GPO - Finance and Controlling

We are hiring! at Supply Technologies, a subsidiary of ParkOhio (NASDAQ:PKOH), specializes in supplier selection and management, planning, implementing, managing the physical flow of product for world-class international manufacturing companies, and servicing customers in the various markets. Key Responsibilities: Lead the Finance workstream across design, build, testing, deployment, cutover, go-live, and stabilization, maintaining accountability for milestones, decisions, risks, approvals, and deliverables. Provide leadership and coordination for Finance Global Process Owners supporting Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger Accounting. Each Finance GPO is expected to dedicate approximately 30% of working time to the SAP implementation while continuing operational responsibilities. Establish Finance priorities, assign and track deliverables, ensure deadlines and approvals are met, resolve resource or process gaps, and elevate issues requiring leadership decisions. Own and validate global Finance requirements, process flows, and end-to-end scenarios, ensuring the future-state solution reflects enterprise needs rather than individual site or regional preferences. Champion SAP Fit-to-Standard and best practices; lead Finance fit-gap decisions, challenge unnecessary customization, and govern deviations from the approved global design. Serve as the primary Finance bridge to IT and implementation partner by translating requirements, participating in solution/configuration reviews, resolving open questions, validating designs, and communicating business decisions. Lead Finance participation in SIT, UAT, regression testing, mock cutovers, and go-live validation; ensure defects are prioritized, resolved, retested, and accepted by the appropriate business owners. Drive end-to-end financial validation across Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Warehouse/Inventory, Planning, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other integrated workstreams. Coordinate Finance master data, data migration, reconciliation, reporting, workflow, and financial control requirements to support accurate conversion and operational readiness. Partner with OCM, training leads, Finance GPOs, and SMEs to validate process documentation, training content, business readiness, and adoption of approved future-state processes. Support Finance cutover and go-live readiness, including reconciliation, open items, critical dependencies, go/no-go inputs, and transition to post-go-live support. Partner with PMO on planning, governance, risks, issues, dependencies, status reporting, and readiness while maintaining Finance leadership responsibilities as the primary job priority. Provide concise executive reporting on Finance status, milestones, decisions, testing progress, risks, resource constraints, and readiness; escalation blockers requiring cross-functional or executive resolution. Build strong cross-functional relationships and drive timely resolution where Finance requirements or downstream accounting impacts intersect with other workstreams. Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 3+ Years experience with demonstrated leadership in finance or other business areas. 2+ Years experience with ERP implementations, enterprise transformation, global process standardization, or complex cross-functional initiatives. Participation in audit practices is highly desirable. Strong understanding of end-to-end financial integration, controls, and the accounting impacts generated by operational business processes. Demonstrated ability to lead GPOs/process owners, SMEs, business stakeholders, IT teams, implementation partners, and senior leadership through decisions and project delivery. Strong project execution, communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills. SAP S/4HANA experience preferred; SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and Financial Accounting implementation experience are highly desirable. Global manufacturing, distribution, or supply-chain experience is preferred. Do The Right Thing and we will succeed We insist on honest and ethical behavior; We treat others respectfully; Our actions are underlined with high integrity; We partner with others who hold these same values. Go One Better to achieve greatness: We strive to do our best every day; We are curious and seek alternative viewpoints; We value innovation to deliver long-term success; We will not accept the status quo and tirelessly seek to improve. Customer First balanced with Company results: We serve our customers with a sense of urgency; We strive to anticipate our customer’s needs; We work with our customers to ensure we are providing them the best solutions they value; We help to deliver the long-term success of our company. We Do what we say: We seek clarity and understanding; We follow through on our commitments; We respectfully challenge and collaborate to achieve mutual success; Once we agree, we move forward and make no excuses. Together we win: We respect and value each other’s thoughts and opinions; We make the time to develop meaningful relationships; We seek new opportunities to continuously learn: We never miss an opportunity to bring out the best in others. Medical insurance Health saving account Vision insurance Life insurance 401(k) Pension Plan Paid time off Referral program Employee Assistance Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor. #J-18808-Ljbffr Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.