SVP Manager - Systems Engineering

About the role

The executive role is accountable for the strategy, modernization, operations, and global delivery of Moody's enterprise-wide SAP ecosystem across Finance, Controlling, Billing, Revenue, Tax, and cross-functional ERP platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the global SAP ERP strategy, driving a multi-year roadmap that includes upgrades, cloud modernization, clean-core standardization, and reduction of technical debt in alignment with corporate financial transformation objectives
• Champion AI enablement, data platform integration, automation, and emerging capabilities within the SAP ecosystem, including S/4HANA embedded analytics, tax and compliance automation, and intelligent ERP features
• Own global SAP production operations, ensuring high availability, resiliency, risk-controlled financial processing, and enforcement of DevSecOps practices, configuration standards, and change-management rigor
• Lead all SAP-related programs and govern multi-million-dollar initiative portfolios, ensuring predictable delivery, value realization, and executive transparency across Finance, Ratings, Analytics, Compliance, Tax, Audit, and Technology stakeholders
• Manage a global budget spanning run, transform, and innovation portfolios; optimize delivery models leveraging internal teams, contractors, and strategic partners, and drive cost efficiency through automation and architecture simplification
• Ensure compliance with SOX, statutory reporting, global e-invoicing mandates, tax requirements, cybersecurity obligations, and audit requirements; oversee internal and external audit coordination and remediation
• Lead and develop a global multi-disciplinary organization of solution architects, engineers, finance technology experts, SAP operations teams, and program managers, fostering a culture of innovation, engineering excellence, and outcomes-driven delivery
• Champion data quality, integrity, and stewardship across all SAP financial processes, and build future-ready organizational capabilities in SAP, cloud, data, and automation

Requirements

Skills and Competencies:

• 15+ years of experience in SAP leadership roles, with deep expertise across SAP Financials (FI/CO), Billing/Revenue (RAR), Tax, AP/AR, Fixed Assets, Group Reporting, and core ERP modules
• Proven ownership of global ERP platforms supporting multi-entity, multi-currency, and highly regulated financial environments, including demonstrated success with S/4HANA transformations and large-scale ERP modernization
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-year SAP programs â including ERP upgrades, compliance remediations, global order-to-cash initiatives, and cross-system integrations â with measurable outcomes and executive-level visibility
• Strong grounding in clean-core architecture, DevSecOps practices, cloud integrations, automation, and embedded analytics within the SAP ecosystem
• Deep understanding of global financial processes â record-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, revenue operations, and audit/compliance â with the ability to translate financial and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Proven ability to lead and develop large global organizations spanning internal teams, contractors, and strategic vendors; skilled in influencing senior business executives and steering enterprise-wide initiatives
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar global budgets across run, transform, and innovation portfolios, including vendor negotiation, contract management, and delivery model optimization
• Deep expertise in artificial intelligence, with a track record of implementing advanced AI solutions to drive strategic transformation and operational efficiency. Strong experience using AI tools to lead innovation initiatives. Demonstrated leadership in managing AI-related risks, ensuring ethical governance, and fostering a culture of responsible AI adoption across the organization

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field; Master's degree or MBA preferred

Skills

• 15+ years of experience in SAP leadership roles, with deep expertise across SAP Financials (FI/CO), Billing/Revenue (RAR), Tax, AP/AR, Fixed Assets, Group Reporting, and core ERP modules
• Proven ownership of global ERP platforms supporting multi-entity, multi-currency, and highly regulated financial environments, including demonstrated success with S/4HANA transformations and large-scale ERP modernization
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-year SAP programs â including ERP upgrades, compliance remediations, global order-to-cash initiatives, and cross-system integrations â with measurable outcomes and executive-level visibility
• Strong grounding in clean-core architecture, DevSecOps practices, cloud integrations, automation, and embedded analytics within the SAP ecosystem
• Deep understanding of global financial processes â record-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, revenue operations, and audit/compliance â with the ability to translate financial and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Proven ability to lead and develop large global organizations spanning internal teams, contractors, and strategic vendors; skilled in influencing senior business executives and steering enterprise-wide initiatives
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar global budgets across run, transform, and innovation portfolios, including vendor negotiation, contract management, and delivery model optimization
• Deep expertise in artificial intelligence, with a track record of implementing advanced AI solutions to drive strategic transformation and operational efficiency. Strong experience using AI tools to lead innovation initiatives. Demonstrated leadership in managing AI-related risks, ensuring ethical governance, and fostering a culture of responsible AI adoption across the organization

Benefits

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $208,200.00 - $301,950.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody's also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $208,200.00 - $301,950.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation.

Schedule

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