Director, Reporting Excellence & SAC Enablement
About The Position
Lead the enterprise SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Reporting & Analytics Center of Excellence function to maximize the business value of SAC implementation. This role is responsible for establishing long-term strategy, governance, standards and operating model for reporting, analytics, visualization, user enablement, quality assurance and continuous improvement. The Director will build sustainable organizational capabilities that support both ongoing operations and future SAC implementations across business units. There will be 3 direct reports and 6 additional indirect reports. The role aims to leave a legacy of lasting enterprise foundation by developing standardized methodologies, governance frameworks, testing practices, training programs, documentation standards and knowledge assets that improve solution quality, accelerate implementation and drive user adoption.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or in computer science, preferred.
- 12+ years of relevant experience in Finance, IT, or related fields.
- Extensive experience in Finance transformation, reporting and analytics.
- Deep understanding of SAP Analytics Cloud or enterprise planning platforms.
- Experience leading enterprise governance and cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong background in reporting strategy, business processes and analytics.
- Proven leadership in change management and user adoption.
- Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Define the enterprise vision and roadmap for reporting and analytics in SAC
- Establish dashboard design and visualization standards.
- Develop reporting governance, KPI definitions and reporting best practices.
- Drive consistency across business units.
- Identify opportunities to improve executive reporting and decision support.
- Partner with Finance leadership to align reporting strategy with business objectives.
- Establish enterprise standards for SAC implementation and operational excellence.
- Develop reusable implementation methodologies and playbooks.
- Capture lessons learned and incorporate them into future deployments.
- Build scalable governance and support models for future business units.
- Promote continuous improvement across all SAC capabilities.
- Define enterprise testing methodology.
- Establish regression testing framework.
- Standardize defect management and root cause analysis.
- Continuously improve testing effectiveness.
- Define enterprise documentation standards.
- Develop implementation guides and operational playbooks.
- Establish centralized knowledge repository.
- Standardized process documentation.
- Build reusable templates and reference materials.
- Define enterprise learning strategy.
- Develop structured onboarding programs.
- Build role-based learning curriculum.
- Establish training standards and certification pathways.
- Create self-service learning resources.
- Measure adoption and capability development.
- Establish and drive Reporting & Analytics governance forums.
- Define COE operating model.
- Establish enterprise standards and best practices.
- Monitor solution performance and adoption.
- Identify opportunities for simplification and automation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Measure COE effectiveness through KPIs.
- Partner with Finance leadership to understand evolving business needs.
- Influence enterprise reporting and planning strategy.
- Support future business unit implementations.
Benefits
- paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- long-term incentive programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
