Global Finance Transformation Lead – SAP S/4HANA Costing

Datwyler Group; Pregnana Milanese; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive compensation

Global role

Learning opportunities

Cutting-edge tech

Collaborative team

Job summary

Datwyler IT Services, the IT arm of the Datwyler Group, seeks a Senior Finance Business Process Expert to lead global finance transformation across the Group. You will standardize, automate and scale finance processes, partnering with Finance, IT and business stakeholders to drive data-driven decision making and robust financial reporting.

In this high-visibility role, you will manage SAP S/4HANA FICO implementations, costings and governance, mentor teams, and ensure BPM controls while enabling

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• 10+ years in Finance, including manufacturing finance, product costing, transformation, BPM or operational excellence roles.
• Deep, hands-on SAP S/4HANA FICO expertise with advanced CO-PC and CO-PA knowledge.
• Proven experience implementing Material Ledger and Actual Costing.
• Track record in formal project and change management in a global manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing cost flows, including BOMs, routings, activity rates, overhead absorption, variances and inventory/COGS valuation.
• Strong stakeholder management in a matrix organisation; pragmatic and hands-on.
• Fluent English; German, Spanish or Mandarin is a plus.
• Experience with CPQ/CRM integration is a plus.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end A2R process transformation with the Finance Business Process Owner
• Analyse process landscapes and drive global harmonisation, simplification and automation, with product costing as a core improvement priority
• Manage the global standard costing rollout as Project Manager, translating the Group framework into practical processes across all manufacturing plants
• Lead standardisation of SAP S/4HANA Product Costing (CO-PC), Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), overhead allocation, cost absorption and variance governance
• Act as business lead for Material Ledger and Actual Costing, including the allocation of variances to inventory and COGS
• Translate requirements into IT specifications and test change requests with IT
• Link standard costs to commercial quoting tools (CPQ/CRM) with Commercial Excellence
• Lead change management, training and user enablement for finance and non-finance users
• Safeguard BPM governance, documentation and process controls

Skills

Finance leadership

SAP S/4HANA FICO

CO-PC/CO-PA expertise

Material Ledger & Actual Costing

Global project execution

Change management

Stakeholder management

Manufacturing cost understanding

BOMs & cost flows

English fluent

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

CPQ/CRM integration tools

Job description

Datwyler IT Services, the IT arm of the Datwyler Group, seeks a Senior Finance Business Process Expert to lead global finance transformation across the Group. You will standardize, automate and scale finance processes, partnering with Finance, IT and business stakeholders to drive data-driven decision making and robust financial reporting.

In this high-visibility role, you will manage SAP S/4HANA FICO implementations, costings and governance, mentor teams, and ensure BPM controls while enabling