SAP S/4HANA RTR Deployment Manager

Tata Consultancy Services; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

401K Plan

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services seeks a senior SAP Finance leader to drive RTR deployment in a multi-country setting. You will coordinate global and local finance teams, validate GL, IFRS compliance, and ensure rigorous testing, cutover, and stabilization.

A strong background in SAP S/4HANA RTR, global templates, and data migration is required. Responsibilities include leading end-to-end testing, training, and go-live readiness while coordinating with AMS and Run teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related discipline; CPA, CMA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent certification preferred.
• 10+ years of SAP Finance experience with extensive expertise in SAP FI/CO solutions.
• Minimum of three full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementations or deployments, including multi-country or multi-site rollout experience.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA RTR knowledge covering Universal Journal (ACDOCA), General Ledger, Asset Accounting, Intercompany Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Financial Close, and Group Reporting.
• Experience deploying a Global Template through localization, fit-to-standard validation, and controlled management of local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements.
• Proven leadership across data migration, financial reconciliation, SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, parallel close, regression testing, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Strong understanding of RTR integration with Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost accounting, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting processes.
• Knowledge of IFRS, local GAAP, statutory reporting, financial controls, tax integration, regulatory compliance, and audit requirements.
• Experience coordinating Global Process Owners, finance leadership, technical, data, testing, security, integration, change-management, AMS, and local business teams.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, risk and issue management, decision-making, and user-adoption skills; SAP Activate, Agile, SAFe, PI Planning, or Agile release-management experience preferred.
• Lead deployment of the SAP S/4HANA RTR solution into the local business organization and serve as the primary liaison between the Global RTR Build Team and local finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment of the SAP S/4HANA RTR solution into the local business organization and serve as the primary liaison between the Global RTR Build Team and local finance stakeholders.
• Translate the global RTR template and deployment strategy into an executable local plan covering localization, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and readiness.
• Coordinate validation of General Ledger, Universal Journal, Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Intercompany Accounting, Financial Close, and Reporting processes.
• Identify and govern local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements while minimizing deviations from the Global Template.
• Coordinate RTR integration with Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost accounting, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting workstreams.
• Lead local finance engagement for chart-of-accounts validation, financial master-data readiness, asset-data migration, historical-balance migration, open-transaction conversion, reconciliation, and business sign-off.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, financial controls, and audit requirements are addressed through mock conversions and production migration cycles.
• Lead RTR testing, including localization of scenarios and scripts, SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, parallel close, regression testing, defect prioritization, remediation, retesting, and business approval.
• Assess finance-business readiness and coordinate training, communication, stakeholder engagement, user adoption, readiness metrics, risk assessments, and Go/No-Go criteria.
• Develop and manage the RTR deployment playbook and detailed cutover plan, including mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, financial reconciliation, validation checkpoints, resource coordination, and business sign-offs.
• Participate in command-center operations and Go-Live decisions, and coordinate first-period close preparation and stabilization planning.
• Lead hypercare, issue triage, defect resolution, escalation management, the first month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, and transition of documentation, knowledge, and support procedures to AMS and Run teams.

Skills

SAP Finance

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline; CPA, CMA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent certification preferred.
• 10+ years of SAP Finance experience with extensive expertise in SAP FI/CO solutions.
• Minimum of three full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementations or deployments, including multi-country or multi-site rollout experience.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA RTR knowledge covering Universal Journal (ACDOCA), General Ledger, Asset Ac-counting, Intercompany Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Financial Close, and Group Reporting.
• Experience deploying a Global Template through localization, fit-to-standard validation, and controlled management of local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements.
• Proven leadership across data migration, financial reconciliation, SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, parallel close, regression testing, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Strong understanding of RTR integration with Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost accounting, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting processes.
• Knowledge of IFRS, local GAAP, statutory reporting, financial controls, tax integration, regulatory compli-ance, and audit requirements.
• Experience coordinating Global Process Owners, finance leadership, technical, data, testing, security, in-tegration, change-management, AMS, and local business teams.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, risk and issue management, de-cision-making, and user-adoption skills; SAP Activate, Agile, SAFe, PI Planning, or Agile release-management experience preferred.
• Lead deployment of the SAP S/4HANA RTR solution into the local business organization and serve as the primary liaison between the Global RTR Build Team and local finance stakeholders.
• Translate the global RTR template and deployment strategy into an executable local plan covering locali-zation, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and readiness.
• Coordinate validation of General Ledger, Universal Journal, Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Intercompany Accounting, Financial Close, and Reporting process-es.
• Identify and govern justified local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements while minimizing deviations from the Global Template.
• Coordinate RTR integration with Order‑to‑Cash, Procure‑to‑Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost account‑ing, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting workstreams.
• Lead local finance engagement for chart‑of‑accounts validation, financial master‑data readiness, asset‑data migration, historical‑balance migration, open‑transaction conversion, reconciliation, and business sign‑off.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, financial controls, and audit requirements are addressed through mock conversions and production migration cycles.
• Lead RTR testing, including localization of scenarios and scripts, SIT, UAT, end‑to‑end testing, parallel close, regression testing, defect prioritization, remediation, retesting, and business approval.
• Assess finance‑business readiness and coordinate training, communication, stakeholder engagement, user adoption, readiness metrics, risk assessments, and Go/No‑Go criteria.
• Develop and manage the RTR deployment playbook and detailed cutover plan, including mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, financial reconciliation, validation checkpoints, resource coordination, and business sign‑offs.
• Participate in command‑center operations and Go‑Live decisions, and coordinate first‑period close prepa‑ration and stabilization planning.
• Lead hypercare, issue triage, defect resolution, escalation management, the first month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close, and transition of documentation, knowledge, and support procedures to AMS and Run teams.

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline; CPA, CMA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent certification preferred.
• 10+ years of SAP Finance experience with extensive expertise in SAP FI/CO solutions.
• Minimum of three full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementations or deployments, including multi-country or multi-site rollout experience.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA RTR knowledge covering Universal Journal (ACDOCA), General Ledger, Asset Ac-counting, Intercompany Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Financial Close, and Group Reporting.
• Experience deploying a Global Template through localization, fit-to-standard validation, and controlled management of local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements.
• Proven leadership across data migration, financial reconciliation, SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, parallel close, regression testing, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Strong understanding of RTR integration with Order‑to‑Cash, Procure‑to‑Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost accounting, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting processes.
• Knowledge of IFRS, local GAAP, statutory reporting, financial controls, tax integration, regulatory compli-ance, and audit requirements.
• Experience coordinating Global Process Owners, finance leadership, technical, data, testing, security, in-tegration, change-management, AMS, and local business teams.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, risk and issue management, de‑cision‑making, and user‑adoption skills; SAP Activate, Agile, SAFe, PI Planning, or Agile release‑management experience preferred.
• Lead deployment of the SAP S/4HANA RTR solution into the local business organization and serve as the primary liaison between the Global RTR Build Team and local finance stakeholders.
• Translate the global RTR template and deployment strategy into an executable local plan covering locali‑zation, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and readiness.
• Coordinate validation of General Ledger, Universal Journal, Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Intercompany Accounting, Financial Close, and Reporting process‑es.
• Identify and govern justified local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements while minimizing deviations from the Global Template.
• Coordinate RTR integration with Order‑to‑Cash, Procure‑to‑Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost account‑ing, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting workstreams.
• Lead local finance engagement for chart‑of‑accounts validation, financial master‑data readiness, asset‑data migration, historical‑balance migration, open‑transaction conversion, reconciliation, and business sign‑off.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, financial controls, and audit requirements are addressed through mock conversions and production migration cycles.
• Lead RTR testing, including localization of scenarios and scripts, SIT, UAT, end‑to‑end testing, parallel close, regression testing, defect prioritization, remediation, retesting, and business approval.
• Assess finance‑business readiness and coordinate training, communication, stakeholder engagement, user adoption, readiness metrics, risk assessments, and Go/No‑Go criteria.
• Develop and manage the RTR deployment playbook and detailed cutover plan, including mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, financial reconciliation, validation checkpoints, resource coordination, and business sign‑offs.
• Participate in command‑center operations and Go‑Live decisions, and coordinate first‑period close prepa‑ration and stabilization planning.
• Lead hypercare, issue triage, defect resolution, escalation management, the first month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close, and transition of documentation, knowledge, and support procedures to AMS and Run teams.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead deployment of the SAP S/4HANA RTR solution into the local business organization and serve as the primary liaison between the Global RTR Build Team and local finance stakeholders.
• Translate the global RTR template and deployment strategy into an executable local plan covering locali‑zation, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and readiness.
• Coordinate validation of General Ledger, Universal Journal, Fixed Assets, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing, Intercompany Accounting, Financial Close, and Reporting process‑es.
• Identify and govern justified local statutory, legal, tax, regulatory, reporting, and operational requirements while minimizing deviations from the Global Template.
• Coordinate RTR integration with Order‑to‑Cash, Procure‑to‑Pay, inventory, manufacturing, cost account‑ing, banking, tax, consolidation, and reporting workstreams.
• Lead local finance engagement for chart‑of‑accounts validation, financial master‑data readiness, asset‑data migration, historical‑balance migration, open‑transaction conversion, reconciliation, and business sign‑off.
• Ensure data quality, completeness, financial controls, and audit requirements are addressed through mock conversions and production migration cycles.
• Lead RTR testing, including localization of scenarios and scripts, SIT, UAT, end‑to‑end testing, parallel close, regression testing, defect prioritization, remediation, retesting, and business approval.
• Assess finance‑business readiness and coordinate training, communication, stakeholder engagement, user adoption, readiness metrics, risk assessments, and Go/No‑Go criteria.
• Develop and manage the RTR deployment playbook and detailed cutover plan, including mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, financial reconciliation, validation checkpoints, resource coordination, and business sign‑offs.
• Participate in command‑center operations and Go‑Live decisions, and coordinate first‑period close prepa‑ration and stabilization planning.
• Lead hypercare, issue triage, defect resolution, escalation management, the first month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close, and transition of documentation, knowledge, and support procedures to AMS and Run teams.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Enterprise deployment leadership with disciplined planning and execution across finance, business, and technology workstreams.
• Cross‑functional team leadership, coaching, collaboration, and influence across global and local stake‑holders without direct reporting authority.
• Executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, structured governance, stakeholder engagement, and decision‑making under deployment pressure.
• Strong risk, issue, defect, data, testing, readiness, escalation, and financial‑control management.
• End‑to‑end process thinking, conflict resolution, accountability management, and effective coordination across global process teams, finance leadership, business SMEs, and technical teams.
• Cutover, Go‑Live, command‑center, hypercare, stabilization, knowledge‑transfer, and transition‑to‑support leadership.

Salary Range: $150,000 - $190,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Qualifications:

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE