Associate Director

Job Description

What will you be doing?

We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Associate Director to join our thriving team in London. Delivering Business Applications (Cloud ERP/SaaS) services is a critical pillar of S&W’s Technology and Data consulting team. You will play a key leadership role in the expansion of S&W’s capability, combining practice growth, sales origination, and end‑to‑end delivery leadership.

This role has a core focus on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, while also requiring the ability to sell, shape, and resource for engagements across a broader Cloud ERP portfolio including Dynamics 365, NetSuite and Workday Financials. 

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, lead complex programmes and support the development of our propositions, delivery capability and talent base. S&W is an ambitious and expanding organisation, offering significant opportunities for individuals who want to help shape a growing practice and progress their careers at pace.

This is a permanent role to be based at our London office with expected office attendance at 3 days per week minimum.

As an Associate Director your responsibilities will include among others,

• Playing a leadership role in the growth and strategic development of S&W’s Business Applications (Cloud ERP/SaaS) practice

• Owning and managing C-suite and executive client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor
• Monitoring delivery progress closely, anticipating client needs and taking ownership of client challenges to ensure timely and high‑quality resolution
• Confidently articulating S&W’s Business Applications service offering, value proposition, and strategy to internal and external audiences, positioning S&W effectively in the market
• Deploying deep technical and commercial knowledge across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and wider Cloud ERP/SaaS platforms to proactively identify, shape and secure new client opportunities
• Take accountability for engagement financial performance, including budgeting, margin management, billing, WIP and lock‑up.
• Leading UK and offshore teams, creating an environment where people, process and technology combine to deliver effectively
• Coaching and mentoring colleagues, helping to build a pipeline of future leaders and specialists

Qualifications

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you should have,

• Extensive experience delivering multiple full‑lifecycle Cloud ERP implementations at scale
• Deep expertise in Finance processes across all areas of Finance and a working understanding of Operations and CRM processes
• Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, including finance and operational process transformation
• Sufficient knowledge of Dynamics 365, NetSuite, and Workday Financials, to assist with sales, resourcing and lateral expansion in these areas. 
• Experience implementing or overseeing native AI capabilities within Cloud ERP platforms (e.g. Copilot)
• Proven experience in both sales and delivery leadership, including ownership of client relationships and engagement commercials
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience operating at C‑suite and executive level
• Experience leading multi‑vendor and complex delivery environments

Desired

• A proven consulting background, with Big 4 experience or equivalent
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g. Microsoft) or equivalent
• Ongoing commitment to professional development and thought leadership
• Relevant accounting qualification or equivalent

Additional Information

As a colleague here at S&W you will have access to benefits that include

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At S&W we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.