Peter Kovacs

Associate Director @ Accenture | Technology | Communications, Media & High Tech

Austria

About

I am an Associate Director in Accenture Technology with over 17 years of experience in professional consulting and IT delivery management across multiple global locations, including Austria, Germany, Slovakia, China, Turkey, Montenegro, and Hungary. I have delivered complex solutions in areas such as SAP implementation, CRM and Billing transformation, Lead to Cash system deployments, Workflow, Incident and Dealer Management, Field Force Management, and Supply Chain Management. I leverage my strong communication skills and deep analytical mindset to guide diverse delivery teams, including near-/offshore groups. I have led projects with multidisciplinary teams, managing resources with varied backgrounds, skills, and motivations while maintaining high delivery quality and team performance. Before Accenture I have worked with GE Lighting Hungary as a Technical Consultant in the frame of a PhD research fellowship for three years. I have an M. Sc. in Engineering Physics of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2004) and MBA of University of Pecs (2008).

Experience

  • Accenture (14 yrs 3 mos)
    • Delivery Lead - Global Telco: SAP S4 Implementation
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Delivery lead for a brownfield and smart brownfield S/4HANA implementation for a Global Telco across multiple countries with on-/near-/offshore delivery team.

    • Delivery Lead - Global Telco: SAP ECC Implementation and Maintenance
      Jan 2018 - Dec 2024 · 7 yrs

      Delivery Lead for several large-scale SAP initiatives, including Deputy Domain Lead for Finance&Network Domain (ca. 350 FTE), overseeing an interim AD/AM services project across multiple countries (ca. 100 FTE), leading a local SAP ECC implementation, and managing local SAP ECC implementation and maintenance program.

    • Local SI Build and Test Lead - Global Telco: SAP ECC Implementation
      Mar 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Led build and test activities across 4 SAP rollout releases for Hungary and Montenegro. Managed a team of 10+ test coordinators across SAP FI, CO, PROC, HR, EDM and local systems. Oversaw functional, integration, and E2E testing across 20+ systems with 100+ testers involved.

  • Accenture (4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Functional Design and Test Team Lead - CRM&Billing transformation
      Aug 2011 - Feb 2012 · 7 mos

      • The client has executed a CRM, Billing and Middleware transformation program based on Siebel, Kenan, Tibco platforms. • I was responsible for the design of the Account Management and Data Administration work package and leaded the CRM test team during the system test phase and reporting the test activity.

    • Stream Lead, Operation Project Manager - CRM Implementation
      Aug 2010 - Jul 2011 · 1 yr

      • The client initiated a unified CRM implementation program based on Siebel 8.1 platform in four country subsidiaries. • I was the lead of the Contact Channels Management and Customer Service Management Streams in a multi-country impacted unified CRM implementation program based on Siebel 8.1. Additionally I leaded the analysis of the local requirements and localized the core multi-country solution. • In the later phase of the project I was the operational project manager of the legacy CRM development project aimed to integrate the system to the new CRM system.

    • Project, Design and Test Team Lead - Multiple System Integration projects
      Jul 2007 - Jul 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      • I was in charge for the high-level design preparation for Unified Dealer Management and I was the system integration project lead in the implementation phase of the project. • I led the design team and was responsible for the functional design during an Incident and Workflow management implementation project. I led test team, monitor test script preparation and test execution. I was in charge for executing User Acceptance Test, managing Change Requests and supporting the client after go-live. • I was the functional expert during implementation of a packaged CRM based on Clarify and TIBCO packages (Clarify, TIBCO, Weblogic, BPM) and designed change requests, managed test measurements, and prepared training materials.

  • R&D Technical Consultant at GE Lighting
    Jul 2004 - Jun 2007 · 3 yrs

    Assistance in R&D projects for developing a certain type of automotive lamp.