and communicate challenges to client personnel, including executives.  

• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams include conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.   

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, CIS, or related field). 

• 9+ years working in professional services or industry. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access. 

• Professional Certification such as SAP S/4HANA Sell Authorization (e.g., Sales Executive, Customer Engagement Executive, Presales Consultant) or LOB Solution Consultant or similar strongly preferred or similar strongly preferred.  

Our Hybrid Workplace 

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.