Description
We are seeking a strategic and highly experienced Director, Finance Transformation to serve as the primary Business Lead for our SAP S/4HANA implementation. This is a critical leadership role responsible for ensuring that the SAP ecosystem is designed, built, and deployed to meet the long-term strategic needs of our global Finance and Accounting organization.
The ideal candidate will possess a rare blend of deep accounting expertise (CPA/CA preferred) and a proven track record of leading large-scale ERP transformations. You will be the "voice of the business," ensuring that technical solutions translate into streamlined financial processes, robust internal controls, and actionable business intelligence.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as a primary liaison between the Finance and Accounting organizations and the IT/Project Management Office (PMO)
- Defining the "To-Be" financial vision, ensuring the SAP design balances maximizing out-of-box functionality to support upgradability and scalability, provides operational efficiency and actionable insights to the business and is in compliance with statutory requirements
- Supporting execution of the SAP project across accounting workstreams
Accounting & Compliance Governance:
- Ensuring the SAP design adheres to relevant accounting standards (U.S. GAAP) and S-Ox framework
- Validating that the system provides the necessary granularity for tax, legal entity reporting, and management accounting (CO-PA)
Implementation & Execution:
- Driving the business requirements gathering phase, ensuring that "standard" SAP functionality is prioritized over custom enhancements
- Leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) from the business side, defining test scripts and ensuring the system is fit for purpose
- Overseeing the data migration strategy for financial data, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and reconciliation between legacy systems and SAP
Change Management & Advocacy:
- Acting as a change agent, driving the adoption of new processes across the global finance team
- Collaborating with the Change Management team to design and deliver training programs for end-users
- Managing senior stakeholders, providing transparent updates on project risks, business impacts, and milestones
- Supporting SAP up-skilling of the global finance and accounting teams to broaden and deepen SAP expertise across the organization
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Certification: CPA, CA, or equivalent professional accounting certification is highly preferred
- Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in Finance/Accounting, with at least 5 years in a leadership role within a large-scale SAP implementation (S/4HANA preferred)
- Technical Depth: Deep understanding of core SAP Accounting modules (FI/CO, Group Reporting, Central Finance) and their integration points with SD, MM, and PP
- Transformation Track Record: Proven experience in business process re-engineering and leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
What you'll receive in return...
As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.