Senior Director, SAP Finance Transformation

Senior Director, SAP Finance Transformation
Location: Toronto, 4- days onsite (non-negotiable)
Full-Time

About the Opportunity
Our client is embarking on a large-scale, multi-year finance modernization program to transform its global finance technology landscape. As part of this journey, legacy financial platforms and general ledger capabilities are being replaced with a modern SAP-based architecture, creating a greenfield Enterprise General Ledger environment supported by additional finance modules and integrations.

The Senior Director, SAP Finance Transformation will own and lead the successful implementation of a cloud-based Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger, and Enterprise General Ledger platform. Acting as the key bridge between technology leadership, finance stakeholders, enterprise architecture, and delivery teams, this individual will drive the end-to-end execution of the transformation while ensuring alignment to business, operational, regulatory, and technology objectives.
This is a highly visible leadership role requiring a combination of deep SAP Finance implementation expertise, enterprise-scale transformation experience, and executive stakeholder management.

Responsibilities
Platform Execution

• Lead a greenfield SAP Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger, and Enterprise General Ledger implementation across all workstreams.
• Drive enterprise-wide execution while ensuring adherence to target-state architecture and design principles.
• Partner with program leadership to establish delivery standards, methodologies, governance frameworks, and KPIs.
• Provide oversight of platform integration, technical delivery, data migration, and custom development activities.
• Serve as the functional authority for SAP Finance capabilities, ensuring designs support event-based accounting, subledger, and general ledger requirements.
• Define strategies for complex integrations and enterprise data flows.
• Establish and enforce SAP governance practices and design standards.
• Ensure scalability, performance, security, and operational readiness of the final solution.

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead large, multidisciplinary global teams responsible for delivering strategic program outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, providing guidance on technology direction, risk management, and implementation strategy.
• Drive alignment across finance, technology, operations, architecture, and program delivery teams.
• Manage delivery scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, and financials.
• Resolve complex delivery challenges while ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture standards.
• Promote collaboration and consistency across global workstreams.
• Provide thought leadership around finance technology modernization and SAP best practices.

Talent Leadership

• Set direction, vision, and performance expectations for teams.
• Build and lead high-performing organizations focused on accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
• Mentor leaders and team members through large-scale transformational change.
• Assess organizational capabilities and align talent strategies with future-state operating models.
• Develop succession plans and leadership pipelines for critical roles.

Required Qualifications
Must-Haves

• 15+ years of SAP implementation experience, including leadership of large-scale Finance ERP transformations.
• Proven experience leading SAP General Ledger and broader Finance modernization programs within large enterprises.
• Deep expertise in General Ledger, Product Subledger, event-based accounting, and enterprise financial reporting processes.
• Demonstrated success delivering SAP Finance implementations from design through deployment and production support.
• Extensive experience overseeing SAP workstreams including solution design, configuration, integration, data migration, testing, and rollout.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading large globally distributed teams through complex enterprise transformations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, SDLC, Agile delivery, security, and data governance principles.
• Bachelor's degree required; Business, Finance, Accounting, or Technology disciplines preferred.

Preferred

• Experience within banking, financial services, or similarly complex regulated industries.
• Previous leadership experience within a Big Four consulting firm or major systems integrator.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale SAP S/4HANA Finance transformations.
• CPA, MBA, or equivalent advanced designation.

What’s Offered

• Opportunity to lead one of the largest finance modernization initiatives in the industry.
• Significant executive visibility and influence on long-term technology strategy.
• Competitive compensation package including bonus incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits program.
• Flexible career growth opportunities within a highly strategic transformation environment.
• Collaborative and innovative culture focused on modernization and continuous improvement.