Director SAP Technology Lead - Finance

• Provide strategic leadership and ownership of SAP S/4HANA Finance delivery on RISE including orchestrating the migration from on-premise to RISE cloud environment upgrading to the latest S/4HANA version and achieving clean core principles throughout the transformation journey.
• Serve as the technology authority for SAP Finance capabilities across all modules including GL FI AP AR CO Fixed Assets Treasury Profitability Analysis Management Accounting and Project Systems ensuring alignment with Clean Core principles SAP Best Practices and cloud operating standards.
• Lead the consolidation of all finance-related functions from legacy systems into SAP S/4HANA Finance during the retail spine transformation ensuring centralized standardized end-to-end finance processes that eliminate redundancy reduce technical debt and enable scalable growth.
• 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 real-time profitability visibility and data-driven decision-making.
• Lead solution architecture and cross-functional integration across finance merchandising supply chain store operations and digital commerce systems ensuring cohesive system-of-record ownership end-to-end process integrity and seamless data flow across the enterprise.
• Define and deliver integrations between SAP Finance and best-of-breed planning analytics reporting and digital platforms to support financial planning and analysis (FP&A) budgeting forecasting cash management and profitability optimization.
• Deliver intelligent automation through AI and strategic analytics solutions to optimize finance processes including automated invoice processing predictive cash flow management intelligent expense categorization anomaly detection and real-time financial insights.
• Design and deliver the finance data foundation to support operational analytical and regulatory reporting needs including financial data models data governance frameworks and integration with enterprise data platforms to enable advanced analytics and business intelligence.

• Own delivery outcomes across the System Integrator and SAP RISE ecosystem holding all partners accountable for scope execution solution quality migration success upgrade delivery and business results throughout the on-premise to RISE transformation.
• 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.
• Lead technical assessments of custom code legacy interfaces and technical debt within existing on-premise SAP Finance landscape developing comprehensive remediation plans to achieve clean core state before and during RISE migration.
• Drive fit-to-standard principles throughout the transformation challenging non-standard requirements eliminating unnecessary customizations and ensuring maximum adoption of SAP standard functionality and best practices.
• Oversee the design and execution of data migration strategies from legacy systems and on-premise SAP to RISE ensuring data quality integrity completeness and compliance throughout the migration process.

• Provide inspirational leadership and direction for a purpose-driven team with direct accountability for talent management activities including recruiting and leading a high performing team developing technical and functional capabilities through targeted upskilling programs conducting performance management and retaining critical expertise throughout the multi-year transformation journey
• Upskill and coach internal IT teams and SMEs on cloud mindset Clean Core and SAP Best Practices.
• Establish clear roles responsibilities governance structures decision-making frameworks and engagement cadences across key stakeholders within and outside the transformation program.
• Foster a culture of inclusion collaboration innovation and continuous improvement while actively modeling ADUSA's core values and partnership behaviors to drive engagement knowledge sharing and shared success across the transformation ecosystem.

• 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.

• Define and track functional success metrics (e.g. system adoption and operational continuity).
• Lead cutover planning stabilization governance and lessons-learned cycles following deployment.
• Establish support models service level agreements and operational runbooks for SAP Finance on RISE ensuring efficient incident resolution proactive monitoring and continuous platform optimization.

• Directly manages and develops SAP Finance technical leads architects developers and analysts across multiple finance modules and workstreams.
• Provides functional oversight and technical direction to System Integrator delivery teams offshore resources and contractor staff working on SAP Finance initiatives.
• Collaborates with peer technology leaders across merchandising supply chain store operations and digital commerce to ensure cohesive enterprise transformation delivery.
• Partners with Finance business leaders process owners and key stakeholders to align technology delivery with business strategy and operational requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science Information Systems Engineering Finance or related field required; MBA Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of SAP Finance experience including leadership of large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformations within retail grocery or consumer-facing organizations.
• Deep expertise and hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance modules including GL AP AR Asset Accounting Controlling Margin Analysis (CO-PA) and integration with inventory and merchandising processes.
• Proven track record leading full-lifecycle SAP implementations including fit-to-standard design clean-core adoption build governance testing oversight cutover and post-go-live stabilization.
• Experience leading SAP RISE cloud transformations including finance data migration environment modernization and cloud operating model alignment.
• Strong understanding of retail finance processes including inventory valuation cost of goods sold vendor funding rebates store accounting and enterprise profitability reporting.
• Demonstrated experience integrating SAP Finance with retail and enterprise platforms such as merchandising supply chain POS FP&A treasury and enterprise analytics solutions.
• Proven ability to standardize and modernize finance processes retire legacy systems and enable scalable financial operations across multi-brand multi-channel environments.
• Experience leading global system integrators and cross-functional teams across Finance Merchandising Supply Chain and IT in complex ERP programs.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence CFO organizations and senior technology leaders drive organizational change and ensure alignment between finance strategy and technology delivery.
• Strong knowledge of financial controls audit and regulatory requirements including SOX compliance GAAP/IFRS reporting and internal control frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams and deliver measurable business outcomes in fast-paced high-transaction retail environments.

• Experience in grocery or big-box retail with high SKU velocity complex DC networks and store fulfillment models.
• Direct experience with RISE with SAP or SAP S/4HANA Cloud operating models.
• Strong understanding of SAP Clean Core strategy SAP BTP extensibility and cloud governance.
• Demonstrated success driving Fit-to-Standard and reducing technical debt/custom code.
• SAP certifications in S/4HANA Finance.

What We Do

Ahold Delhaize USA a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize is part of the U.S. family of brands which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion Giant Food The GIANT Company Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services including Finance Legal Sustainability Commercial Digital and E-commerce Technology and more. Our team includes some of the best and brightest talent from a variety of backgrounds ranging from decades-long careers in retail to fresh perspectives from outside our industry. With a purpose-driven culture grounded in our values of courage care integrity teamwork and humor we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change take ownership and enable the brands we support to nourish their customers and communities. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies. As part of the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast we understand our vital role in enabling healthier people and a healthier planet and have an ongoing commitment to driving sustainable change that leads to a thriving food system nourishes local communities and creates a better world.

Why Work With Us

We love fresh perspectives not just fresh produce. We believe that an inclusive workplace fosters creativity accelerates innovation and helps us create an even better product. At Ahold Delhaize USA you’ll find coworkers who are caring and committed and who focus on dreaming big and getting things done.

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