Senior Advisor - Finance Specialist

Vacancy No

VN1421

Business Unit

Corporate

Job Location

USA

Employment Type

Full Time

Job Details and Responsibilities

As a Finance Specialist in the Advisory practice, you will play a pivotal role in helping clients identify innovation across every industry, bringing new opportunities and helping organizations to navigate the associated challenges so they can deliver on their most complex technology change projects.

We utilize technology enablement to tackle a variety of business problems from business and technology process analysis through to the design, delivery and management of strategic solutions. We increasingly use advanced analytics, cloud platforms including SAP RISE and modern delivery methods to provide innovative solutions to complex industry issues. As an Advisory Consultant you will be leading teams with expert capabilities in business analysts, solution & technical architecture, SAP and IT operations, DevOps, financial modelling and FinOps, data management, advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence. We excel at SAP and non-SAP migrations and moving workloads to the Cloud.

Our advisory team supports the development and execution of IT strategy, business cases, and implementation roadmaps of IT functions and services. We provide business leaders with the insights and confidence necessary for senior leaders to appropriately considered how to respond to the impact of disruptive technologies such as Cloud automation, Big Data, AI and SAP RISE and have implemented the required changes to IT governance and operating models.

Responsibilities:

Transformation Programs:

• Lead cutting-edge SAP IT transformation programs, analyzing client IT and controlling processes, and providing guidance on the design and implementation of SAP and IT operations.
• Play a lead role in mapping out improvements to client working practices and articulate the value of those changes.
• Understand a breadth of technologies across all major Hyperscalers and make use of specialists on the team to create compelling and comprehensive transformational roadmap.

Project Delivery:

• Provide leadership to a team producing high-quality deliverables, and providing crucial input to shape the strategic direction for discovery, design and implementation projects.
• Demonstrate familiarity with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), ITIL, and TOGAF methodologies
• Leverage and maximize clients' investments in ITSM tools and frameworks.
• Support clients in SAP S/4HANA projects throughout the entire lifecycle, from requirements analysis to solution design, technical concept, implementation, testing, training, go-live, and rollout from a Basis operations perspective

Transformation Roadmaps:

• Develop comprehensive roadmaps and interim states for transitioning from on-premise SAP basis operations models to SAP Cloud models for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Practice and Sales support:
• Support pre-sales activities by creating or contributing to proposals, statements of work and responses to customers questions.
• Demonstrations and be able to articulate the benefits of FinOps services.
• Identification of existing customer sales opportunities
• Contribute to the growth and success of our advisory practice by enhancing market offers, knowledge, and overall strategic goals

Qualifications

We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record in IT FinOps projects, possessing the following experiences and qualifications:

SAP Expertise:

• Proven experience in SAP application and operations management, demonstrating a broad understanding of key SAP modules and technologies both historical and present.

Cloud Financial Governance and CoE Setup:

• Establishing and defining Cloud FinOps Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and governance models for mid-sized to large organizations.

Collaboration with IT Procurement:

• Experience collaborating with IT procurement teams to optimize cloud-related financial processes.

Vendor Management Experience:

• Hands-on experience working with one or more cloud vendors, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Familiarity with cloud contracting models, commitment models, and licensing structures.
• Familiarity with SAP licensing models

Cost Optimization Techniques:

• In-depth knowledge of cloud cost optimization techniques across storage, data transfer, compute, database, and monitoring.

IT Strategies and Operations:

• Proficient understanding of AI adoption, cloud strategies, Dev-Sec-Ops practices, and cloud-based operations.

Tools Experience:

• Hands-on working experience in one or more FinOps and Technology Business Management (TBM) tools like Cloudability, Apptio, CloudCheckr, Cloudhealth, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, etc.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Operations Engineering/Consulting.
• Degree in a relevant field.
• Cloud practitioner certification.
• SAP certifications
• FinOps certification (Desirable).
• Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation, which will be conducted and the results of which will be used in compliance with applicable law.
• Please note, if chosen candidate resides in the United States, the base salary range for this position is $145,000 - $180,000.

This position may require domestic and international travel as needed to meet business and client requirements.

Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation, which will be conducted and the results of which will be used in compliance with applicable law.

About Lemongrass

Lemongrass is a global SAP-focused Cloud services provider helping some of the world’s most recognized Enterprises modernize and transform their SAP environments. We combine deep technical expertise with automation, innovation, and AI to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Our work spans SAP Cloud migrations, managed services, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), Business Data Cloud (BDC), and AI-enabled solutions. We help customers build clean core strategies, intelligent data foundations, and scalable Cloud operations across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and SAP Cloud ERP.

Founded in 2010, Lemongrass has grown into a trusted partner to SAP, AWS, Microsoft, and Google, earning top-tier partner designations along the way including SAP Gold Partner, Premier AWS Partner, Microsoft Gold Partner, and Google Cloud Partner. Our teams operate across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, collaborating to solve complex challenges for global Enterprises.

At Lemongrass, you’ll work alongside Cloud architects, engineers, and innovators who are shaping the future of SAP in the Cloud—within a culture that values ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous growth.