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SAP · 1 day ago

Domain Expert, Accounting and Close - SAP Office of CRO

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$194K/yr - $412K/yr

10+ years exp

SAP is a leading company in business application software and services, helping over four hundred thousand customers globally. The Domain Expert in Accounting and Close is responsible for supporting go-to-market strategies for the Finance, Risk & Q2C Chief Revenue Office, working closely with various teams to drive revenue growth and customer engagement.

AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Process Automation (BPA)ComputerData ManagementFinanceSoftware

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

End-to-end design of the go to market for the sub-solution area including strategic input and direction relative to transformation programs

Work hand in hand with Partner, Marketing, Digital Hub, Presales and CSM teams to create a holistic approach to meeting KPI goals including revenue & pipeline

Provide overall strategy and planning across the GTM cycle, multi —year business planning and financial planning process

Play a key role as key contributor for the LOBs Strategy Document, Growth Priorities, Market Sentiment Reviews, and Board QBRs as well as marketing documents and demo scripts

Coordination of sales and consumption plays/programs and campaigns

Support in the creation and development of Sales Plays in conjunction with Product Marketing

Serve as the strategic point of contact for the CFO in your region, providing tailored insights, solutions, and thought leadership aligned to their business priorities

Act as the go-to expert on market trends and customer needs, translating insights into actionable strategies that inform go-to-market priorities, product direction, and customer engagement

Partner closely with demand management teams to align on strategy, ensure a healthy pipeline

Work with local partners to support thought-leadership events and collateral

Work on sales strategies with the Solex partners within the sub-solution area

Deep understanding of customer requirements and solutions across a diverse base of industry knowledge

Deep understanding of the SAP Accounting & Financial Close solution set including: Group Reporting, Central Finance, Advanced Financial Close, Intelligent Real Estate Management, SAP Green Ledger, Walk-me Premium for Finance, Solex & Partner solutions including SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning, Insight, BlackLine, Planon, Honeywell Forge Real Estate, K2Fly Infoscope

Support the evolving EPM strategy in 2026 together with the Sub-solution area lead for Financial Planning & Analysis

Drive in-region market awareness of solutions across both the Accounting & Financial Close portfolio and SAP Business Suite including event presentations, partner engagement, market unit enablement and thought leadership activities (e.g. blogs, white papers etc.)

Become part of a global network of the sub-solution area domain experts across Finance & Spend, building and sharing knowledge on successful demand generation, customer success stories and potential product and market evolutions

Work in conjunction with regional / MU sales organizations, as well as partners, solution management, value engineering & consulting services to support lighthouse customer success cases

Qualification

SAP FinanceSAP AccountingSAP Financial CloseSAP S/4HANACloud ERPExecutive presentationMulti-national experienceCustomer facingMarket awarenessThought leadershipFluency in English

Required

Professional experience with large, multi-national software/IT organizations and with a demonstrated expertise in SAP Finance, SAP Accounting, SAP Financial Close solutions (both current & legacy), SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Suite & Cloud ERP

10+ years of prior relevant solutions / LoB experience in presales or consulting or working directly at a customer and supporting SAP environments, especially with solving complex manufacturing, supply chain and finance requirements

Working knowledge of cloud in the B2B, B2C environments

Working knowledge of cloud, hosted or managed services and SaaS/ PaaS models, cloud-based commerce/ business networks

Viewed as solutions / LoB expert across SAP (or other firm), capable of leveraging an extensive network on behalf of SAP resulting in pipeline and revenue growth

Strong customer facing experience at executive levels

Strong presentation skills

Deep understanding of customer requirements and solutions across a diverse base of industry knowledge

Support the evolving EPM strategy in 2026 together with the Sub-solution area lead for Financial Planning & Analysis

Work in conjunction with regional / MU sales organizations, as well as partners, solution management, value engineering & consulting services to support lighthouse customer success cases

MBA or equivalent degree from accredited university preferred

Fluency in English, any other language an asset

Proficiency of the solution portfolio

Executive speaking & presenting (C-level)