Director, SAP Technology Lead - Finance

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

The Director, SAP Technology Lead -- Finance serves as the senior authority for SAP S/4

HANA Finance solutions and plays a pivotal role in delivering ADUSA's Retail Spine ERP transformation. This position is responsible for leading the end-to-end design, delivery, implementation, and ongoing support of comprehensive finance capabilities, including General Ledger, Financial Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cost Center Accounting and Controlling, Fixed Assets, Treasury and Cash Management, Profitability Analysis, Management Accounting, and Project Systems. A critical aspect of this role is orchestrating the migration of ADUSA's existing on-premise SAP S/4

HANA Finance platform to SAP RISE, achieving clean core principles and consolidating finance processes in legacy systems into SAP.

The Director ensures seamless integration across finance, merchandising, supply chain, store operations, and digital commerce platforms to enable real-time financial visibility, accurate cost accounting, efficient cash management, and enterprise-wide profitability transparency. During the retail spine transformation, this leader is accountable for consolidating all finance-related functions from remaining legacy systems into SAP S/4

HANA Finance, ensuring centralized, standardized, and streamlined end-to-end finance processes that support accurate financial close, regulatory compliance, and data-driven business insights.

This leader shapes enterprise finance technology standards, drives cross-workstream alignment, and ensures disciplined execution across all phases of the transformation lifecycle. In close partnership with Finance business leadership and IT teams, the Director mobilizes System Integrator partners to deliver fit-to-standard, clean-core aligned solutions that support ADUSA's long-term agility, innovation, and SAP RISE cloud operating model.

With an AI- and analytics-first mindset, the Director enables automated financial workflows, intelligent financial planning and analysis, predictive cash flow management, and real-time profitability insights across the enterprise. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in SAP S/4

HANA Finance capabilities, RISE migration experience, strong executive leadership skills, and a proven track record delivering large-scale ERP transformations in complex, high-volume retail environments.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Ensure all finance solutions meet regulatory requirements including SOX compliance, GAAP/IFRS standards, audit trail requirements, segregation of duties, and internal control frameworks.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive security controls, access governance, and authorization models across all SAP Finance modules to ensure data protection, privacy compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Lead disaster recovery planning, business continuity strategies, and operational resilience initiatives for the SAP Finance platform, ensuring minimal disruption during RISE migration and ongoing operations.

• Partner with transformation change management and communications leads to develop and execute targeted messaging strategies addressing organizational change impacts.
• Actively engage with business leaders to co-create transition roadmaps, align on deployment wave sequencing, define stabilization success criteria, and establish realistic expectations for capability rollout timelines and business benefits realization.
• Serve as the primary escalation point and trusted advisor for operational risk identification throughout each deployment wave, proactively proposing mitigation strategies.
• Lead executive and governance committee presentations and business readiness assessments, translating complex technical concepts into business value narratives that resonate with C-suite stakeholders.