Portugal-Based Manufacturing Manager

We help the world run better At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging
- but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. What you'll build As a Principal Finance Architect, you will guide customers' digital transformations using cutting-edge SAP technologies-advancing the GROW with SAP initiative, promoting Clean Core principles, and accelerating SAP's innovation and AI adoption. You will develop and deliver transformation services aligned with customer business objectives and increase customer value by driving activities such as:
- Work in a senior capacity as a Finance Consultant in SAP Cloud ERP Public Edition
- Lead senior advisory engagements with customers and internal SAP teams
- Collaborate with other consultants to support customers through their cloud transformation journey
- Own and deliver customer workshops; manage scope and customer expectations
- Develop reference architecture and transformation plans promoting SAP best practices and references
- Provide architecture guidance using GROW with SAP methodology and Clean Core principles to ensure customers benefit from SAP's standard cloud qualities
- Identify innovation use cases (AI, BDC, CAIA, CIS) supporting strategic and operational objectives
- Advise customer management on architecture and transformation activities
- Identify and mitigate technical adoption risks What you bring We are looking for dynamic, advisory-minded colleagues who can drive standards, organizational change, and innovation.
- Professionally qualified Accountant/CMA/MBA Finance with 5 years of SAP Finance consulting experience
- Strong understanding of FICO processes (AR, AP, GL, AA, IO, CCA, integration, tax, etc.)
- Hands-on experience in one of:
- FSCM (Credit Management, Collections/Disputes)
- Treasury
- Cash Management (Cash Flows, Inhouse Cash)
- FICA
- Advanced Product Costing, Advanced Profitability
- Financial Consolidation/Reporting
- Central Finance
- IFRS 15/16 knowledge (plus)
- Good understanding of functional integration with other SAP modules
- Solid understanding of project management methodologies and tools
- Strategic thinking mindset, continuous learning, and business acumen
- Must have experience in SAP Cloud ERP Public Edition
- 2 end-to-end process implementation cycles
- Strong customer focus; ability to build and maintain relationships
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong teamwork and long-term relationship building
- Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly in a fast-growth environment
- Certification in the core area
- Excellent English language skills Where you belong The Global Delivery Hub (GDH) sits within the SAP Customer Services & Delivery board area, helping customers benefit from technology and digitalization to become market leaders. We ideate business innovations, develop solutions, and turn novel ideas into business results-enhancing technical implementations into business transformations with sustainable impact. Join our dynamic EMEA SAP Cloud ERP Public Edition team within GDH, executing on our mission to simplify and modernize IT landscapes, reduce complexity and operational costs, and foster innovation to support evolving business needs for GROW customers. If " innovation ", " agility ", and " personal responsibility " in a multi-disciplinary and international environment appeal to you, this is the right place for you. #LI-VD1 Bring out your best SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best. We win with inclusion SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone
- regardless of background
- feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to ins