Finance Systems Technical Program Manager

Apples Finance and ISu0026T organizations are partnering to modernize how financial data is posted reconciled and governed across a large highly integrated applications landscape. We are seeking a Finance Systems Technical Program Manager to sit at the intersection of finance business partners and ISu0026T engineering driving the future direction vision and strategy for financial postings across all applications and platforms. This is a crucial role for someone who can operate equally well in strategic architecture conversations and in the operational rigor of running large cross-functional programs. You will also take on delivery ownership for existing large cross-functional projects reporting to Finance leadership on key areas such as resource planning and finance track execution u0026 management.n

As a Finance Systems Technical Program Manager you will act as the technical and program bridge between finance business partners and ISu0026T. You will help define where and how financial postings should flow across SAP and non-SAP applications ensuring the strategy is technically sound and scalable as Apples systems landscape evolves. You will also manage the day-to-day execution of large cross-functional finance transformation projects arising out of this partnership including where some are already underway. You should be comfortable moving between big-picture strategy discussions and the detailed blocking-and-tackling of program execution and you should bring the credibility to influence both finance and engineering stakeholders.n

Partner with finance business partners and ISu0026T architecture teams to define the future direction vision and strategy for financial posting across all applications and as a technical liaison between finance and prducting translating business posting requirements into system and integration designs across SAP (e.g. S/4HANA BTP) and adjacent non-SAP delivery management for large cross-functional finance transformation projects tracking scope schedule risk and dependencies across requirements gathering technical design reviews GAP IT UAT Go Live and Warranty with local leadership across sites to manage resource planning and finance track management ensuring the right skills and capacity are aligned to project cross-functional workshops and decision forums brokering alignment when finance ISu0026T and business stakeholders hold differing priorities or technical regular status reporting and executive-level updates on program health risks and resourcing to finance and ISu0026T opportunities to standardize and simplify financial posting patterns across applications reducing manual reconciliation effort.n

7 years of experience in a Technical Project/Program Management role within finance systems ERP or enterprise IT of 5 years hands-on experience managing full project lifecycles (requirements through go-live and warranty support) for cross-functional multi-application managing resource planning and capacity across multiple concurrent projects and stakeholder degree in Finance Information Systems Computer Science Business or a related field or equivalent practical experience.n

Experience with SAP S/4HANA SAP BTP or other enterprise finance/ERP platforms including familiarity with integration frameworks (APIs EDI iDocs CPI).nnExperience partnering with architecture review boards or enterprise architecture functions on system strategy facilitation and communication skills with the ability to influence senior finance and engineering stakeholders and broker decisions across competing experience partnering directly with finance business stakeholders to define systems strategy or process knowledge of financial posting concepts and how transactions flow across enterprise applications (e.g. SAP order-to-cash procure-to-pay or general ledger integrations).nnExperience with large-scale system transformation approaches (e.g. Greenfield Brownfield Bluefield) and global cutover -starter with strong critical thinking skills comfortable navigating ambiguity across both strategic and operational degree in a related field.