The Role
The Senior SAP FICO Consultant will lead the design and delivery of SAP Finance solutions, focusing on process excellence and intelligent automation while advising Finance and IT stakeholders.
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About Us
Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.
Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP FICO Consultant to lead the design, delivery, and optimization of SAP Finance solutions across Sophos. This role combines deep functional expertise with strategic thinking - driving process excellence, intelligent automation, and innovation within our SAP Finance landscape. You will act as a trusted advisor to Finance and IT stakeholders, shaping scalable, future-ready solutions that enhance financial performance and control.
This role offers the chance to play a pivotal part in modernizing our SAP landscape, including enhancing Finance capabilities and driving AI‑enabled innovation. You will help shape the future of SAP Finance within a global organization committed to continuous advancement. It provides strong visibility, meaningful strategic influence, and the opportunity to work at the forefront of intelligent finance transformation.
What You Will Do
- Solution Design & Delivery
- Lead the analysis and design of end-to-end SAP FI/CO solutions aligned to business objectives.
- Translate complex finance requirements into high-quality functional specifications.
- Configure and optimise SAP FI (GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Banking, Tax) and CO (Cost Centres, Profit Centres, Internal Orders).
- Ensure strong integration across SAP modules and third-party systems.
- Contribute to project planning, estimation, and successful delivery of SAP initiatives.
- Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to enhance finance processes through automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Leverage Finance innovations to modernise and simplify processes.
- Promote scalable, supportable, and future-ready solutions aligned with architectural and governance standards.
- Actively drive continuous improvement across the SAP Finance landscape.
- Stakeholder & Operational Excellence
- Facilitate design workshops and act as a trusted advisor to Finance stakeholders.
- Lead or contribute to SAP workstreams across upgrades, rollouts, integrations, and transformation initiatives.
- Oversee SIT, UAT, deployment, and post-go-live support activities.
- Collaborate effectively with internal teams and third-party AMS partners.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to capability development within the SAP team.
What You Will Bring
- 8+ years’ hands-on SAP FI/CO experience within complex, integrated SAP environments.
- Proven track record delivering full lifecycle SAP projects (rollouts, upgrades, migrations, or transformations).
- Strong configuration expertise across SAP FI and CO modules.
- Experience working across integrated SAP landscapes and external system interfaces.
- Ability to drive process optimisation, automation, and intelligent improvements.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Exposure to AI-driven finance capabilities.
- Integration experience with SAP SD, MM, or procurement processes.
- SAP certification(s) and/or professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA).
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Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
Data Protection
If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos’ data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos
Skills Required
- 8+ years hands-on SAP FI/CO experience
- Proven track record delivering full lifecycle SAP projects
- Strong configuration expertise across SAP FI and CO modules
- Experience working across integrated SAP landscapes
- Ability to drive process optimisation and automation
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- SAP certification(s) or professional accounting qualification
Sophos Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sophos and has not been reviewed or approved by Sophos.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is positioned as broad, with company-wide wellness days plus dedicated learning days and paid volunteer time.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related leave appears more comprehensive than baseline offerings, including paid parental leave, caregiver leave, and extended bereavement leave.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is emphasized through always-available assistance resources and a Calm subscription, suggesting a lifestyle-oriented benefits approach.
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The Company
What We Do
Cybersecurity Evolved. As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects nearly 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyberthreats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more.
