# Director - SAP Finance India Lead

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chennai
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Automotive

**Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/62688?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_1068a4aa-94e

## Description

You will lead a team of functional consultants and analysts to ensure that the SAP ecosystem (specifically FICO and S/4HANA Finance) supports the company's financial goals, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

As a key partner to the CFO and IT leadership, you will drive continuous improvement and innovation in financial reporting and processing.

**Responsibilities**

- Define the multi-year roadmap for SAP Finance, ensuring alignment with global business strategies and the transition to S/4HANA.

- Lead the design of end-to-end financial processes, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), and Controlling (CO).

- Oversee full-lifecycle SAP implementations, upgrades, and enhancements. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and meet quality standards.

- Act as the primary liaison between the Finance/Accounting departments and the IT organization. Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

- Mentor and lead a team of 100+ SAP functional analysts and external consultants. Manage resource allocation and performance reviews.

- Ensure the SAP system adheres to internal controls (SOX), local tax regulations, and international accounting standards (IFRS/GAAP).

- Proactively identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve data integrity, and leverage new SAP features (e.g., Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud, Central Finance).

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field. An MBA is highly preferred.

- 15+ years of SAP experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or management capacity.

- Participation in at least 3 full-lifecycle SAP implementations, preferably including at least one S/4HANA greenfield or brownfield migration.

- Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills. Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical executive stakeholders.

## Skills

### Required
- SAP FICO Mastery
- S/4HANA Expertise
- Integration Knowledge
- Reporting Tools
- Treasury & FSCM

---

Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/62688?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)