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Job Summary
The Sr. Director, IT – SAP Finance is accountable for the ongoing leadership, stability, and evolution of SAP Finance systems that support core financial operations and reporting across the enterprise. This role serves as the primary technology partner to Finance leadership, including the Controller, Accounting, Treasury, and FP&A, ensuring SAP Finance capabilities are reliable, compliant, and aligned to business priorities.
This position owns the continuous improvement of SAP Finance platforms and related financial planning, reporting, and asset accounting systems. The role focuses on operational excellence, governance, vendor management, and incremental enhancement of Finance capabilities.
Scope & Decision Authority
Accountable for SAP Finance systems and supporting finance applications, ensuring operational reliability, regulatory compliance, and data integrity.
Owns Finance technology roadmaps focused on system stability, functional enhancements, cost optimization, and evolving business needs.
Provides governance over Finance system design, integrations, release management, and production support in collaboration with Architecture, Data, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure teams.
Serves as the primary escalation point for Finance system issues, risks, and prioritization decisions.
Manages vendor and system integrator performance related to SAP Finance operations and enhancements.
Essential Functions
SAP Financial Portfolio Ownership
Own and oversee end‑to‑end SAP Finance capabilities, including GL, AP, AR, Treasury and Cash Management, and FP&A enablement
Own and support SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) and related planning tools
Partner with FP&A to ensure planning, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting tools are stable, well-integrated, and fit for purpose.
Coordinate enhancements to planning and consolidation capabilities based on evolving business and regulatory needs.
Provide overall system ownership for PowerPlan, including system support, integrations, and data accuracy.
Ensure PowerPlan is effectively integrated with SAP Finance to support asset accounting, revenue recognition, and regulatory reporting requirements.
Partner with Accounting stakeholders to ensure PowerPlan meets controllership and compliance expectations.
Service Delivery
Balance system stability with delivery of prioritized enhancements and automation opportunities.
Ensure effective change management, testing discipline, and segregation of duties for all Finance system changes.
Promote standardization, documentation, and knowledge retention across Finance support teams.
Lean-Agile Delivery & Value Stream Execution
Execute Finance technology initiatives using Lean and Agile principles, emphasizing flow
efficiency, predictability, and business outcomes over project throughput.
Align SAP Finance delivery teams to end-to-end Finance value streams (e.g., Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash), rather than purely functional or project-based structures.
Establish and maintain predictable delivery cadences, release rhythms, and integrated planning across build and run activities.
Apply pragmatic Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid) appropriate to regulated Finance environments, avoiding unnecessary ceremony while maintaining controls.
Actively manage work-in-progress (WIP), dependencies, and capacity to reduce bottlenecks,
improve cycle time, and increase delivery reliability.
Business Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement
Act as the primary IT partner to Finance leadership, including the Controller, Accounting,
Treasury, and FP&A leaders.
Translate Finance business priorities into clear, achievable system initiatives and enhancement roadmaps.
Provide transparent communication on system performance, risks, and improvement
opportunities.
Support Finance process owners in driving adoption and effective use of SAP Finance
capabilities.
Manage day-to-day vendor and system integrator relationships supporting SAP Finance and
relat...