Senior lead consultant

Payments & Banking Tower Owner – Global S/4HANA Public Cloud Programme

Location: Germany

Overview

We are supporting a global enterprise undergoing a major finance transformation, expanding its new S/4HANA Public Cloud platform and seeking a Payments & Banking Tower Owner. This is a rare opportunity to own a global tower, not merely support one and shape how payments and banking processes operate across a multinational organisation.

You will serve as the global expert and design authority for the Payments & Banking domain, driving end to end solution ownership, influencing strategic direction, and leading a distributed team through a large scale, template driven rollout.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the global Payments & Banking tower across the S/4HANA Public Cloud platform.
• Lead end to end solution design and configuration, including:
• Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) setup
• Payment file configuration
• Banking interfaces and related integrations
• Shape business cases and drive adoption across global entities.
• Act as the primary point of expertise for payments and banking processes across the organisation.
• Guide and coordinate a global team of functional consultants
• Collaborate closely with the Platform Design Lead and wider finance design team (FP&A, Cost Accounting, AR, etc.).
• Translate business requirements into scalable solutions and break down complex work for integrators (SAP, Conduent).
• Support end users through a template driven rollout and ensure consistent global process adoption.
• Contribute to the transition from private to public cloud as 25 additional entities onboard this year.

Role Structure & Ways of Working

• Hands on leadership role: approx. 60% configuration/solutioning and 40% business process.
• Operates within a matrix setup across multiple regions.
• One region is already live and stabilised; further global rollouts are ongoing.
• Hybrid working model: 1 day onsite per week for the first six months, then more flexible.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated expertise in banking and payments processes.
• Strong background in SAP Finance (FI) with hands on configuration skills.
• Solid understanding of global finance processes and template driven rollouts.
• Experience influencing stakeholders and challenging partners in a complex enterprise environment.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate requirements, simplify complexity, and guide global teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with S/4HANA Public Cloud.
• Prior involvement in global finance transformation programmes.