SAP Finance Process Leader – S/4HANA Deployment

Parker Hannifin Corporation; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 107,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Career development and tuition reimbur

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Parker Hannifin Corporation's Motion Systems Group seeks an SAP S/4HANA Deployment Leader to own finance process deployment, governance, and sustainment across divisions and sites in the US. You will drive standardization, fit-to-standard adoption, and post-go-live support with cross-functional partners.

The role requires extensive experience in SAP finance processes, ERP implementations, and cross-functional leadership, with travel up to 25-50% and a four-year degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in accounting, finance, business, information systems, operations, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, controlling, cost accounting, financial reporting, ERP-enabled business processes, or related business process leadership roles.
• 2+ years of experience leading cross-functional project teams, implementation teams, or business process improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting, management reporting, cost accounting, internal controls, and ERP-enabled process execution.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process standardization, fit-to-standard adoption, change management, and deployment readiness activities.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Ability to travel 25%-50%, with increased travel during deployment, cutover, go-live, and hypercare periods.
• Experience with SAP finance and controlling processes, including general ledger, cost center accounting, profit center accounting, product costing, fixed assets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, intercompany, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP-enabled accounting, close, consolidation, and reporting processes.
• Standardize general ledger, journal entry, reconciliation, close, financial reporting, and management reporting practices.
• Partner with finance teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant reporting.
• Improve close efficiency, reporting consistency, and financial data integrity.
• Lead alignment of controlling, product costing, standard costing, cost center, profit center, and manufacturing finance processes.
• Standardize cost accounting practices in alignment with Parker enterprise standards.
• Partner with operations, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, and finance to ensure financial processes reflect operational activity.
• Address costing, master data, and process gaps impacting reporting accuracy or business decisions.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Finance leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Process standardization

Change management

Project leadership

Stakeholder influence

Data-driven decision making

Education

Four-year degree in accounting, finance, business, information systems, operations, or a related field

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Parker Hannifin Corporation's Motion Systems Group seeks an SAP S/4HANA Deployment Leader to own finance process deployment, governance, and sustainment across divisions and sites in the US. You will drive standardization, fit-to-standard adoption, and post-go-live support with cross-functional partners.

The role requires extensive experience in SAP finance processes, ERP implementations, and cross-functional leadership, with travel up to 25-50% and a four-year degree in a related field.