Start your career as a Digital Finance Rotational Trainee at SAP in Manila through the 20-month Academy for Finance program. This full-time entry-level opportunity is designed for graduates and young professionals with up to 3 years of experience, offering four dynamic rotations combining finance, data analytics, and AI adoption.
Requirements
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, economics, accounting, or a finance-related field is required.
Up to three years of work experience, including finance internship experience, is required.
Understanding of coding (Python, C++, JavaScript), data analytics, and AI adoption is required.
Excellent English communication skills and hackathon or project experience are required.
Skills & Responsibilities
Data analytics and visualization: Interpret financial data and build dashboards and automated reporting to support strategic decision-making.
Programming and AI integration: Apply understanding of coding and AI to drive digital transformation across global finance projects.
Process and product management: Identify and implement process improvements through citizen development and business case realization.
Commercial finance support: Collaborate directly with sales organizations and centers of excellence to deliver measurable business results.
Potential transition routes: People from data science, accounting, or general business administration roles may bring analytical and technical skills, alongside meeting the educational and English communication requirements.
Job description
We help the world run better
At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
We help the world run better
Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
Are you interested in being part of the market leader in enterprise application software which helps companies run at their best? Start your career in SAP’s Global Finance & Administration (GFA) board area and gain broad knowledge as well as experience to create the best path for your professional future in our company. Apply now to kick-start your journey at SAP!
What you’ll build
The Academy for Finance is a 20-month program with international virtual rotations, designed for high-performing graduates or young professionals with up to three years of work experience.
Our employees of the future will blend deep finance expertise with advanced technical fluency and a strong AI adoption mindset – our rotational program welcomes candidates with an understanding of finance topics, AI and data analytics.
As a Digital Finance Associate in the rotational program, you will experience four rotations in different areas such as:
A Global Finance center of excellence organization;
The Global Commercial Finance organization that works directly with our sales organization;
Citizen Development, Process, or Product Management to gain a better business understanding of what changes could improve processes, and gain experience in the implementation of changes.
Project – business case realization with measurable results.
Please note that departments can vary from Associate to Associate.
This position is for applicants starting and finishing the program in Manila.
What you bring
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, economics, accounting, or with another finance focus, with at least some working experience (e.g. internship) in a finance department.
Proficiency in data analytics and an ability to interpret financial data with insights and creative thinking to support strategic decision-making.
Comfort with data visualization, dashboards, and automated reporting with a solution-oriented mindset.
Understanding of coding and programming (e.g. Python, C++, JavaScript).
Hackathon and/or project experience.
Experience in vibe coding and API connecting knowledge are a plus.
Understanding of AI and agentic AI with a strong AI adoption mindset – our industry and our customers are undergoing rapid digital transformation.
A curious, adaptable, and agile professional who is an open-minded team player.
Excellent and effective English communication skills.
Where you belong
Work for the market leader in enterprise application software and be part of a company that values curiosity, flexibility, learning agility, and diversity.
Expand your network and gain necessary skills to succeed in finance in the AI age.
Immediate participation as a functioning team member and engagement with different teams inside and outside the GFA board area while progressing through four different rotations.
On-the-job training supported by experienced high-level managers and colleagues in an international, collaborative environment.
Formal learning and development opportunities to gain a combination of foundational hard skills and soft skills, in addition to job-specific skills.
The Academy for Finance is part of SAP Next Gen – our global experience for students, recent graduates, and early career professionals. Being a part of SAP Next Gen provides a supportive community, tailored development, and the ability to be involved in high-impact projects. #SAPNextGen #SAPAcademyforFinance
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To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company. SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
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