Merck · 9 hours ago
SAP Finance Director, IT Product Line Lead
Rahway, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$170K/yr - $267K/yr
12+ years expMerck is seeking a seasoned IT SAP Finance Director to lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of SAP Finance solutions across their division. The ideal candidate will manage a large, distributed team and partner closely with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to drive measurable business value.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead the strategy, architecture and roadmap for SAP Finance for our Company's Animal Health Division, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and digital transformation priorities
Own delivery and governance for SAP Finance implementations, upgrades and integrations (including S/4HANA), ensuring quality, on-time and on-budget execution
Provide leadership and direction to a multi-disciplinary team (direct and indirect reports) across development, integration, support, and analytics
Drive end-to-end solutions for Manufacturing Finance processes (costing, production variance, product costing, inventory accounting, production planning integration, shop-floor interfacing), ensuring systems and processes support business objectives and compliance
Design and implement SAP solutions for Commercial Finance including Credit & Collections, Customer Master Data, Contract Accounting (FI-CA) and Sales Finance analytics to support go-to-market strategies and commercial decision-making
Lead design and implementation of Digital Payments strategies and integrations (credit card processing, digital wallets, tokenization, payment gateway integrations, PCI compliance considerations) within SAP and connected ecosystems
Oversee SAP BW and HANA reporting/analytics strategy, ensuring robust data models, timely financial reporting, and analytics capabilities that enable actionable insights for Finance and Operations
Partner with Finance and business leaders to translate business requirements into scalable SAP solutions and to quantify ROI, cost-to-serve and process improvement opportunities
Mentor, develop and build a high-performing organization with clear succession planning and capability development
Represent IT Finance on senior leadership forums; communicate strategy, risks, program status and business impact to executives and board stakeholders
Oversee SAP BW and HANA reporting/analytics strategy, ensuring robust data models, timely financial reporting, and analytics capabilities that enable actionable insights for Finance and Operations
Partner with Finance and business leaders to translate business requirements into scalable SAP solutions and to quantify ROI, cost-to-serve and process improvement opportunities
Mentor, develop and build a high-performing organization with clear succession planning and capability development
Qualification
Required
12+ years of progressive SAP Finance experience, including leadership roles with end-to-end responsibility for SAP Finance solutions
Minimum of 5 full lifecycle SAP implementations (design, build, test, deploy) with at least 2 full implementations on S/4HANA
Deep domain knowledge and documented experience in Manufacturing Finance (standard costing, actual costing, variance analysis, product costing, WIP, inventory accounting, integration with shop-floor and manufacturing execution systems)
Strong commercial finance experience covering Credit & Collections, contract accounting and customer financial analytics
Hands-on experience implementing Digital Payments (credit card integrations, digital wallets, tokenization, payment gateways) within SAP or integrated ecosystems
Strong SAP BW and HANA experience — architecture, modeling, data migration, reporting and analytics
Demonstrated enterprise leadership skills with experience managing large teams (both direct and indirect reports), including matrixed teams and third-party partners
Strategic thinker with proven ability to develop and execute multi-year roadmaps and to align IT investments with business outcomes
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to influence at the executive level and build cross-functional partnerships
Solid understanding of security, compliance and regulatory requirements relevant to payments (PCI-DSS) and finance systems
Experience in a GXP environment
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
Travel – 15-20% required
Hybrid with 3 days in the office
Preferred
Certifications in SAP Finance modules (FI/CO), SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW or relevant solution architect certifications
Experience with SAP Cloud Platform, Integration Suite, CPI, or other middleware for payments and third-party integrations
Familiarity with treasury and receivables/payables systems, bank connectivity (EBICS, SWIFT, bank APIs)
Experience with process improvement frameworks (Lean, Six Sigma), and modern delivery approaches (Agile/SAFe)
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision healthcare
Other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
Paid holidays
Vacation
Compassionate and sick days
Company
Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.59MKey Investors
Private Capital AdvisorsGavi, the Vaccine Alliance
2018-11-25Post Ipo Equity· $0.59M
2016-01-21Series Unknown· $5M
1980-12-19IPO
Leadership Team
Betty Larson
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean Li
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
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