Job TitleFinance Systems & Transformation Leader
The Director Finance Transformation & SAP Strategy will serve as a key Finance leader responsible for driving finance process transformation, SAP S/4HANA deployment readiness, finance data strategy, and cross-functional execution across CoorsTek's phased enterprise transformation roadmap. This role will partner across Finance, Accounting, IT, Data & Analytics, and business process teams to improve finance processes, strengthen reporting and data capabilities, support scalable SAP-enabled operations, and help build long-term finance transformation capability across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:SAP S/4HANA Finance Transformation- Serve as a Finance business lead and cross-functional liaison for SAP S/4HANA implementation activities across Finance workstreams.
- Provide hands-on leadership for UAT, defect triage, business process validation, training development, cutover readiness, and hypercare support.
- Partner with Finance, IT, system integrators, and business stakeholders, to identify and resolve process, data, configuration, security, reporting, and integration issues.
- Support the phased SAP rollout roadmap and future corporate deployment activities.
- Help ensure finance process design supports scalable operations, strong internal controls, accurate reporting, and efficient end-user adoption.
- Translate business requirements into practical SAP-enabled processes, with emphasis on finance usability, data integrity, standardization, and operational sustainability.
Finance Business Process Leadership- Act as a Finance process transformation leader across AR, AP, general accounting, financial reporting, operational accounting, treasury-related processes, and other finance areas as needed.
- Evaluate current and future-state finance processes and recommend improvements that increase efficiency, reduce manual work, improve controls, and enhance reporting visibility.
- Partner with process owners to define standard work, desktop procedures, training materials, and post-go-live support models.
- Support finance policy, governance, and process standardization across phased deployment sites.
Reporting, Data & Analytics- Support finance reporting transformation and consolidated reporting initiatives, including opportunities to leverage enterprise data platforms and reporting architecture.
- Partner with Finance, IT, and Data & Analytics teams to improve access to reliable finance data, reduce manual reporting dependencies, and enhance management reporting.
- Develop or support dashboarding, analytics, and reporting solutions that improve transparency into financial performance, working capital, process performance, and operational metrics.
- Help bridge current reporting tools and future enterprise data/reporting architecture.
Strategic Finance & Cross-Functional Initiatives- Support finance leadership on strategic projects requiring a combination of accounting, systems, reporting, process, and business judgment.
- Provide support for Japan-related finance initiatives, including process, reporting, system, or operating model analysis as needed.
- Support acquisition integration, finance systems onboarding, data conversion, and process standardization activities.
- Partner with Treasury, Tax, Accounting, FP&A, and Operations on initiatives that require integrated finance execution.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual finance activities and improve the quality and timeliness of financial information.
Controls, Accounting Partnership & Governance- Ensure finance transformation activities maintain compliance with company policies, internal controls, US GAAP, and applicable international reporting requirements.
- Partner with Accounting leadership to ensure SAP-enabled processes support accurate month-end close, account reconciliations, consolidation, reporting, and audit readiness.
- Assist with the design and validation of controls embedded in future-state finance processes.
- Support internal and external audit readiness related to transformed processes, system changes, and financial reporting impacts.
Leadership & Change Management- Lead through influence across Finance, IT, operations, and project teams to drive timely decisions and effective execution.
- Develop strong relationships with business process owners, finance leaders, regional teams, and end users.
- Provide coaching, structure, and practical guidance to users and team members during implementation, training, go-live, and stabilization.
- Help build long-term finance transformation capability within the organization.
- Communicate risks, dependencies, decisions, and progress clearly to senior Finance leadership.
Job Requirements:Education & Certification- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or related field required.
- Active CPA license strongly preferred.
- Advanced degree or relevant systems/project certifications preferred but not required.
Experience- 10+ years of progressive finance, accounting, systems, shared services, or finance transformation experience.
- Experience leading or materially supporting SAP ERP implementations, with SAP S/4HANA experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience translating finance business requirements into system-enabled processes.
- Experience with finance data, reporting, analytics, dashboards, or enterprise reporting tools.
- Experience in accounting operations, shared services, general accounting, financial reporting, FP&A, treasury-adjacent processes, or operational finance.
- Prior people leadership, project leadership, or cross-functional leadership experience required.
- Manufacturing, multinational, or complex multi-entity experience preferred.
Functional / Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities- Strong understanding of finance and accounting processes, including AR, AP, general ledger, close, reporting, reconciliations, controls, and data integrity.
- Strong SAP finance process knowledge, with ability to partner effectively with technical resources and business users.
- Ability to diagnose issues across process, data, configuration, security, integration, reporting, and training.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work hands-on in project details while maintaining strategic perspective.
- Strong communication skills, with ability to explain complex finance and system issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change, facilitate decisions, manage competing priorities, and drive accountability.
- Strong Excel, reporting, and data analysis capability.
- Experience with tools such as SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Warehouse, Hyperion/Essbase, Cognos, enterprise data platforms, or similar reporting and analytics tools preferred.
Target Hiring RangeAnnual Salary: USD 146,552.00 - USD 201,509.00
Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills and education.
