Manager Financial Systems

Vicor Corporation; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vicor Corporation, an American manufacturer of 48V centric DC‑DC converters, seeks a Financial Systems Manager to lead SAP Finance/Controlling strategy, governance, and optimization within a U.S. manufacturing context.

The role partners with Finance, Manufacturing, and IT to deliver scalable financial solutions, drive data integrity, and enable advanced reporting and analytics across cost accounting, profitability, and treasury functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or related field and 10+ years in enterprise financial systems.
• 7+ years of hands‑on SAP Finance experience in manufacturing environments.
• Proven success leading full lifecycle SAP implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
• Experience with third‑party implementation partners and cross‑functional projects.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing accounting, costing, variance analysis, and profitability reporting.
• Deep expertise in SAP FICO, CO‑PA, Product Costing, Cost Center, Profit Center, and Manufacturing Cost Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary owner for SAP Finance and Controlling applications.
• Lead governance, configuration strategy, and continuous improvement of finance processes.
• Partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure SAP solutions meet requirements.
• Develop and execute the Finance Systems roadmap aligned with transformation goals.
• Lead modernization, upgrades, migrations, and enterprise finance initiatives.
• Act as Program Manager for finance initiatives and manage third‑party resources.
• Develop project plans, budgets, timelines, and risk mitigation with exec reporting.
• Lead design and support of Product costing, standard cost development, cost centers, profitability reporting, and manufacturing KPIs.
• Develop CO‑PA reporting for customer, product, sales channel, market segment profitability and gross margin analysis.
• Lead development and optimization of financial reporting and analytics platforms.

Skills

SAP Finance

CO-PA

Product Costing

Cost Center Accounting

Profit Center Accounting

Manufacturing Cost Accounting

Manufacturing accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline

CPA, CMA, PMP, MBA, or equivalent certification

Tools

SAP FICO

CO-PA

Product Costing

Treasury

Financial Reporting

SAP Analytics Cloud

Job description

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Vicor is a place where employees see the impact of their work every day. We’re an American manufacturer of advanced 48V centric DC-DC converters with industry-leading power and current density, enabling breakthrough power delivery performance. As an engineering-focused company, we provide an opportunity to be part of the team that further innovates, markets, sells and supports the power modules that drive key advancements in AI, electric vehicles, and aerospace.

The Financial Systems Manager is a hands-on finance technology leader responsible for the strategy, implementation, governance, and optimization of the Company's financial systems landscape. Serving as the primary liaison between Finance, Accounting, Manufacturing, Shared Services, and IT, this role provides deep functional and technical expertise in SAP FICO, CO-PA, Product Costing, Controlling, Treasury, Financial Reporting, and integrated third-party applications.

This position requires a highly technical SAP Finance subject matter expert with proven experience leading ERP implementations, systems configurations and integrations, finance transformation initiatives, process redesign, and automation projects within a U.S. manufacturing environment. The Financial Systems Manager is responsible for defining and executing the financial systems roadmap, driving cross functional enterprise-wide initiatives, ensuring data integrity and compliance, and delivering scalable technology solutions that improve operational effectiveness and financial performance.

Job Description

• Serve as the primary business and technical owner for SAP Finance and Controlling applications
• Lead the design, governance, configuration strategy, and continuous improvement of finance and controlling processes
• Partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain leaders to ensure SAP solutions support evolving business requirements, manufacturing processes, and reporting needs
• Provide expertise in manufacturing accounting and costing concepts
• Develop and execute the Finance Systems roadmap aligned with business objectives, finance transformation initiatives, and operational excellence goals
• Lead financial systems modernization efforts, upgrades, migrations, and implementation projects while driving continuous process improvement
• Act as Program Manager for enterprise finance initiatives
• Manage third-party consulting resources, system integrators, and software vendors
• Develop project plans, resource requirements, budgets, timelines, risk mitigation plans, and executive-level status reporting
• Lead the design and support of: Product costing, Standard cost development, Cost center structures, Profitability reporting, Manufacturing KPI reporting
• Develop and enhance CO-PA reporting to provide actionable visibility into, Customer profitability, Product profitability, Sales channel profitability, Market segment performance, Gross margin analysis
• Lead the development and optimization of financial reporting and analytics platforms

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 10+ years of progressive experience supporting and implementing enterprise Financial Systems
• 7+ years of hands‑on SAP Finance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proven success leading full lifecycle SAP implementations, upgrades, integrations, acquisitions, carve‑outs, or major finance transformation initiatives
• Experience managing large-scale cross‑functional projects and third‑party implementation partners
• Experience integrating SAP with enterprise applications supporting expense management, banking, tax, collections, reporting, and treasury functions
• Strong understanding of manufacturing accounting, inventory accounting, standard costing, variance analysis, and profitability reporting
• Deep expertise with:
• SAP FICO
• CO-PA
• Product Costing
• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Manufacturing Cost Accounting

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP FICO certification
• Artificial Intelligence integration
• Experience with data warehousing technologies, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Power BI, or similar reporting platforms
• CPA, CMA, PMP, MBA, or equivalent professional certification; solid understanding of U.S. GAAP accounting principles, financial controls, and reporting requirements is preferred.
• Experience supporting publicly traded manufacturing companies
• Experience leading finance transformation, shared services, or process automation initiatives

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Vicor is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability

Compensation Data

Salary Range $130,000 - $160,000

We encourage qualified candidates to apply even if the posted salary range is below your expectations. We may consider candidates for a higher-level position with compensation aligned to their skills and experience

Please note: This range is based on our current market driven pay structures. Individual salaries are determined based upon a variety of factors including but not limited to, a candidates overall qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience as well as company internal equity.