Associate IT Director, SAP (Finance)

Shure; Niles (IL); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate IT Director for SAP Finance to lead transformative projects. This pivotal role involves driving finance solutions across SAP platforms, managing a talented team, and collaborating with global stakeholders to streamline processes and enhance business performance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in finance solutions and project management, with a strong focus on building relationships and delivering quality results. Join a company that values innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence, where your contributions will have a significant impact on the organization's success.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare

Mental health plans

Retirement savings plans

Generous paid time off

Employee discounts

Professional development opportunities

Work-life balance initiatives

Employee recognition programs

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years in finance solutions, with 5+ years on large initiatives.
• Experience managing teams and driving global projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP finance solutions and integrations across ECC and S4.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technology with business goals.

Skills

Finance Solutions

Project Management

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Graduate coursework

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP S4

Salesforce

Boomi

Informatica

Job description

Overview

Shure has embarked on a multi-year, multi-phased S4 journey. A green field approach is being taken to this transformational journey. The first two releases of S4 have been successfully implemented – Finance and Procure to Pay (Ariba). The goal is to complete the S4 journey and retire ECC over the next 3 years.

The application ecosystem at Shure includes SAP ECC, SAP S4, Salesforce, SharePoint, Boomi, Informatica, SAP Hybris, and many other cutting-edge technologies. Shure is headquartered in Niles, Illinois and has offices in over 26 countries including Germany, Hongkong, Japan, Juarez, China, and the UK. The SAP system is used to support all the key business processes including Manufacturing, Order processing and Invoicing, Procurement, and Month-end reporting.

In your role as Associate IT Director, SAP (Finance), you will play a critical leadership role within the SAP organization serving as a primary liaison and strategic business partner to the Global finance organization. You will also be responsible for providing the necessary expertise and management to drive the SAP Finance design and solutioning across ECC and S4 as the global owner, collaborating with the rest of the IT leadership team to ensure successful execution of Shure’s S4 journey to enable the business transformation goals. A key success factor for this role is to establish trusted business relationships across all Shure locations and develop a strong understanding of the business and department strategic objectives, challenges, and opportunities. This role will also work with the global business teams to identify opportunities to promote leading industry practices, streamline, and drive business process improvements.

Provides direction, manages the work efforts of the SAP FICO team members, and ensures quality solutions are delivered in a timely manner. This role will have responsibility for further enabling the necessary competencies, capabilities, and skills within the SAP FICO team, enabling staffing decisions, performance appraisals, pay reviews, and overseeing budget. Provides direction on development and adherence of internal processes of project delivery, support, resource planning, associate growth, vendor management, and promotion of technology solutions.

This position requires exposure to industry best practices and technology trends with the ability and interest to expand across technologies when required.

This role will be hybrid (2-3 days per week in-office), based in our Niles, IL location.

Responsibilities

• Owns technology solutions for the finance area and related integrations including 3rd party bolt-ons used by the finance solutions/stakeholders across SAP ECC and S4 platforms and finance-related deliverables for large, transformational, global projects.
• Responsible for providing the necessary finance solution architecture and design expertise to ensure overall success of ECC and S4 applications, including system management, reporting, and data management.
• Examines and evaluates existing business processes as well as key challenges/opportunities within the key finance areas across planning, record to report, and consolidations.
• Collaborates with senior business stakeholders to determine business priorities, assist with roadmap development, and manage delivery expectations. Builds proactive, responsive relationships with the business to ensure alignment of business objectives with technology solutions.
• Assesses the current application stack and landscape to evaluate opportunities to further leverage and evaluate and provide recommendations for the use of new/existing technologies.
• Monitors and oversees adherence to leading Change Management practices, tollgate reviews, testing standards, and proven project methodology. Enables consistent level of service and problem resolution.
• Provides project management oversight and recommendations for multiple transformation projects embedded in the overall program roadmap.
• Evaluates, examines, and builds a high-performing team to ensure quality solutions in the most cost-effective and time-efficient manner. Provides motivation, guidance, oversight, and expertise to the team to ensure quality deliverables.
• Works with business partners to determine and present ROI and identification and building of performance metrics.
• Provides thought leadership on IT strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Graduate coursework is desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years working experience with a heavy focus on finance solutions and at least 5 years of experience on large, transformational initiatives in a fast-paced, complex environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of people management responsibility.
• Success in organizations that have manufacturing, sales and marketing, engineering, distribution with finance functions that span multiple global locations with complexities around handling Taxation, Accounting principles, Currency revaluations, Consolidations, Reporting, Profitability analysis, Costing, Compliance, Inter-company, and country-specific regulatory needs.
• Experience leading and driving large, global, transformational initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to work on complex issues of diverse scope where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
• Demonstrated experience in determining the best use of resources to meet goals of assignments received in the form of objectives.
• Able to lead cooperative efforts among members of project teams onshore and offshore.
• Able to develop and administer schedules and establish performance requirements.
• Experience with preparing and adhering to a budget.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with strong emphasis on customer service.
• Knowledge and integration experience handling 2 ERP systems (SAP-ECC, SAP S4), Business Intelligence, Data platform, Third-party tools like CCH-Tax engine, Paymetric, etc.
• Able to direct the activities of the finance team in coordination and aligned with the key IT directors in SAP, Data, Digital commerce, and Infrastructure.
• Previous experience working with other senior managers with establishing strategic plans and objectives.
• Past interaction and influence with senior finance leaders.
• Past experience having overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and recommending and implementing change.

WHO WE ARE Shure’s mission is to be the most trusted audio brand worldwide – and for nearly a century, our Core Values have aligned us to be just that. Founded in 1925, we are a leading global manufacturer of audio equipment known for quality, reliability, and durability. We engineer microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems, conferencing systems, and more. And quality doesn’t stop at our products. Our talented teams strive for perfection and innovate every chance they get. We offer an Associate-first culture, flexible work arrangements, and opportunity for all.

Shure Incorporated is headquartered in Niles, Illinois, with remote and hybrid opportunities throughout the United States. We have more than 35 regional sales offices, engineering hubs, and manufacturing facilities throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia.

THE MIX MATTERS Don’t check off every box in the job requirements? No problem! We recognize that every professional journey is unique and are committed to providing an equitable candidate experience for all prospective Shure Associates. If you’re excited about this role, believe you’ve got the skills to be successful, and share our passion for creating an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible work environment, then apply!

PAY TRANSPARENCY

Shure offers a competitive compensation structure that is reviewed annually to attract, hire, and retain the industry’s top talent. Base salaries vary based on qualifications, geography, experience, and expertise in each respective discipline. The base salary range for this position is between $143,800 - $266,300. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base salary for this opportunity. This position may also be eligible for our incentive pay program, which varies based on individual and Company performance in the year. If your salary expectations do not align, still apply as we are often flexible on the seniority of posted positions. All positions also include an award-winning benefits package.

WE GOT YOU - Our Benefits

At Shure, we prioritize the well-being of our Associates. We offer competitive rewards packages to full-time and part-time Associates working 24 or more hours a week that address physical, mental, financial, and overall well-being. Our benefits include comprehensive healthcare, mental health and retirement savings plans, generous paid time off programs, employee discounts, professional development opportunities, work-life balance initiatives, employee recognition programs, and volunteering/community involvement opportunities. To learn more, check out our Benefits At A Glance 2025.

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