SAP Finance Integration & Reporting Lead

Role Description

We are seeking a full-time SAP Finance Integration & Reporting Lead to drive standardization, optimization, and continuous improvement of global financial reporting and integration processes. This is a long-term strategic role, responsible not only for supporting the transition from Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) to OneStream, but also for continuously evolving and optimizing the company’s global finance integration and reporting landscape across SAP ECC and Kinetic ERP.

You will own the design, governance, and ongoing enhancement of financial data structures, reporting standards, and system integrations, ensuring scalable, high-quality, and future-ready solutions. This role serves as a key bridge between Finance and IT and plays a critical part in shaping the enterprise finance systems roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Global Financial Reporting Ownership & Continuous Optimization
  • Own and govern global financial reporting standards across SAP ECC and Kinetic ERP.
  • Lead the continuous optimization and improvement of financial reporting processes, structures, and data models.
  • Drive harmonization across regions (North America, EU, APAC, LATAM) and eliminate ongoing deviations.
  • Establish and maintain global standards for:
    • Financial dimensions
    • Statutory and management reporting structures
    • Master data governance
  • Continuously assess and enhance reporting frameworks to meet evolving business, regulatory, and analytics needs.
• Finance Systems Integration & Transformation
  • Act as a core internal leader for the HFM → OneStream transformation.
  • Ensure SAP and Kinetic are structured as robust, governed source systems.
  • Beyond initial implementation, own the continuous optimization and stability of integrations between:
    • SAP ECC
    • Kinetic ERP
    • OneStream and future platforms
  • Define and enforce integration standards, data quality controls, and reconciliation processes.
  • Drive ongoing improvements, automation, and efficiency gains in finance integrations.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Serve as a trusted long-term partner to global Finance leadership (Accounting, Controlling, FP&A).
  • Lead global workshops and governance forums to drive alignment and continuous improvement.
  • Translate evolving business and regulatory requirements into scalable system solutions.
  • Establish and maintain governance frameworks for sustained global alignment.
• Sustainable Process & Solution Design
  • Design and maintain scalable, future-proof financial architectures.
  • Promote standardization and minimize customization where possible.
  • Support enterprise data strategy, ensuring finance integration with data platforms, BI, and analytics.
  • Continuously identify opportunities to modernize, streamline, and optimize finance processes and systems.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with SAP ECC FI/CO.
• Proven experience in global financial reporting standardization and optimization.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP.
• Experience in multinational, multi-entity environments.
• Demonstrated ability to own and continuously improve enterprise solutions.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology or related.
• Minimum 5 years in technical and functional architecture and design of SAP ECC FI/CO.
• Technical conversion experience a plus.

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Strong ownership mindset with focus on long-term value creation.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement and optimization at scale.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.
• Excellent communicator across business and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative, proactive, and results-driven.

Company Description

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.