SAP project lead - accounting

SAP Finance Project Lead

My client, a leading business services is group is looking to hire an SAP Finance contractor to provide hands-on support to the SAP project team across multiple workstreams, with a primary focus on finance data, ledger reconciliations, and testing activities. The position supports the accurate, controlled, and timely delivery of SAP-related changes and finance outputs. Inside IR35 – daily rate will be circa £700pd.

Key Responsibilities

• Support SAP implementation activities by assisting with process understanding, documentation, and translating finance and reporting requirements into practical deliverables.
• Perform reconciliations between source data, sub-ledgers, the general ledger, and reporting outputs to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Support system testing activities, including test execution, evidence capture, defect logging, analysis, and tracking.
• Assist with data validation activities such as master data checks, migration reconciliations, and completeness and accuracy assessments.
• Prepare clear working papers and documentation to support reconciliations, testing, and control activities, ensuring outputs are audit-ready.

Skills and Experience

• Experience supporting IFRS reporting and month-end close activities within a corporate or group finance environment.
• Strong experience performing reconciliations across multiple systems, ledgers, and data sources.
• Previous experience supporting SAP implementation projects in a finance capacity.
• Experience supporting testing activities within a system implementation or transformation environment.
• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear, structured working papers suitable for review.

This will be a 12- month interim assignment and candidates should be available to start a new role within the next 2-3 weeks. For further details, please apply using the link.