Job Description:

The Chapter Manager SAP Finance Expertise is a recognized internal expert in SAP Finance processes solutions and integrations
The role provides advanced functional guidance and hands on expertise to Product Teams when complex topics exceed the team s existing knowledge
It helps teams diagnose issues evaluate solution options understand configuration and integration impacts and make sustainable functional design decisions
Sitting in the Finance Chapter allows scarce expertise to be shared across products
The role retains and develops critical knowledge promotes standards and reuse challenges external recommendations and helps reduce dependency on individual specialists and suppliers
Product Teams retain ownership of the business relationship product decisions backlog and delivery
The Finance Architect retains accountability for the overall Finance architecture
The Chapter Manager provides the deep SAP Finance expertise required to inform those decisions

Key Responsibilities:

Core responsibilities
Diagnose complex functional and integration issues identify root causes and recommend sustainable resolutions
Review and challenge critical functional designs and external recommendations promoting standard SAP functionality reuse and alignment with Finance core model principles
Identify wider architectural implications and engage the Finance Architect when topics affect the overall landscape end to end integration data flows or architectural guardrails
Build and animate a community of practice that enables knowledge transfer cross product learning and consistent ways of working
Responsible for maintaining a specific pool of resources within the areas of expertise to support the different Products within the organization
Delivery and operational responsibilities
Provide hands on expert support during complex discovery design implementation testing deployment stabilization and problem resolution without becoming a permanent Product Team resource
Provide functional quality assurance for high impact changes by assessing process data control configuration and integration consequences
Independently challenge work produced by AMS providers system integrators and other external specialists and or consultants
Convert implementation incident and operational learning into reusable guidance standards and capability development actions
Raise systemic risks dependencies and improvement opportunities that may affect product roadmaps or portfolio execution
Maintain accessible capability documentation and progressively increase expertise and autonomy across the Chapter
Stakeholder and collaboration responsibilities
Partner with the Finance Chapter Lead Product Owners Senior Product Owners Product Analysts Senior Product Analysts Product Builders architects Business Partners and delivery teams
Support the Chapter Lead in translating Product Group needs into skills and capability development priorities
Participate in business discussions only through or at the request of the Product Team ensuring the Product Team remains the primary business interface
Collaborate with the Finance Architect and other Chapter Managers when topics cross capability or solution boundaries
Coach Chapter members and ensure critical expertis

Technical Requirements:

Experience with Finance transformation standardization core model or multi entity initiatives
Knowledge of connected domains such as tax treasury statutory reporting controlling master data financial controls data governance or SaaS solutions
Experience defining standards design principles reusable patterns communities of practice or capability frameworks
Familiarity with product centric operating models Agile ways of working and product roadmap or portfolio discussions
Experience coaching specialists and operating effectively in a matrix and evolving organizational environment

Additional Responsibilities:

Deep expertise in relevant end to end Finance processes business rules controls and SAP Finance capabilities
Expertise across several SAP Finance process or solution areas and understanding of the wider Finance application landscape
Proven ability to translate complex business needs into viable solution options and assess functional design configuration data control and integration implications
Ability to diagnose complex issues distinguish justified requirements from unnecessary customization and recommend sustainable solutions
Strong understanding of SAP Finance integration with adjacent SAP and non SAP solutions core model principles and solution reuse
Ability to review functional specifications configuration proposals and integration designs and to challenge experienced external consultants credibly

Preferred Skills:

Foundational->Development process generic->SaaS Development Process->SaaS

IT&DATA Chapter Manager SAP Finance