Senior SAP FI/CO & Finance Systems Lead

WC Bradley Company; Columbus (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

W.C. Bradley Co. is seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst – Record to Report to lead SAP FI/CO capabilities in a Finance and Accounting environment.

The role emphasizes SAP S/4HANA, General Ledger, period-end close, and cross-functional collaboration across IT and third-party vendors. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years in SAP, strong R2R and financial-controls expertise, and a track record of delivering scalable SAP solutions within an enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7+ years of progressive SAP experience, with significant hands-on functional experience in SAP Finance and Controlling.
• 3+ years of SAP S/4HANA Finance experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading Record-to-Report processes in an enterprise environment.
• Strong functional knowledge of General Ledger, cost centers, profit centers, fixed assets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, allocations, financial close, consolidations, and management reporting.
• Experience translating complex Finance requirements into SAP functional designs and specifications.
• Experience with SAP configuration, testing, production support, enhancements, and release management.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex cross-functional SAP issues.
• Experience managing or providing functional oversight to third-party application consultants or managed-service providers.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, data integrity, change management, and audit requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership for SAP S/4HANA FI/CO, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Orders, and related financial capabilities.
• Maintain a strong understanding of SAP configuration and business-process dependencies across Finance and Controlling.
• Lead functional design for FI/CO enhancements, integrations, upgrades, and new capabilities.
• Partner with Finance leadership and process owners to support General Ledger accounting, period-end close, intercompany activity, allocations, reconciliations, financial reporting, and management accounting.
• Troubleshoot complex R2R issues spanning SAP and other systems configuration, master data, integrations, transactions, and downstream reporting.
• Ensure application design are consistent with architectural guidelines and conform to security standards in support of Finance requirements while maintaining appropriate separation between business-process ownership and IT system ownership.
• Serve as the primary IT liaison for the any application managed-services relationship directing and prioritizing support and development activities.
• Qualify vendor recommendations when appropriate and ensure solutions are technically sound, cost-effective, sustainable, and aligned with W.C. Bradley’s strategies.
• Reduce organizational dependency on external providers by strengthening internal SAP functional knowledge and documentation.
• Provide Level 2/3 functional support for complex SAP FI/CO and other finance related application issues.
• Lead root-cause analysis for recurring or high-impact production issues.
• Coordinate resolution across Finance, IT, SAP technical teams, integration teams, and external providers.
• Support ongoing optimization of SAP S/4HANA capabilities following implementation.
• Understand and manage FI/CO dependencies with other SAP modules and enterprise applications.
• Partner with SAP Supply Chain, Order-to-Cash, Procurement, Data, Integration, Security, and Infrastructure resources to resolve cross-functional issues.
• Ensure financial impacts are evaluated when changes are made to upstream or downstream business processes.
• Develop functional requirements, process flows, test scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead or coordinate FI/CO functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Ensure Finance stakeholders are appropriately engaged in validation and approval.
• Support release planning, cutover activities, stabilization, and post-production validation.
• Partner with Finance, Internal Audit, Security, and other stakeholders to ensure SAP Finance solutions support appropriate financial and technology controls.
• Ensure system changes comply with established change-management and governance requirements.
• Maintain functional specifications, configuration documentation, process flows, decision records, support procedures, and knowledge articles.
• Serve as a trusted technology partner to Finance leadership and key business stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops to define requirements, resolve process issues, and make design decisions.
• Translate complex application technology concepts into clear business implications for non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

SAP FI/CO

SAP S/4HANA

R2R processes

Financial controls

Vendor leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Audit readiness

Education

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

7+ years SAP experience

3+ years SAP S/4HANA Finance

Experience with Record-to-Report processes

Tools

SAP S/4HANA FI/CO

SAP configuration

ERP integrations

Job description

W.C. Bradley Co. is seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst – Record to Report to lead SAP FI/CO capabilities in a Finance and Accounting environment.

The role emphasizes SAP S/4HANA, General Ledger, period-end close, and cross-functional collaboration across IT and third-party vendors. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years in SAP, strong R2R and financial-controls expertise, and a track record of delivering scalable SAP solutions within an enterprise setting.