SAP Master Data Governance Consultant, Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Cleveland, OH

Full-time - Manager

Cleveland, OH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

A career in our SAP Data and Analytics practice, within SAP Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients maximize the value of their SAP investment with offerings that address sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, and human capital. We provide comprehensive consulting, system integration, and implementation services across multiple SAP applications, products, and technologies. Simply put, we focus on delivering business-led, technology-enabled change for our clients including industry-specific enterprise resource planning and the latest in mobile, analytics, and cloud solutions. In joining our data and analytics team, you'll work with our clients to leverage SAP applications to transform their data management and governance and analytics processes by enhancing their core transaction processing and reporting competencies, ultimately strengthening their ability to support management decision-making and corporate strategy. To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies, and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future. As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: developing new skills outside of your comfort zone, acting to resolve issues which prevent the team from working effectively, coaching others, recognizing their strengths, and encouraging them to take ownership of their personal development. You will analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations, using multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations. You will also address sub-standard work or work that does not meet the firm's/client's expectations, using data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making, and develop a point of view on key global trends and how they impact clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognize their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarizing key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Requirements

• Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor Degree
• Minimum Years of Experience: 6 year(s)
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and success with consulting, designing, implementing, supporting and leading significant tracks on larger projects or leading medium-sized consulting engagements within the SAP product suite.
• Understanding key concepts and communicating effectively with functional/technical staff, business stakeholders and IT management.
• Communicating technical concepts to nontechnical people to enhance understanding and drive decisions that lead to positive outcomes.
• Utilizing organizational skills with the ability to perform under pressure and management of multiple priorities with competing demands for resources.
• Acting to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty.
• Coaching others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.
• Analyzing complex ideas or proposals and building a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Synthesizing multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Addressing sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Managing a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Building trusted relationships.
• Assessing project risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing/challenging the output produced by the team.
• Performing scoping/estimation, problem solving, troubleshooting and technical experience with the ability to root cause issues to solve complex problems for our clients.
• Developing and managing relationships with client stakeholders.
• Contributing to continuous development of methods and tools, thought leadership and internal propositions.
• Shaping and delivering projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria.
• Executing business development activities to identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.
• Training, coaching, and supervising team members.
• Utilizing depth of experience with SAP Activate/ASAP Methodology & SAP Solution Manager.
• Performing an AMS engagement lead role or implementation Workstream Lead role, Cutover Manager or Test Manager role across multiple S/4 HANA engagements.
• Developing ‘Agile' Delivery methods.
• Utilizing previous experience from a top consulting firm.
• Managing and growing stakeholder relationships.