Sr. Director Global Finance SAP Lead, GFT - RBC

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Global Functions Technology (GFT) is a division within RBC’s Technology and Operations group, dedicated to supporting a wide range of business partners, including Risk, Finance, Human Resources (HR), Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wealth Management.

The Senior Director, Global Finance SAP Lead within GFT's Finance IT will own the successful greenfield implementation of a cloud-based, enterprise-wide Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger and Enterprise General Ledger. Acting as the primary bridge between enterprise technology leadership, business stakeholders, and delivery squads, this role will drive the end-to-end implementation. This Global SAP Lead will ensure consistent design and configuration, oversee technical integration and performance, and align stakeholders across technology, finance, and operations.

What will you potentially do?

Platform Execution

Lead a greenfield SAP Product Subledger, Non-Product Subledger and Enterprise General Ledger implementation across all execution workstreams

Drive the enterprise implementation, ensuring adherence to the global design template and leveraging lessons learned to accelerate adoption.

Collaborate with the Program Director to establish delivery standards, methodologies, and KPIs to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes across the program.

Technical and Functional Leadership

Provide expert oversight for platform integration, technical delivery, data integration, data migration, and custom development.

Act as the lead subject matter expert for the functional solution, ensuring the design meets all requirements for event-based accounting, subledger, and GL processes.

Drive the strategy for complex technical areas, including integrations with enterprise GL systems, data migration, and custom development.

Enforce SAP governance to uphold the integrity of the global template design across all entity rollouts.

Ensure the final SAP solution is scalable and performant to meet the demands of the enterprise

Leadership and Strategy

Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team to achieve program objectives, fostering accountability and collaboration.

Function as the primary delivery partner to program leadership, aligning with the Program Director and SAP Architect.

Engage senior stakeholders to align priorities, strategic trade-offs, and business strategies.

Ensure deliverables meet business outcomes and enable value creation.

Provide technology thought leadership to address business and regulatory demands.

Manage program deliverables, scope, competing priorities, and requirements changes effectively.

Promote collaboration across functional teams to develop enterprise-wide solutions.