Director, SAP Financial Solutions

Job Description

The Director, SAP Financial Solutions will assist the team as well as key stakeholders across various tasks related to multiple applications and business processes including improving business processes and aligning key metrics. This role will lead our financial system's strategies and operations. Th ey are crucial for managing our organization's financial systems infrastructure, enhancing financial data processing, and compliance, and supporting strategic decision-making across the company. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in finance and technology, with a proven track record in managing large-scale financial systems and projects.

Your Role Accountabilities :
OPERATIONS/PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• Assist project team, key stakeholders, and management to prioritize business requirements and develop and maintain detailed project plans using standard tools
• Help determine resource roles needed and work with management to secure project team members
• Effectively assist in leading by influence and work in a matrix/cross functional (BU Champions)
• Assist in establishing and coordinating the project plan for migration of the project into production
• Assist with developing and defining new and improved workflow and initiatives
• Help provide training and training materials for new processes
• Work with key stakeholders to define and document communication plan
• Assist management with special assignments, such as evaluating vendors, gathering/evaluating consultant proposals, or other responsibilities as requested

STRATEGY
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand team needs and dependencies to better align business processes
• Assist in developing and executing a methodology to evaluate, prioritize and monitor the success of the business processes
• Accurately and clearly articulate strategic issues and provide relevant, logical options for solving them
• Create comprehensive and meaningful strategy presentations for senior executives
• Ability to build a framework and drive development through dynamic business intelligence tools and dashboards for use in ongoing business planning and goal measurement through KPIs

ANALYTICS
• Develop comprehensive performance analysis of business processes and review ways of improvement

Actively participate in stakeholder meetings with the goal of understanding all major projects and initiatives planned

Qualifications & Experiences:
• 2+ years of prior experience in a related field (media, entertainment, business development or streaming services industry experience a plus)
• 12-15 years of experience in financial management , with at least 5 years in a senior management role overseeing financial systems.
• Extensive knowledge of ERP systems, particularly SAP,
• Extensive knowledge of ERP systems, particularly SAP modules (FI-CO, FI- AR, FI -AP, FI-AA, Proje ct Syst ems/Internal Order, SD and MM)
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience developing financial models in Excel AND facilitating business discussions
• Expert user of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) to prepare all documents, presentations, graphs, briefings, and worksheets
• A passion for accuracy and translating insights into a compelling narrative; able to maintain a balance between the details and the larger picture
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Superb relationship building skills
• Work collaboratively w/small teams
• Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently
• Ability to work flexible schedules and available for working various shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to work flexible schedules and available for working various shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Able to work overtime and on-call rotations as needed

Not Required but preferred experience:
• MBA
• 1+ years of post-MBA experience in a related field (entertainment or entertainment)
• Knowledge of and passion for media, entertainment, and technology industries (including key players, growth trends and drivers, new media models, industry structure, etc.)
• Familiarity with streaming and similar products /services
• Experience working in a national or global company
• Some visualization tool knowledge would be helpful ( i.e. Tableau, Power BI)
• Comfortable in working in highly iterative and somewhat unstructured environment

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