Supervisor – IS Financial Systems Controlling & Manufacturing Finance

Westlake•Houston, TX

10d

About The Position

The IS Supervisor – Financial Systems – Controlling & Manufacturing Finance leads support, design, enhancement, and roadmap development for SAP Finance and Controlling capabilities, with a focus on Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, manufacturing finance, inventory valuation, actual costing, intercompany accounting, transfer pricing, manufacturing statement reporting, and business unit and segment controllership support. The role also requires working knowledge of core SAP Financial Accounting and Record-to-Report processes, including General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Banking, Financial Close, journal entry governance, and SOX-controlled processes. The supervisor may act as system owner for assigned financial systems capabilities, ensuring reliability, governance, compliance, and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on SAP FICO/CO subject matter expert and people leadership role, directly supervising financial systems analysts, contractors, and partner resources. The supervisor collaborates with Accounting, Finance, Controllers, FP&A, Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, Customer Service, Credit Management, and IS teams to deliver reliable, integrated, and scalable financial systems solutions. The role leads SAP Controlling and manufacturing finance processes, including Product Costing, cost and profit center accounting, cost allocations, overhead costing, Activity-Based Costing, Standard Costing, Actual Costing, manufacturing cost flows, inventory valuation, and management reporting. It also leads CO-PA/Margin Analysis and profitability reporting, supports intercompany accounting and transfer pricing processes, and integrates FICO/CO with procurement, order-to-cash, manufacturing, logistics, and other business processes. The supervisor oversees application support and project delivery for SAP FICO/CO, Project Systems, and related financial applications; leads projects and enhancements; maintains a multi-year systems roadmap; and manages portfolio priorities, governance, resource planning, budgets, stakeholder communication, and vendor performance. The position includes coaching and developing the team, allocating workloads, providing performance feedback, and conducting annual performance reviews. The position is normally based in an office environment. Work may also occur in operating units and require personal protective equipment. Travel of up to 25%, including domestic and international travel, may be required.

Requirements

10 or more years of hands-on SAP FICO/CO configuration, implementation, support, and integration experience.
SAP ECC 6.0 or higher experience is required.
Deep expertise in SAP Controlling, including Product Costing, CO-PA/Margin Analysis, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, cost allocations, overhead costing, Activity-Based Costing, Standard Costing, Actual Costing, and management reporting.
Manufacturing finance experience covering product costing, standard cost estimates, inventory valuation, actual costing, variance analysis, manufacturing cost flows, and month-end close support.
Intercompany accounting experience covering IC Stock Transfer Orders, transfer pricing, intercompany billing, IC AP invoice automation, Single Sales Company flows, and associated CO-PA/Margin Analysis impacts.
Strong experience integrating SAP FICO/CO with PTP, OTC, Manufacturing, MM, SD/LE, PP/QM, PM, and PS processes.
Working knowledge of SAP Financial Accounting processes including GL, AR, AP, Asset Accounting/Fixed Assets, Banking, Financial Close, and Management Reporting.
Understanding of financial governance, including manual journal entries, account reconciliations, month-end close, SOX compliance, audit controls, approval workflows, and change management.
Proven supervisory, team leadership, project delivery, vendor management, and executive stakeholder management experience.
Strong understanding of application support practices, SDLC, SOX change controls, quality assurance testing, audit compliance, and documentation standards.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
Strong leadership, coaching, talent development, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to explain complex SAP FICO/CO concepts clearly to Finance, Operations, and leadership audiences.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, prioritization, and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence outcomes without direct authority.
Strong project management, portfolio management, planning, budgeting, governance, and execution skills.
Ability to balance Controlling, Manufacturing Finance, Intercompany, R2R, and Financial Accounting priorities across a diverse Financial Systems portfolio.
Customer service orientation and a continuous improvement mindset focused on standardization, automation, compliance, and operational excellence.
Demonstrates Westlake People Manager Core Competencies: Instills Trust, Works with Vision and Purpose, Plans and Aligns, Analyzes, Communicates Effectively, and Drives Results.
Strategic, hands-on, proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and solution-focused.
Ability to balance tactical production support with long-term roadmap planning and business transformation needs.
Ability to build trust with Finance, Operations, IS, and external partners in a matrixed environment.
Ability to anticipate risks, resolve conflicts, make recommendations, and drive alignment across stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

SAP S/4HANA or Central Finance experience.
Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Finance concepts, including Universal Journal (ACDOCA), Margin Analysis, New Asset Accounting, and related financial reporting capabilities.
Experience with finance applications such as OpenText VIM, Vertex, BlackLine, SAP Concur, FIS GetPaid, FIS Integrity, Coupa, SAP Ariba, Basware, or equivalent solutions.
Master’s degree.
Professional certification such as CPA, CMA, PMP, SAP certification, Agile certification, or equivalent.
Experience in chemical, manufacturing, distribution, building products, or industrial environments.

Responsibilities

Supervise SAP Financial Systems analysts, contractors, and partner resources supporting SAP FICO/CO, Product Costing, CO-PA, and related finance applications.
Coach and mentor team members; direct workloads; provide performance feedback; conduct annual reviews; and build team capability.
Lead and support SAP Controlling processes, including Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, cost allocations, overhead costing, Activity-Based Costing, Standard Costing, Actual Costing, and management reporting.
Provide expertise for product costing in discrete, continuous, and process manufacturing, including cost component structures, standard cost estimates, variance analysis, and manufacturing cost flows.
Support inventory valuation, actual costing, plant-to-plant transfers, terminal and warehouse movements, intercompany inventory transactions, and related financial impacts.
Support manufacturing statement reporting, plant-level financial reporting, and business unit and segment controllership requirements.
Lead SAP CO-PA/Margin Analysis and profitability reporting for products, customers, plants, legal entities, sales companies, segments, and business units.
Partner with Controllers, FP&A, Commercial Finance, and business unit leaders to improve profitability transparency and decision-support capabilities.
Translate controllership and management reporting needs into scalable SAP design, configuration, reporting, and enhancement solutions.
Lead SAP Financial Systems support and solution design for intercompany accounting, including IC Stock Transfer Orders, inventory movements, ownership transfers, goods issue/receipt processing, and associated financial postings.
Support Order-to-Cash integration for transfer pricing, intercompany billing, and backend intercompany billing flows under the Single Sales Company model.
Partner with Finance, Controllership, Tax, FP&A, Commercial Finance, Manufacturing, and OTC stakeholders to align transfer pricing, intercompany billing, margin reporting, and legal entity reporting requirements.
Lead or support automation of intercompany Accounts Payable invoice creation and processing using SAP intercompany billing and RD04 output-type capabilities.
Ensure CO-PA/Margin Analysis design reflects manufacturing entity and sales company margins, transfer pricing impacts, and consolidated profitability considerations.
Lead and support SAP FICO/CO integration with Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report, Manufacturing, Materials Management, Sales & Distribution/Logistics Execution, Production Planning/Quality Management, Plant Maintenance, and Project Systems.
Ensure Finance and Controlling impacts are designed and tested for procurement, inventory, production, sales, billing, AP, AR, credit, collections, intercompany billing, and intercompany AP invoice automation.
Identify process improvement opportunities to increase efficiency, accuracy, compliance, standardization, automation, and reporting quality.
Lead design sessions, fit/gap discussions, integration reviews, testing cycles, training, and business readiness activities.
Ensure reliable operation of SAP FICO/CO, Project Systems, and related financial applications; oversee Level 3 incident, service request, enhancement, and production support.
Partner with Shared Services organizations supporting Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Management, Banking, Financial Close, and related operations.
Review, approve, configure, and test system changes, upgrades, enhancements, and support packages in line with IS lifecycle, QA, SOX, and change-control requirements.
Lead medium-to-large financial systems projects, enhancements, integrations, acquisitions, upgrades, and transformation initiatives.
Define project scope, requirements, estimates, resource plans, schedules, risks, issues, status reports, test plans, documentation, and implementation plans.
Manage project governance, budget and resource tracking, delivery quality, and implementation partner performance.
Own and maintain the multi-year roadmap for assigned SAP FICO/CO, Product Costing, CO-PA, manufacturing finance, and integrated Finance capabilities.
Serve as system owner for assigned financial systems capabilities, ensuring process governance, application reliability, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Prioritize portfolio demand, enhancements, production support, transformation initiatives, technical debt, and business value opportunities.
Support annual planning, budget input, business case development, resource planning, and leadership governance discussions.
Serve as a primary IS Financial Systems liaison for Finance and cross-functional stakeholders, including senior stakeholders.
Communicate project status, risks, decisions, roadmap priorities, and recommendations to functional and executive audiences.
Lead onshore, offshore, contractor, and external vendor teams as needed.
Travel up to 25%, including domestic and international travel, as required.