Manager, SAP Business Systems
About The Position
The Manager, SAP Business Systems serves as the business owner for NineDot Energy’s SAP S/4HANA environment, partnering with Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, and other teams to ensure the ERP platform supports the company’s growth. The role manages the relationship with the SAP managed services provider, oversees system enhancements and governance, and advances continuous improvement across financial and operational processes. It is a functional leadership role—not a technical developer or administrator—with routine business-owned system administration and external technical experts engaged for complex configuration and development. The position leads cross-functional work to translate business needs into scalable system solutions. It oversees SAP operations, roadmap and project delivery, business-owned configuration and master data, governance, user support, and adoption. The role is based in Brooklyn, New York, and is hybrid.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of experience supporting or managing enterprise ERP systems, including significant SAP S/4HANA experience.
- Strong understanding of finance, accounting, procurement, and other core business processes supported by SAP.
- Experience managing third-party implementation partners and managed service providers.
- Demonstrated experience leading ERP upgrades, releases, or enhancement projects.
- Hands-on experience as an SAP power user or functional administrator, including maintaining business-owned master data, performing routine SAP administration, troubleshooting functional issues, and recognizing when external technical configuration or development support is needed.
- Ability to prioritize competing business requests and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
Nice To Haves
- SAP S/4HANA public cloud expertise, particularly in a finance-centric environment.
- Experience working in a growing, fast-paced organization.
- SAP certification.
- Familiarity with renewable energy, infrastructure, construction, or project-based businesses.
- Knowledge of SOX, audit controls, and ERP governance best practices.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the business owner and primary administrator for NineDot’s SAP S/4HANA platform, overseeing day-to-day operations, business-owned configuration, and master data.
- Partner with business stakeholders to define priorities, optimize SAP capabilities, and develop a SAP roadmap aligned with business objectives.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications and manage implementation partners, managed service provider relationships, support, enhancements, and project delivery.
- Lead SAP projects from requirements through deployment, including user acceptance testing, release planning, cross-system integration testing, and production deployments.
- Drive continuous improvement through process standardization, automation, documentation, and enhanced SAP functionality.
- Troubleshoot functional issues, resolve routine requests, escalate complex issues as needed, and build internal SAP expertise to reduce reliance on external consultants.
- Partner with IT to manage security, user access, governance, data integrity, internal controls, and audit support.
- Develop training materials, support end-user adoption, promote SAP best practices, and serve as the primary point of contact for business users.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 5% employer match on 401(k) retirement account
- 20 paid vacation days
- 7 sick days
- 9 federal holidays
- 3 personal floating holidays
- 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers within the first year of birth or adoption
- Wellness initiatives, including a $1,000 stipend
- 16 volunteer hours
- Two planned company-wide volunteer outings per year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
