SAP S/4HANA Project Accountant
Sewell Wallis is looking for an experienced SAP S/4HANA Accountant to join the team and play a key role in delivering a major SAP S/4HANA transformation across the Finance and Procurement teams on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role is based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
This position is ideal for a finance professional with a strong accounting background (ideally qualified) who thrives at the intersection of finance and technology. You'll work closely with stakeholders across finance and operations to ensure successful system implementation, process alignment, and accurate financial outcomes.
The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations, including involvement in end-to-end project lifecycles. Experience within a manufacturing environment is highly desirable, with a solid understanding of cost accounting, inventory, and production-related financial processes. You'll be instrumental in translating business requirements into system solutions, supporting testing phases, and driving best practices across finance functions.
If you're a proactive problem-solver who enjoys working in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment, this could be the role for you.
What will you be doing?
- Lead and support SAP S/4HANA finance workstreams as part of system implementation projects
- Partner with finance, IT, and operational stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into system solutions
- Design, review, and optimise financial processes within SAP, ensuring alignment with best practices
- Support configuration and testing (unit testing, UAT) of finance modules, including GL, AP, AR, fixed assets, and controlling
- Ensure accurate mapping of financial data, including chart of accounts, cost centres, and profit centres
- Drive improvements in cost accounting, inventory valuation, and manufacturing finance processes
- Support data migration activities, including validation and reconciliation of financial data
- Provide subject matter expertise during system integration and go-live phases
- Develop and deliver user training and support documentation for finance teams
- Identify risks, issues, and opportunities for process improvements throughout the project lifecycle
- Collaborate with external consultants and implementation partners to ensure successful delivery
- Provide post-implementation support and continuous improvement recommendations
What skills are we looking for?
- Experience working with SAP S/4HANA, with a strong understanding of system capabilities.
- Experience with seeing end-to-end implementation of ERP systems (SAP)
- Excellent communication skills
- Someone who can work well under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines
- Adaptable and able to prioritise effectively
- Finance background; able to understand the business's needs in both Finance & Procurement and translate that to the SAP developers/contractors.
What's on offer?
- Competitive day rate £550+
- ASAP start
- Sheffield offices, with secure parking on site
- Flexi working & hybrid options
Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.