EPM Principle Consultant

Listing reference: adapt_000298 Listing status: Online Apply by: 24 September 2026

Position summary

Industry: IT & Internet Job category: IT and Telecommunications Location: Midrand Contract: Permanent EE position: No

About our company

Adapt IT (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of Adapt IT Holdings Proprietary Limited and a market leader in developing specialised vertical market software and digitally-led business solutions that assist clients across targeted industries to Achieve More by improving their customer experience, core business operations, business administration and enterprise resource planning.

Introduction

We are looking for an experienced and commercially astute Principal Consultant – EPM to take ownership of senior client relationships and delivery outcomes across large, complex and strategically important Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) engagements. This is a senior consulting leadership role for an individual who can shape delivery strategy, provide executive-level advisory, resolve complex stakeholder and delivery challenges, protect commercial outcomes and ensure EPM solutions deliver measurable business value. The successful candidate will also play a key role in practice development, pre-sales, team leadership and developing future consulting leaders.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Account Ownership & Delivery Strategy

• Own overall delivery outcomes for large, complex and strategically important EPM engagements.
• Set delivery strategy, governance standards and decision-making principles across projects and accounts.
• Act as the account and solution quality owner, ensuring delivery remains aligned with client value, scope, quality, timelines and margins.
• Make complex multi-project decisions and resolve delivery conflicts using strong commercial and client judgement.
• Act as the escalation authority for complex delivery, stakeholder, scope and quality issues.

Executive Client Engagement & Advisory

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including Finance and Group Reporting leadership.
• Advise clients on EPM strategy, roadmap planning, solution direction and value realisation.
• Provide credible and pragmatic advisory guidance to executive stakeholders.
• Lead difficult conversations relating to scope, priorities, trade-offs, risks and business value.

Solution Governance & Quality

• Lead solution reviews, design validation and quality governance across engagements.
• Define and enforce delivery documentation and quality standards.

Executive Client Engagement & Advisory

+ Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including Finance and Group Reporting leadership.
+ Advise clients on EPM strategy, roadmap planning, solution direction and value realisation.
+ Provide credible and pragmatic advisory guidance to executive stakeholders.
+ Lead difficult conversations relating to scope, priorities, trade\-offs, risks and business value.

• Executive Client Engagement & Advisory

  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, including Finance and Group Reporting leadership.

  • Advise clients on EPM strategy, roadmap planning, solution direction and value realisation.

  • Provide credible and pragmatic advisory guidance to executive stakeholders.

  • Lead difficult conversations relating to scope, priorities, trade-offs, risks and business value.#### Solution Governance & Quality

  • Lead solution reviews, design validation and quality governance across engagements.

  • Define and enforce delivery documentation and quality standards.

• Practice Development, Pre-Sales & Growth

  • Contribute to EPM practice development, thought leadership and methodology improvement.
  • Shape solution offerings, value propositions, proposals and executive presentations.
  • Support sales pursuits through outcome-based propositions, delivery models, estimates and risk assessments.
  • Identify opportunities to expand client value and contribute to the growth of the EPM consulting business.

Minimum requirements

Minimum Requirements

• 15 years' relevant experience in EPM, finance transformation, enterprise performance management or enterprise systems consulting.
• Proven experience owning senior client relationships and delivery outcomes on large or complex consulting engagements.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and advising executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience with forecasting, margin protection, scope governance and risk management.
• Recognised specialist or domain authority in one or more EPM areas.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • • Consolidation & Reporting
      • FP&A / Planning
      • Group Tax Reporting
      • Enterprise Reporting
      • Data Integration
      • EPM Architecture

  • Advanced EPM platform capability is required, with BOARD advanced developer certification or comparable EPM platform credentials being advantageous.### Key Competencies

  • Delivery Strategy & Decision Making – Ability to shape delivery direction, set standards and make complex multi-project decisions

  • Executive Client Advisory – Credibility and confidence when engaging senior stakeholders and advising on strategy, roadmaps and value realisation.

  • Commercial Acumen – Strong understanding of margins, forecasting, scope, effort governance and commercial risk.

  • People Leadership – Ability to build high-performing teams, coach consultants and develop future leaders.

  • Technical & Domain Authority – Deep expertise within relevant EPM domains.

  • Quality & Governance – Strong focus on solution quality, documentation, standards and delivery controls.

  • Pre-Sales & Growth – Ability to shape offerings, proposals, value propositions and executive positioning.

  • Business Acumen – Ability to connect EPM solutions and delivery decisions to measurable business outcomes.