IT Finance Business Systems Director

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Sloan is seeking a IT Finance Business Systems Director at our Headquarters location in Franklin Park, IL. This person would lead the strategy, delivery, and support Sloan’s SAP S/4 HANA FI/CO landscape and broader enterprise application portfolio, while serving as the primary point of engagement between IT and business unit leadership. This role aligns IT investment and delivery priorities with business strategy, leads ongoing optimization of SAP and enterprise application processes, and manages complex, cross-functional business requirements into a prioritized SAP and enterprise systems roadmap.

Responsible for implementing/migrating to S/4 HANA from ECC. The Director drives stakeholder engagement across business unit leaders, functional stakeholders, and IT leadership to build strong working relationships, manage demand, and drive adoption of SAP Finance and other enterprise solutions that enable Sloan's operational excellence and growth.

• Responsible for end-to-end Finance business processes rollout from SAP ECC to S/4
  
  HANA transformation initiatives, must have hands-on experience with minimum two project rollouts of SAP S/4 HANA implementations, testing, upgrades, and support activities.
• Serve as the primary IT relationship with financial group and trusted advisor to assigned business units/functions, driving stakeholder engagement to understand their strategic priorities and translating them into actionable SAP and enterprise application roadmaps of Financial Administration, Fiscal Management, Financial Oversight, Corporate Controlling, Financial Controller / Comptroller Treasurer and Financial Governance.
• Lead the strategy, architecture, delivery, and ongoing support of Sloan's SAP Finance landscape (e.g., SAP ECC and/or S/4
  
  HANA FI/CO and integration with associated modules such as MM, SD, and PP and other enterprise applications (CRM, HRIS, and other core business systems).
• Lead optimization efforts across SAP FI CO and enterprise application processes, identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve system performance and data quality.
• Knowledge and working experience with SAP security setup/ teams.
• Strong experience in preparing functional specifications to work with development teams and Analytics teams etc.
• Gather, analyze, and manage complex business requirements from multiple stakeholders across the organization, resolving competing priorities and translating requirements into clear, actionable solution designs.
• Own the SAP FICO and enterprise application management process, partnering with business stakeholders to intake, prioritize, and sequence project requests against IT capacity and strategic priorities.
• Build and maintain governance structures (e.g., SAP steering committees, roadmap reviews) that keep business and IT leadership aligned on priorities, timelines, and investment decisions.
• Own project delivery for complex, cross-functional SAP FICO and enterprise application initiatives including upgrades, migrations (e.g., ECC to S/4
  
  HANA), and new module rollouts from requirements through deployment, ensuring on-time, on-budget outcomes and strong adoption.
• Drive change management and user adoption strategies for SAP and other enterprise applications, including training, communication, and support models.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, integration, security, and data teams to ensure SAP and enterprise applications are well-integrated, secure, and support the enterprise data strategy.
• Develop and manage the SAP and enterprise applications budget and licensing etc., relevant to Finance applications.
• Need to have strong capability to develop Proof of Concepts (POCs) for new business processes and effectively demonstrate solutions to business stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Evaluate and manage…