Director, Financial Systems (SAP)

Claritev•New York, NY

About The Position

The Director of Financial Systems owns the strategy, governance, and optimization of the organization’s SAP financial systems and financial technology ecosystem. This role serves as the bridge between FP&A, Accounting, and Technology, ensuring financial data is accurate, timely, and actionable. The role partners closely with business leadership to ensure SAP solutions support efficient operations, scalable growth and is aligned with business goals. The Director serves as the business owner for SAP Finance modules and drives process efficiency through automation and best-in-class system design.

Requirements

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.
Minimum 10+ years of experience in SAP financial systems or finance transformation roles
Deep functional expertise in SAP and experience leading SAP implementations, upgrades, or S/4 HANA migrations
Experience with SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, or Group Reporting
Experience in complex, multi-entity or global SAP environments
Strong understanding of accounting principles and finance processes
Experience with SOX controls, audits, and SAP security concepts
Proven leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
Ability to bridge finance, technology, and business stakeholders
Detail-oriented with a focus on governance and outcomes

Responsibilities

Role reports to VP, Corporate Controller.
Serves as the primary systems partner to FP&A, Accounting and Technology as well as collaborating with Procurement and business leadership.
Owns and optimizes SAP systems supporting Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and ARIBA.
Translates Finance requirements into scalable system solutions and data models. Gathers requirements, functional design, testing, and deployment for SAP finance changes.
Leads upgrades, rollouts and continuous improvements along with managing SAP enhancement backlog and prioritizes initiatives based on business value.
Ensure SAP financial systems comply with SOX, audit, and regulatory requirements. Partners with Internal Audit, External Audit and Technology on control design and remediation.
Maintain strong data integrity, master data governance, and system controls. Ensures consistency and accuracy of financial data across SAP and downstream systems.
Ensures compliance with HIPAA regulations and requirements. Demonstrates Company’s Core Competencies and values held within
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary

Benefits

Medical (PPO & HDHP), dental and vision coverage
Pre-tax Savings Account (FSA & HSA)
Life & Disability Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
401(k) company match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Generous Paid Time Off -- accrued based on years of service
o WA Candidates: the accrual rate is 4.61 hours every other week for the first two years of tenure before increasing with additional years of service
10 paid company holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Sick time benefits -- for eligible employees, one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum accrual of 40 hours per calendar year, unless the laws of the state in which the employee is located provide for more generous sick time benefits