SAP Functional Lead

Sonic Internet + Phone; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonic Internet + Phone seeks an SAP Functional Lead to unite finance, IT, and operations around SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. You will optimize the ERP footprint, strengthen security, and support financial close processes while coordinating with external consulting partners.

The role emphasizes system automation, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration to improve performance, data integrity, and reporting capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in accounting/finance or related field is required.
• Advanced degree is a plus and highly regarded.
• 5+ years SAP S/4HANA (Public Cloud preferred) experience.
• Strong finance background: revenue recognition and billing models.
• Experience with SAP reporting tools and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP S/4HANA Finance modules and related components.
• Support month-end close, reporting, and audits.
• Collaborate with CFO and Accounting on optimizations.
• Manage IAM roles, security, and access controls.
• Coordinate with external SAP partners and internal users.

Skills

SAP functional leadership

Financial accounting

ERP optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Training & change mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field

MBA / MAcc / MS in Information Systems a plus

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Fiori

IAM (Identity & Access Management)

SAP Cloud ALM

CDS views / SAP analytics

Job description

Compensation Range: $140-$155k annually plus benefits

Position Summary

Sonic's SAP Functional Lead serves as our internal subject matter expert, combining deep finance and accounting functional expertise with IT administration capabilities. This role bridges finance, IT, and operations teams to optimize our SAP investment, build internal capability, and reduce dependency on external consultants. The position is critical to supporting our financial close processes, managing system security and workflows, and driving continuous improvement of our ERP platform.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct reports but will coordinate work with external SAP consulting partners and provide guidance to end users across the organization.

Travel

Minimal travel required. Occasional travel to company offices or SAP training events (less than 10% annually).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Finance & Accounting Focus (Primary)

• Serve as functional expert for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Finance modules, including Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) and Asset Accounting (AA)
• Support month-end close processes, financial reporting requirements and audit activities
• Support subscription billing and recurring revenue management business processes
• Partner with CFO, Controller, and Accounting Team on system optimization, enhancements and process improvements

IT & System Administration

• Manage user access, roles and permissions using SAP Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles
• Design and maintain role-based security following segregation of duties best practices
• Configure and maintain workflows, approval processes and business process automation
• Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate resolution with external consultants as needed
• Support quarterly system updates, testing cycles and deployment of new functionality
• Maintain comprehensive system documentation, configuration guides and standard operating procedures
• Monitor system performance, data integrity and compliance with internal controls

Cross-Functional Support

• Provide technical support for Supply Chain processes and modules, including Materials Management (MM), material planning and project-based inventory activities
• Provide technical support for Plant PMO activities, including contractor Service Entry Sheets, linking Plant PMO projects and schedules to procurement demand and improving project-based material planning and costing
• Lead API and integration efforts connecting SAP with other internal systems
• Bridge communication between business users, finance team and technical resources
• Translate business requirements into system configurations and process designs
• Lead business adoption efforts, including change management, stakeholder communication, user training and process standardization
• Manage consulting engagements, project budgets, statements of work, deliverables, vendor performance, relationships and project scope with external SAP consulting partners

Strategic & Project Management

• Lead SAP enhancement projects from requirements gathering through implementation and post-go-live support
• Develop and maintain a roadmap for system improvements, new functionality, and process optimization
• Facilitate quarterly release updates and drive adoption of new SAP features
• Develop and support operational and financial reporting solutions, including SAP embedded analytics, CDS views, reporting tools and KPI dashboards
• Conduct regular business process reviews and identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Manage competing priorities effectively and communicate status to stakeholders at all levels

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field required
• Advanced degree (MBA, MAcc, MS in Information Systems) a plus
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA (Public Cloud experience strongly preferred, including fit-to-standard principles, configuration through SSCUIs, quarterly release management and regression testing, clean-core extensibility)
• SAP certification in S/4HANA Finance or related modules highly preferred
• Deep expertise in SAP Finance modules: Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) and Asset Accounting (AA)
• Supply Chain experience including Materials Management (MM), Warehouse Management and Inventory Management modules
• Construction industry experience with Project Systems (PS) and project-based costing
• Strong Identity and Access Management (IAM) experience including user administration, role design, authorization management and segregation of duties concepts
• Proven workflow configuration experience: customizing approval processes, business rules and automation
• SAP Fiori administration and user experience optimization
• Familiarity with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and extensibility
• Understanding of integration points between finance and other SAP modules; familiar with Public Cloud constraints and options
• Experience with SAP Preferred Success tools (e.g., Cloud ALM and Test Automation)
• Strong accounting and finance background with understanding of financial processes and accounting principles, including revenue recognition and subscription billing models
• Knowledge of financial reporting, consolidation and analytics
• Understanding of internal controls

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Communication skills -- ability to write clear system documentation, training materials, and business correspondence; present information to senior management, business users, and technical teams; and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences in clear, understandable terms
• Problem Solving - ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, technical procedures, and system documentation; ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner and develop alternative solutions; works well in group problem-solving situations; has a strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Project Management - develops project plans, coordinates projects, communicates changes and progress and completes projects on-time and on-budget; manages project team activities; ability to facilitate requirements gathering workshops and process design sessions
• Ability to be a team player and work well in both in-person and remote work environments
• Experience with SAP reporting tools and analytics
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Familiarity with testing tools and methodologies

This position operates in a typical office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a laptop computer, and smartphone. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is consistently required to sit; key/type, talk, hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; balance; stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Sonic is an at-will employer. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement, or contract, between the employer and employee and is subject to change. Other functions may be assigned and/or reassigned by the employer based on the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. The only employment contract that exists between you and Sonic is that of at-will employment. Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.