Program Manager

BuzzClan; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Canada seeks an experienced SAP Program Manager specializing in Finance to oversee comprehensive SAP programs. The successful candidate will manage program governance, delivery methodology, and budgeting while ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and best practices. Applicants should have at least eight years of IT project management experience, including leading multi-workstream SAP programs. Excellent communication and analytical skills are essential for effective stakeholder management and program success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in IT project management, 3 years leading ERP/SAP programs.
• Hands-on SAP program experience focused on Finance.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing multi-workstream integration.

Responsibilities

• Manage SAP Finance program outcomes across workstreams.
• Oversee program governance and delivery methodology adherence.
• Develop integrated program plans and manage budgets.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Problem resolution

Communication skills

Facilitation skills

Job description

SAP Program Managers (Finance) plan, direct, and govern end-to-end SAP programs and releases with a focus on Finance (e.g., S/4HANA Finance). The role is accountable for program outcomes across multiple workstreams (Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Budget-to-Report, Treasury, and related integrations), ensuring alignment to business strategy, regulatory requirements, and SAP best practices. Programs may include implementation, upgrade, enhancement, and stabilization activities and will vary in complexity, duration, approach, and technology landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for delivery of the overall SAP Finance program scope, benefits, and outcomes across all workstreams and releases.
• Establish and maintain program governance (steering committee cadence, decision logs, RAID management, stage gates) and ensure adherence to delivery methodology (e.g., SAP Activate with Hybrid Agile where applicable).
• Develop and manage the integrated program plan, work breakdown structure, resourcing plan, dependencies, and release roadmap (including cutover and hypercare planning).
• Lead cross-functional integration across Finance, HR, Procurement, and other impacted domains, including interfaces to third-party systems and downstream reporting.
• Coordinate internal SMEs, business owners, and a system integrator to ensure appropriately qualified resources are assigned and that deliverables meet acceptance criteria.
• Oversee key Finance deliverables (e.g., fit-to-standard outcomes, functional design, configuration sign-offs, data conversion approach, testing strategy, training and change impacts) and ensure timely approvals.
• Drive timely resolution of issues and risks (RAID) with particular attention to Finance controls, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Manage program budget, forecasts, vendor spend, and progress tracking; provide accurate status reporting, milestone tracking, and benefits realization updates.
• Manage stakeholder communications with the program sponsor, steering committee,
• Finance leadership, and business process owners; ensure decisions and impacts are clearly communicated
• Define and report program performance metrics (schedule, scope, quality, financials, testing progress, readiness, and cutover execution metrics).
• Identify and remove barriers to delivery, including environment readiness, data quality, testing constraints, and cross-team dependency conflicts.

Qualifications or Experience:

• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience managing Information Technology projects, including at least three (3) years leading large, multi-workstream ERP/SAP programs.
• Demonstrated expertise in program and project lifecycles, integrated planning, and estimation (scope, schedule, resources, and cost) for complex enterprise initiatives.
• Experience leading delivery within a large-scale program requiring integration with multiple projects/workstreams and adherence to an overall program governance model.
• Hands-on experience delivering SAP programs with a Finance focus (e.g., SAP S/4HANA Finance) including configuration-led delivery with a system integrator.
• Pay, Order-to-Cash) and ensuring alignment to financial controls, auditability, and reporting requirements.
• Experience planning and managing programs/projects in a Public Sector organization (or similarly complex, regulated environment).
• Experience managing a large system integration vendor and coordinating internal business SMEs, technical teams, and third parties.
• Experience managing multiple projects/workstreams concurrently, including integrated schedule and dependency management.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple vendors concurrently (e.g., system integrator, AMS/support provider, testing partner, and niche solution vendors).
• Excellent stakeholder management, interpersonal, and listening skills, including ability to communicate effectively with Finance leadership and technical delivery teams.
• Strong facilitation skills, including running fit-to-standard workshops, design decision forums, and executive-level governance meetings.
• Strong analytical and problem resolution skills, including ability to evaluate impacts to Finance controls, close processes, and reporting.
• Strong communication skills (oral, written, and presentation), including preparation of executive-ready status reporting, decision papers, and program updates.
• It is preferred that the Resource has the following qualifications or experience:
• SAP program/project management experience in Finance, including SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO) and related capabilities (e.g., Asset Accounting, Treasury, Grants Management, Funds Management, Budgeting/Planning, and/or SAP Group Reporting where applicable).
• Strong exposure to SAP Activate methodology, including fit-to-standard, design governance, release management, cutover planning, and hypercare/stabilization.
• Solid understanding of SAP Finance solution architecture, integration patterns, and data concepts (e.g., master data, chart of accounts, cost objects, and reporting structures).
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Finance business owners, audit/compliance stakeholders, SAP functional/technical teams, and the system integrator to ensure requirements, controls, and adoption needs are met while maintaining SAP best practices.