Senior Associate, SAP Business Process Controls & Security

KPMG Advisory is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for career advancement and expertise development. Our professionals thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture with access to world-class training, leading market tools, and a wealth of learning and career development opportunities. We prioritize our people, fostering both professional and personal growth in an environment where you can be your whole self, have an impact, and expand your capabilities.

About the role

KPMG is seeking a Senior Associate, SAP Business Process Controls & Security to join our Advisory Technology Organization. This role supports SAP business process design and transformation initiatives, helping clients define future-state processes, functional requirements, business roles, controls, and transformation roadmaps across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA.

Responsibilities

• Support SAP business process design and transformation initiatives across Finance, Supply Chain, and other enterprise functions, helping clients define future-state processes, functional requirements, business roles, controls, and transformation roadmaps.
• Apply SAP functional and business-process knowledge to design secure, simplified, and well-controlled SAP environments by translating business requirements into effective business roles, access models, segregation-of-duties requirements, and embedded controls.
• Assist with SAP S/4HANA transformation workstreams by evaluating business processes, security, and controls to improve efficiency, automate controls, reduce risk, and support clean-core and operational-excellence objectives.
• Participate in workshops and collaborate with business process owners, functional teams, technology, security, risk, and internal audit stakeholders to align business transformation, governance, and control requirements.
• Execute assigned project activities, develop high-quality client deliverables, communicate findings, and help identify practical recommendations that address business-process, security, and control needs.
• Support and provide day-to-day guidance to Associates while contributing to practice development, training, proposals, and go-to-market initiatives.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Requirements

• Minimum three years of recent experience in SAP functional consulting, business process transformation, SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, security, controls, governance, or related SAP programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred; or minimum of a high school diploma or GED required plus five years of relevant SAP implementation experience.
• Experience across SAP business processes such as Finance, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Asset Management, or other enterprise functions.
• Prior experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA, including business process transformation, security, controls, business roles, segregation of duties, SAP GRC, access governance, and risk and compliance capabilities.
• Experience supporting project workstreams within consulting, professional services, or cross-functional project environments.
• Strong communication, facilitation, analytical, and presentation skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with business and technology stakeholders.
• Ability to travel 50–60% or as needed to support client engagements.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

SAP functional, CISA, CISSP, or related certifications are a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) plans.
• Robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health.
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year, based on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service.
• Two annual breaks where employees are not required to use Personal Time Off: one at year-end and one around the July 4th holiday.

Pay

California Salary Range: $95,855 – $208,265. Salary is determined based on relevant factors including applicant’s skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and market considerations.