Senior Director, SAP Finance Transformation

Location: Toronto, 4- days onsite (non-negotiable)

Full-Time

About the Opportunity

Our client is embarking on a large-scale, multi-year finance modernization program to transform its global finance technology landscape. As part of this journey, legacy financial platforms and general ledger capabilities are being replaced with a modern SAP-based architecture, creating a greenfield Enterprise General Ledger environment supported by additional finance modules and integrations.

The Senior Director, SAP Finance Transformation will own and lead the successful implementation of a cloud-based Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger, and Enterprise General Ledger platform. Acting as the key bridge between technology leadership, finance stakeholders, enterprise architecture, and delivery teams, this individual will drive the end-to-end execution of the transformation while ensuring alignment to business, operational, regulatory, and technology objectives.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring a combination of deep SAP Finance implementation expertise, enterprise-scale transformation experience, and executive stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

Platform Execution

- Lead a greenfield SAP Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger, and Enterprise General Ledger implementation across all workstreams.

- Drive enterprise-wide execution while ensuring adherence to target-state architecture and design principles.

- Partner with program leadership to establish delivery standards, methodologies, governance frameworks, and KPIs.

- Provide oversight of platform integration, technical delivery, data migration, and custom development activities.

- Serve as the functional authority for SAP Finance capabilities,



ensuring designs support event-based accounting, subledger, and general ledger requirements.

- Define strategies for complex integrations and enterprise data flows.

- Establish and enforce SAP governance practices and design standards.

- Ensure scalability, performance, security, and operational readiness of the final solution.

- Lead large, multidisciplinary global teams responsible for delivering strategic program outcomes.

- Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, providing guidance on technology direction, risk management, and implementation strategy.

- Drive alignment across finance, technology, operations, architecture, and program delivery teams.

- Manage delivery scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, and financials.

- Resolve complex delivery challenges while ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture standards.

- Promote collaboration and consistency across global workstreams.

- Provide thought leadership around finance technology modernization and SAP best practices.

- Set direction, vision, and performance expectations for teams.

- Build and lead high-performing organizations focused on accountability, innovation, and collaboration.

- Mentor leaders and team members through large-scale transformational change.

- Assess organizational capabilities and align talent strategies with future-state operating models.





- Develop succession plans and leadership pipelines for critical roles.

Required Qualifications

Must-Haves

- 15+ years of SAP implementation experience, including leadership of large-scale Finance ERP transformations.

- Proven experience leading SAP General Ledger and broader Finance modernization programs within large enterprises.

- Deep expertise in General Ledger, Product Subledger, event-based accounting, and enterprise financial reporting processes.

- Demonstrated success delivering SAP Finance implementations from design through deployment and production support.

- Extensive experience overseeing SAP workstreams including solution design, configuration, integration, data migration, testing, and rollout.

- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Experience leading large globally distributed teams through complex enterprise transformations.

- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, SDLC, Agile delivery, security, and data governance principles.

- Bachelor's degree required;

Business, Finance, Accounting, or Technology disciplines preferred.

Preferred

- Experience within banking, financial services, or similarly complex regulated industries.

- Previous leadership experience within a Big Four consulting firm or major systems integrator.

- CPA, MBA, or equivalent advanced designation.

What’s Offered

- Opportunity to lead one of the largest finance modernization initiatives in the industry.

- Significant executive visibility and influence on long-term technology strategy.

- Flexible career growth opportunities within a highly strategic transformation setting.

- Collaborative and innovative culture focused on modernization and continuous improvement.

📌 Senior Director, Sap Finance Transformation (Toronto)
🏢 Tundra Technical Solutions
📍 Toronto