SAP S/4HANA Cloud IT Director - Hospitality Europe

Highgate Portugal; Viseu; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Additional vacation days based on att

Benefits within Highgate Hotels

Career development

Job summary

Highgate Portugal seeks a results-driven Director of IT with deep SAP ERP Cloud expertise to lead financial systems across its European hotel portfolio. You will align technology with business goals, drive digital transformation, and manage large-scale SAP integrations.

Ideal candidates have extensive SAP S/4HANA Cloud experience, strong leadership in multinational environments, and familiarity with European accounting and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IS, Finance, Accounting or related field.
• 10+ years in IT leadership roles with 8+ years in SAP financial systems in a multinational context.

Responsibilities

• Lead configuration, implementation and maintenance of SAP Financial apps across Europe hospitality portfolio.
• Ensure compliance with country-specific accounting, VAT, tax, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage integration between SAP and external systems (POS, booking engines, loyalty platforms).
• Oversee SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) for data flow and interoperability.
• Develop financial and operational reporting including GAAP/IFRS statements.
• Ensure multi-currency handling and consolidated reporting across countries.
• Translate hospitality needs into scalable SAP workflows and reporting solutions.
• Monitor IT infrastructure performance and propose efficiency upgrades.
• Define and enforce IT security, GDPR compliance, and access controls.
• Create IT budgets and manage hardware/software lifecycles.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Multilingual communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting

Master's degree or certifications (SAP S/4HANA Cloud, PMP)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

SAP ERP Cloud

CPI (SAP Cloud Platform Integration)

PMS/POS integration

Job description

Highgate Portugal seeks a results-driven Director of IT with deep SAP ERP Cloud expertise to lead financial systems across its European hotel portfolio. You will align technology with business goals, drive digital transformation, and manage large-scale SAP integrations.

Ideal candidates have extensive SAP S/4HANA Cloud experience, strong leadership in multinational environments, and familiarity with European accounting and regulatory requirements.