SAP Core Banking Lead

Job Title:

SAP Core Banking Lead

Location:

London/Bristol/Manchester

Salary:
Competitive Salary (Based on experience)

Career Level:

CL8, Associate Manager

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

• Deep experience in large-scale core banking transformations, including SAP S/4
  
  HANA Core Banking and Transactional Banking (TRBK) migrations, platform consolidation, and post-merger integration strategies.
• Expertise in both legacy core systems and modern composable architectures, with a focus on SAP’s modular, service-oriented architecture.
• Proven ability to define and execute target-state architectures and migration roadmaps for banks transitioning to SAP S/4
  
  HANA TRBK, covering deposits, loans, payments, and account management.
• Hands‑on experience in designing and deploying SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) and SAP Fioneer solutions like Payments Central, Loans, TRBK on SAP.
• Capability to consolidate and modernise core banking components and non-core functions using SAP’s integrated suite.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4
  
  HANA TRBK, SAP Fioneer, and other market‑leading platforms such as Temenos, Mambu, and Thought Machine, with a focus on interoperability and coexistence strategies.
• Familiarity with SAP’s ecosystem for payments, originations, servicing, fraud management and finance & risk, including SAP FPSL, SAP TRM, and SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Understanding of enabling technologies in financial services, including SAP’s digital core, cloud transformation, virtualization, RPA, and Generative AI within the SAP ecosystem.
• Experience in Agile delivery models, including SAP Activate and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for large‑scale SAP programs.
• Ability to collaborate across Strategy & Consulting, SAP Business Groups, Global Delivery Centers, and Managed Services to deliver end‑to‑end transformation.

• Lead and support SAP S/4
  
  HANA Transactional Banking (TRBK) transformation programs, including platform consolidation, data migration, and process harmonisation.
• Provide technology consulting across Retail Banking, Commercial Banking and Payments, with a focus on SAP TRBK‑based solutions.
• Engage with business and IT stakeholders to define SAP TRBK target architectures, Payments Central, SAP FPSL migration strategies and integration approaches.
• Build positive relationships with client and Accenture teams in a dynamic and exciting environment.
• Work alongside clients and multi‑disciplinary Accenture teams using your experience, leading and managing as you grow.
• Have an ambition for and support building out Accenture’s Banking Technology practice and cross‑train into other modern composable platforms.
• Support sales opportunities that are aligned with client agendas, crafting value‑driven sales propositions, with an ambition to shape solutions for delivery and success.

• Expected to be an SME on SAP Core Banking
• Lead the design, configuration and deployment of SAP Core Banking modules
• SAP Payments Central module
• Product Factory & Business Partner Integration
• Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions
• Expected to provide solutions to problems that apply across multiple teams
• Lead the application development process
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members
• Ensure timely project delivery
• Experience of Core Banking upgrades on SAP

• Must Have
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficiency in SAP for Banking, SAP Transactional Banking (TRBK), Core Banking.
• Good to have understanding of application development processes around SAP ABAP for HANA, Payments Central and FS BP.
• Experience in leading application development projects.
• Knowledge of banking industry regulations and compliance standards.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Strategy/Planning and Information Technology

Industries:
Business Consulting and Services

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