Position Summary Serves as the group functional owner and decision authority for SAP S/4HANA deployment, adoption, and sustainment for finance, controlling, financial reporting, accounting, costing, and related business processes across the group. Reporting to the Group VP Controller, this role leads group wide SAP business process strategy, deployment governance, fit-to-standard adoption, and sustainment across group divisions and locations.
This role serves as the group functional business process leader for assigned SAP enabled finance processes. The position will drive adoption of Parker standard SAP business processes, support fit-to-standard decision making, and ensure consistent financial process execution across group divisions and locations.
The role partners closely with Corporate SAP S/4HANA Business Process Leaders, group SAP IT, division controllers, finance leaders, operations, supply chain, customer service, procurement, manufacturing, and site level stakeholders to align solution design, testing, deployment readiness, adoption, and post-go-live sustainment.
This role operates in a complex, matrixed environment requiring alignment across Corporate SAP teams, group leadership, division leadership, manufacturing locations, supply chain, procurement, operations, finance, IT, and end users. The position must balance Parker enterprise SAP standards with division-specific operational requirements while driving process standardization, resolving cross-functional conflicts, managing implementation risk, and ensuring business continuity during SAP deployment and stabilization.
Responsibilities What we are expecting from you:SAP S/4HANA Deployment and Process Leadership- Lead the deployment and adoption of SAP S/4HANA finance, accounting, controlling, and reporting processes.
- Assess current-state processes, identify gaps, risks, control impacts, data needs, and organizational changes, and drive fit-to-standard adoption.
- Partner with Corporate SAP Business Process Leaders, finance, IT, and business stakeholders to align process design, testing, training, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
- Provide post-go-live support to ensure business continuity, stable adoption, reporting integrity, and process compliance.
Finance, Accounting, and Controlling- Lead and standardize SAP-enabled financial accounting, close, consolidation, management reporting, and financial reporting processes.
- Provide functional leadership for controlling, cost accounting, product costing, cost centers, profit centers, standard costing, and manufacturing finance.
- Ensure finance processes support accurate, timely, compliant reporting; reliable financial data; internal controls; and effective business decisions.
- Partner with operations, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, sales, and customer service to align finance processes across order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-produce, inventory, distribution, and intercompany activities.
Governance, Controls, and Continuous Improvement- Serve as the functional business process leader for assigned SAP finance processes and support applicable governance forums and deployment reviews.
- Ensure alignment with Parker SAP standards, accounting policies, internal controls, segregation-of-duties requirements, and audit expectations.
- Communicate deployment readiness, key risks, decision needs, and recommendations to leadership; escalate significant issues as appropriate.
- Lead stakeholder engagement, training, and change-management activities for process owners, implementation teams, super users, and end users.
- Monitor adoption, transaction quality, reporting accuracy, compliance, and performance after deployment; prioritize enhancements and continuous-improvement opportunities with Corporate SAP and IT.
Qualifications Preferred Qualifications Include:- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, Operations, or a related field.
- Eight or more years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, controlling, cost accounting, financial reporting, or ERP-enabled business process leadership.
- Strong knowledge of financial accounting, management reporting, cost accounting, internal controls, and manufacturing finance, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and margin analysis.
- Direct SAP implementation experience required; SAP S/4HANA experience strongly preferred, with expertise in SAP Finance and Controlling processes.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional process standardization, fit-to-standard adoption, deployment readiness, and change-management activities.
- Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and stakeholder-influence skills within a complex, matrixed organization.
- Ability to travel 25%-50%, with increased travel during deployment, cutover, go-live, and hypercare periods.
Pay, Benefits, Work Schedule Competitive Compensation- Pay Range: $107,000 to $160,000 annually
- Participation in Annual Incentive Program
Benefit & Retirement Plans Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:
- Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
- 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
- Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
- Career development and tuition reimbursement.
- Other benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
- Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.
- Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays.
