SAP Functional Lead

Sonic Internet + Phone•Santa Rosa, CA

4h•$140,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Sonic’s SAP Functional Lead serves as an internal subject matter expert, combining finance and accounting expertise with IT administration capabilities. The role bridges finance, IT, and operations to optimize Sonic’s SAP investment, build internal capability, and reduce reliance on external consultants. It supports financial close processes, system security and workflows, and continuous improvement of the ERP platform. The role is primarily focused on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Finance modules, including Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR), and Asset Accounting (AA). It also supports accounting processes, supply chain and plant project activities, integrations, reporting, system administration, and SAP enhancement projects. The position has no direct reports but coordinates work with external SAP consulting partners and provides guidance to end users across the organization. Minimal travel is required, with occasional travel to company offices or SAP training events (less than 10% annually).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 5 years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA experience.
Deep expertise in SAP FI, CO, RAR, and AA.
Strong accounting and finance background, including financial processes, accounting principles, revenue recognition, and subscription billing models.
Strong IAM experience, including user administration, role design, authorization management, and segregation-of-duties concepts.
Proven workflow configuration experience, including approval processes, business rules, and automation.
Supply Chain experience, including Materials Management, Warehouse Management, and Inventory Management modules.
Understanding of integration points between finance and other SAP modules, including Public Cloud constraints and options.
Knowledge of financial reporting, consolidation, analytics, and internal controls.
Ability to write clear system documentation, training materials, and business correspondence and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and accuracy, including the ability to analyze financial reports, technical procedures, and system documentation.
Project management skills, including planning, coordination, progress communication, and managing project team activities.
Ability to work well as a team member in both in-person and remote work environments.
Experience with SAP reporting tools and analytics.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Familiarity with testing tools and methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree such as an MBA, MAcc, or MS in Information Systems.
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud experience, including fit-to-standard principles, configuration through SSCUIs, quarterly release management, regression testing, and clean-core extensibility.
SAP certification in S/4HANA Finance or related modules.
Construction industry experience with Project Systems (PS) and project-based costing.
SAP Fiori administration and user experience optimization.
Familiarity with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and extensibility.
Experience with SAP Preferred Success tools, such as Cloud ALM and Test Automation.

Responsibilities

Serve as the functional expert for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Finance modules, including FI, CO, RAR, and AA.
Support month-end close, financial reporting, audit activities, subscription billing, and recurring revenue management processes.
Partner with the CFO, Controller, and Accounting Team on system optimization, enhancements, and process improvements.
Manage user access, roles, and permissions using SAP IAM principles; maintain role-based security and segregation-of-duties practices.
Configure and maintain workflows, approval processes, and business process automation.
Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate resolution with external consultants as needed.
Support quarterly system updates, testing cycles, and deployment of new functionality.
Maintain system documentation, configuration guides, and standard operating procedures.
Monitor system performance, data integrity, and compliance with internal controls.
Provide technical support for Supply Chain processes and modules, including MM, material planning, and project-based inventory activities.
Support Plant PMO activities, including contractor Service Entry Sheets and connections between projects, schedules, procurement demand, material planning, and costing.
Lead API and integration efforts connecting SAP with other internal systems.
Bridge communication among business users, finance, and technical resources; translate business requirements into system configurations and process designs.
Lead business adoption, change management, stakeholder communication, user training, and process standardization.
Manage external SAP consulting engagements, including budgets, statements of work, deliverables, vendor performance, relationships, and project scope.
Lead SAP enhancement projects from requirements gathering through implementation and post-go-live support.
Develop and maintain a roadmap for system improvements, new functionality, and process optimization.
Facilitate quarterly release updates and drive adoption of new SAP features.
Develop and support operational and financial reporting solutions, including SAP embedded analytics, CDS views, reporting tools, and KPI dashboards.
Conduct business process reviews and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Manage competing priorities and communicate status to stakeholders at all levels.
Develop project plans, coordinate project work, communicate changes and progress, and complete projects on time and on budget.
Facilitate requirements-gathering workshops and process-design sessions.
Write system documentation, training materials, and business correspondence; present information to senior management, business users, and technical teams.
Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, develop alternative solutions, and contribute to group problem-solving.