Director, IT - Financial Systems

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Requisition ID : 10967

Department : IT - Applications

Travel : Location :

Chicago, IL, US, 60610

Workplace Type : Shift :

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Job Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee and drive the strategic roadmap and end-to-end delivery of SAP projects and enhancements, ensuring alignment with enterprise business objectives and IT strategy.
• Provide executive oversight of SAP application support functions to ensure stable, secure, and responsive operations, including incident management, change requests, and service-level adherence.
• Lead planning, execution, and transition activities for major SAP programs such as S / 4HANA migrations, global rollouts, cloud integrations, and adoption of SAP BTP.
• Act as a key liaison between business executives and SAP technical teams to translate strategic priorities into actionable solutions and support user adoption initiatives.
• Establish and enforce robust governance frameworks, including change control, release management, compliance protocols, and standardized support processes.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence by proactively identifying inefficiencies, optimizing processes, and managing strategic SAP improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate and align cross-functional teams (IT, business, compliance, audit) to ensure delivery quality, business continuity, and post-go-live performance.
• Manage and mentor a hybrid team of internal staff, external consultants, offshore support teams, and SAP managed services partners.
• Develop and track delivery KPIs, operational SLAs, and business value metrics to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security standards (e.g., SOX, FDA, GDPR), maintaining audit readiness and operational integrity.
• Provide regular executive-level updates on project delivery, operational performance, support trends, and risk mitigation measures.
• Serve as the ultimate escalation point for critical SAP production incidents impacting business continuity.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical and Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move and / or position oneself, communicate, operate and / or prepare, place, position objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally move packages weighing up to 10 lb. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close observation and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We place priority in an environment of inclusion, diversity and social justice and are committed to securing a better, brighter way forward for our employees, our markets, and our communities.

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