Director, IT SAP FinanceCommercial

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Location

San Diego CA

Strong onsite presence required. This is not a remote role.

Position Summary

We are seeking a strategic results-driven Director IT SAP Finance/Commercial to own the delivery operations and evolution of our SAP Finance and Commercial landscape (Finance plus Order-to-Cash/Commercial capabilities) within a complex global this senior leadership role you will be accountable for end-to-end value realization across the S/4HANA transformation and ongoing product roadmapbalancing deep domain expertise with executive partnership people leadership vendor/portfolio management and budget accountability. You will serve as a primary liaison between IT and Finance/Commercial leadership ensuring our SAP ecosystem enables growth compliance and scalable global operations.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the multi-year roadmap for SAP Finance and Commercial (e.g. Record-to-Report Procure-to-Pay Order-to-Cash) aligning priorities to enterprise strategy transformation milestones and measurable business outcomes.

• Organization & People Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing SAP Finance/Commercial organization (internal teams and partners). Set the operating model develop leadership bench strength manage capacity planning and drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

• Executive Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to CFO/Finance leadership and Commercial business leaders. Translate complex technology strategy into clear business value influence investment decisions and drive alignment across regions and functions.

• Portfolio Program & Delivery Governance: Own the delivery portfolio across SAP Finance and Commercial products (projects enhancements and run). Establish governance KPIs/OKRs and controls to ensure delivery predictability quality and adherence to enterprise architecture standards.

• Budget & Vendor/Partner Management: Own the SAP Finance/Commercial budget (run and change) including licensing systems integrators AMS and niche vendors. Lead SOW/MSA negotiations manage performance to SLAs and ensure clear ROI and value delivery.

• Risk Controls & Compliance: Own the risk and controls posture for Finance/Commercial IT ensuring designs and operations meet SOX audit requirements GDPR and local statutory needsincluding revenue pricing and order management control points.

• Change Management & Adoption: Partner with Business Transformation and OCM leaders to drive global deployment readiness training strategy and sustained adoption across Finance and Commercial user communities.

• Architecture & Integration Leadership: Lead design authority to resolve complex cross-domain decisions and ensure end-to-end integrity across SAP Finance SAP Commercial (e.g. SD) and adjacent platforms (e.g. CRM eCommerce tax middleware data/analytics).

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors degree in Finance IT or related field; MBA or Masters degree strongly preferred.

• Experience: Minimum 18 years in SAP Finance and/or Commercial domains with at least 10 years leading teams and large cross-functional programs.

• Transformation Track Record: Proven experience leading multiple large-scale global SAP transformations (S/4HANA preferred) across Finance and/or Commercial workstreams including integration and cutover/hypercare leadership.

• Business Process Depth: Deep understanding of global Finance and Commercial processes (e.g. Quote/Order-to-Cash Billing Revenue Recognition Pricing/Discounting Rebates Record-to-Report Procure-to-Pay) and statutory reporting requirements.

• Soft Skills: Exceptional negotiation conflict resolution and executive presentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience managing multi-million dollar project budgets and offshore/onshore delivery models.

• Expertise in advanced Finance/Commercial capabilities such as Group Reporting Central Finance Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) pricing/condition technique and/or rebate management.

• SAP S/4HANA Finance Certification.

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The estimated base salary range for the Director IT SAP Finance/Commercial role based in the United States of America is: $187400 - $281000. Should the level or location of the role change during the hiring process the applicable base pay range may be updated accordingly. The range reflects longterm growth in the role. Most candidates are hired between the minimum and middle of the range. Placement depends on experience skills location and internal equity. Additionally all employees are eligible for one of our variable cash programs (bonus or commission) and eligible roles may receive equity as part of the compensation package. We offer a wide range of benefits as innovative as our work including access to genomics sequencing family planning health/dental/vision retirement benefits and paid time off.

We are a company deeply rooted in belonging promoting an inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our mission. Built on a strong foundation Illumina has always prioritized openness collaboration and seeking alternative perspectives to propel innovation in genomics. We are proud to confirm a zero-net gap in pay regardless of gender ethnicity or race. We also have several Employee Resource Groups (ERG) that deliver career development experiences increase cultural awareness and offer opportunities to engage in social responsibility. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex race creed color gender religion marital status domestic partner status age national origin or ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation pregnancy military or veteran status citizenship status and genetic information. Illumina conducts background checks on applicants for whom a conditional offer of employment has been made. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable local state and federal laws. Background check results may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. The background check process and any decisions made as a result shall be made in accordance with all applicable local state and federal laws. Illumina prohibits the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the application and interview process. If you require accommodation to complete the application or interview process please contact To learn more visit: The position will be posted until a final candidate is selected or the requisition has a sufficient number of qualified applicants.