SuccessFactors Configuration & Solutions Manager

Job Title/Req Number: SuccessFactors Configuration & Solutions ManagerBase Location: London or Manchester

The KPMG People Practise function is a cornerstone of our business. We do work that matters to our local business and communities – supporting technical innovation and adoption of cutting-edge solutions across our growing SuccessFactors Team. Working on complex engagements this team is responsible for the delivery of cutting-edge technical solutions and trusted to get it right first time.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

Why Join KPMGs People Practice?

Within KPMG’s highly successful People practice, we’re working with our clients to help them understand how Cloud based HCM technologies can improve all aspects of the employee lifecycle which will support and help to improve overall business performance. We are looking for outstanding consultants to join us, grow with us, and develop our SuccessFactors team, whilst deliver against our strategy through large-scale transformations programmes.

As the growth of our People practise continues, we are looking for Solution Leads who have experience of designing processes, configuring the solution and technically integration/data migrations in SuccessFactors to join our team

What will you be doing?

Leadership & Management:

• Able to independently lead and manage one or more functional workstreams, including managing small to medium sized combined onshore and offshore delivery teams

• Experienced with working collaboratively with clients and leading them along the journey through a finance transformation.

Stakeholder Interaction & challenges:

• Experience of working effectively with senior client representatives, including global process owners and senior business stakeholders

• Excellent interpersonal, team building, organisational and client collaboration skills.

• Strong presentation skills and able positively influence client and internal stakeholders, including supporting ongoing opportunity pursuits and presenting at client orals.

Impact, Risk, Accountability & Governance:

• Well versed with project management and governance incl. management of project plans, status reports, issues, risks, assumptions and managing scope.

• Experience with presenting solution position papers and points of view to client forums such as a Design Authority

What will you need to do it?

Our candidates should have strong commercial acumen, hunger to learn and develop and be able to thrive in a fast-paced working environment.

• Strong documentation, reporting and presentation skills with well-developed analytical skills and the ability to provide clarity to complex issues, and synthesize large amounts of information

• Experience in a functional and/or technical role in a business or systems delivery environment preferably in more than one sector

• Experience producing project deliverables (business requirements, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices etc.)

• Strong interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational skills

• An awareness of key delivery methodologies, approaches and market trends in the industry

Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Certifications in multiple SAP Modules

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Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core Tech hubs for this role are:

• London Canary Wharf

• Manchester

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

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