Manager, SAP Business Systems

NineDot Energy • Brooklyn, NY

13h • Hybrid

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 business teams to ensure the ERP platform supports the company's growth. The role manages NineDot’s relationship with its SAP managed services provider, oversees system enhancements and governance, and drives continuous improvement across financial and operational processes.

This is a collaborative functional SAP leadership role for someone who can translate business needs into scalable system solutions while managing external vendors and cross-functional stakeholders. It is intended for a functional leader rather than a technical developer or administrator. The manager performs routine business-owned system administration and leverages external technical experts for complex configuration and development.

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 experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• 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 required.
• 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

• Public cloud expertise.
• Experience working in a growing, fast-paced organization.
• SAP certification.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA public cloud in a finance-centric environment.
• 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 an 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, dental, and vision coverage.
• 5% employer match on the 401(k) retirement account.
• 20 paid vacation days, 7 sick days, 9 federal holidays, and 3 personal floating holidays.
• 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for both the primary and secondary caregiver within the first year of birth or adoption.
• Wellness initiatives, including a $1,000 stipend.
• 16 volunteer hours plus two planned company-wide volunteer outings per year.
• Salary range of $165,000–$180,000 plus bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager