CenterPoint Energy, Inc

Director IT Workstream Finance SAP S/4

CenterPoint Energy, Inc$130K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • 5-7 years of experience in SAP FI/CO
  • Strong understanding of finance data structures and processes
  • Proven experience in system integration and testing
  • Leadership experience in project management and governance

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end finance system delivery across SAP FI/CO and related components
  • Enforce fit-to-standard principles and approved design decisions
  • Oversee design realization, configuration, and development of financial solutions
  • Drive integration across finance, asset accounting, procurement, and work management
  • Partner with Data and Architecture leads for finance data model alignment
  • Lead testing scenarios for financial close and regulatory reporting
  • Define finance cutover sequencing and data readiness checkpoints

Benefits

  • Paid training and benefits eligibility starts on your first day
  • Transit subsidies and a flexible work schedule
  • Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center
  • Professional growth programs including tuition reimbursement
  • 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and contributions
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Director IT Workstream Finance SAP S/4 is accountable for end-to-end delivery of SAP S/4 Finance capabilities, including design validation, configuration oversight, integration, testing, data readiness, and stabilization. This role ensures finance systems enable compliant, accurate, and timely financial operations while aligning to enterprise data, reporting, and regulatory requirements.

Purpose of the Role:

Ensure that:
  • Finance systems are delivered in alignment with business, regulatory, and reporting requirements
  • Enterprise finance data structures, code block, and reporting logic are consistently implemented
  • Financial close, consolidation, and regulatory reporting processes are stable and auditable at go-live
  • Integration across finance, asset, supply chain, and external reporting is complete and reconciled


Key Responsibilities:

Solution Delivery and Governance
  • Own end-to-end finance system delivery across SAP FI/CO and related components
  • Enforce alignment to fit-to-standard principles and approved design decisions
  • Oversee design realization, configuration, and RICEFW development


Integration and Cross-Workstream Alignment
  • Drive integration across finance, asset accounting, procurement, and work management
  • Partner with Data and Architecture leads to align finance data model and reporting structures
  • Resolve cross-workstream design and data conflicts


Testing and Financial Readiness
  • Lead testing of financial close, reporting, and audit scenarios
  • Ensure readiness for period-end close, regulatory reporting, and reconciliations
  • Validate financial integrity of migrated and transactional data


Cut-over and Stabilization
  • Define finance cutover sequencing and data readiness checkpoints
  • Lead issue triage for high-risk financial defects
  • Ensure controlled stabilization and transition to steady-state finance operations


Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • Advanced degree or CPA preferred


We want you to know
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

What we bring to you
  • Competitive pay
  • Paid training
  • Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
  • Transit subsidies
  • Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off
  • Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
  • Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
  • 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution


Job Type: Full Time
Posting Start Date: 07/16/2026
Posting End Date: 08/07/2026

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About CenterPoint Energy, Inc

CenterPoint Energy is a domestic energy delivery company. The Company’s business segments include Electric Transmission and Distribution, Natural Gas Distribution, Competitive Natural Gas Sales and Services, Interstate Pipelines, Field Services and Other Operations. The Company serves metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. The company also owns a 58.3% interest in a midstream partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp. with operations in natural gas and liquids-rich producing areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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Size
9,418 employees
Market Cap
$19.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$773 million
Founded
1866
5 Year Trend
+2.1%
Revenue
$7.4 billion
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