About this role
<p><span style="font-size:14.0px">Location: <strong>Remote - Ohio</strong> <br>Employment Status: <strong>Salary Full-Time</strong> <br>Function: <strong>Information Technology</strong> <br>Pay Grade and Range: <strong>AID100-P4-P5</strong> ($125,000 - $150,000)<br>Bonus Plan: <strong>AIP</strong> <br>Target Bonus: <strong>15.0</strong><br>Recruiter: <strong>Allison Schock</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><u><strong>Internal Candidate Eligibility Criteria: </strong></u><br>1. Is a Lincoln Electric employee with at least <strong>1 year</strong> of service <br>2. Is <strong>NOT </strong>on an active <strong>Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px"></span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Summary</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Global Financial Reporting Ownership & Continuous Optimization</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Own and govern global financial reporting standards across SAP ECC and Kinetic ERP</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead the continuous optimization and improvement of financial reporting processes, structures, and data models</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive harmonization across regions (North America, EU, APAC, LATAM) and eliminate ongoing deviations</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Establish and maintain global standards for:</span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Financial dimensions</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Statutory and management reporting structures</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Master data governance</span></li> </ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Continuously assess and enhance reporting frameworks to meet evolving business, regulatory, and analytics needs</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Finance Systems Integration & Transformation</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Act as a core internal leader for the HFM → OneStream transformation</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ensure SAP and Kinetic are structured as robust, governed source systems</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Beyond initial implementation, own the continuous optimization and stability of integrations between:</span></li> <ul type="circle"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SAP ECC</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kinetic ERP</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">OneStream and future platforms</span></li> </ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Define and enforce integration standards, data quality controls, and reconciliation processes</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive ongoing improvements, automation, and efficiency gains in finance integrations</span></li> </ul> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Responsibilities (Continued)</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Serve as a trusted long-term partner to global Finance leadership (Accounting, Controlling, FP&A)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead global workshops and governance forums to drive alignment and continuous improvement</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Translate evolving business and regulatory requirements into scalable system solutions</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Establish and maintain governance frameworks for sustained global alignment</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Sustainable Process & Solution Design</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Design and maintain scalable, future-proof financial architectures</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Promote standardization and minimize customization where possible</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Support enterprise data strategy, ensuring finance integration with data platforms, BI, and analytics</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Continuously identify opportunities to modernize, streamline, and optimize finance processes and systems</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Required Qualifications</H2> </div><div><ul type="disc"> <li>Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology or related</li> <li>Minimum 5 years in technical and functional architecture and design of SAP ECC FI/CO</li> <li>Technical conversion experience a plus</li> <li>Strong hands-on experience with SAP ECC FI/CO</li> <li>Proven experience in global financial reporting standardization and optimization</li> <li>Solid knowledge of US GAAP</li> <li>Experience in multinational, multi-entity environments</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to own and continuously improve enterprise solutions</li> <li>Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong hands-on experience with SAP ECC FI/CO</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proven experience in global financial reporting standardization and optimization</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Solid knowledge of US GAAP</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience in multinational, multi-entity environments</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Demonstrated ability to own and continuously improve enterprise solutions</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Soft Skills & Competencies</H2> </div><div><ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong ownership mindset with focus on long-term value creation</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to drive continuous improvement and optimization at scale</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strategic thinker with strong execution capability</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Excellent communicator across business and technical stakeholders</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Collaborative, proactive, and results-driven</span></li> </ul></div></div></div><p> </p> <hr> <p><strong>Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</strong> 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.</p>