SAP Finance Director

SAP Finance Director Job#: 3057808

Job Description:

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Purpose:

(3-4 sentences) (Briefly describe the overall purpose of this position -- why does it exist and how does it contribute to the overall organization)
The Director, SAP Technology Lead – Finance is a senior technology leadership role responsible for defining and executing the SAP Finance transformation strategy for a multi-billion-dollar grocery retail organization. This leader will architect the future of Retail Finance through SAP S/4

HANA and RISE with SAP, partnering closely with business and technology executives across the enterprise. The role owns the end-to-end design, delivery, and ongoing support of enterprise retail finance capabilities, including orchestrating the migration of an existing on-premise SAP S/4

HANA Finance platform to SAP RISE, applying clean core principles, and consolidating finance processes from legacy systems into a single SAP environment.

This leader sets enterprise finance technology standards, drives disciplined execution and alignment across all work streams of the transformation, and partners with Finance business leadership and IT to direct System Integrator partners toward fit-to-standard, clean-core-aligned solutions that support a long-term 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, hands-on RISE with SAP migration experience, a proven track record delivering large-scale ERP transformations in complex, high-volume retail or similarly demanding environments, and the executive presence and organizational leadership skills to influence senior stakeholders and mobilize System Integrator partners.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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Transformation Strategy, Execution & Governance
· Define and execute the enterprise SAP Finance transformation roadmap, aligned with business and Finance strategy
· Establish a strategic vision for S/4

HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), Joule, and emerging SAP capabilities
· Lead the transformation of Retail Finance processes toward a standardized, scalable, digital operating model
· Lead the consolidation of all finance-related functions from legacy systems into SAP S/4

HANA Finance, delivering centralized, standardized end-to-end finance processes that eliminate redundancy and reduce technical debt
· Drive fit-to-standard and clean-core principles throughout the transformation, challenging non-standard requirements and maximizing adoption of SAP standard functionality
· Establish and enforce design governance, architecture standards, and release controls, ensuring solutions align with clean core principles, RISE service boundaries, SAP BTP extensibility guidelines, and enterprise cloud operating models
· Oversee the design and execution of data migration strategy from legacy and on-premise SAP systems to RISE, ensuring data quality, integrity, completeness, and compliance throughout

Finance & Retail Integration
· Partner closely with Finance leadership to translate financial strategy and operational requirements into scalable SAP functional and technical designs, enabling accurate financial reporting, efficient period-end close, regulatory compliance, and real-time profitability visibility
· Provide leadership for SAP S/4

HANA Finance across retail operations, ensuring alignment between Finance and adjacent…