IT Lead Developer, SAP Applications (Hybrid) (SAP)

Location: Berlin, Connecticut, United States; hybrid schedule with at least three days in the office, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Must be able to work up to five days in the office when required and travel between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire as necessary.

Salary: Annual salary range not specified; compensation is commensurate with experience and may include an incentive.

Company

hirify.global is an energy company delivering a multi-year Finance and Accounting Reinvention program to modernize finance processes through SAP S/4HANA on RISE.

What you will do

• Lead SAP development planning and execution across SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP BTP, Fiori, ABAP, integrations, reporting, workflows, and forms.
• Own RICEFW delivery from assessment and design through estimation, development, testing, documentation, deployment, and support.
• Translate Finance and Accounting requirements into scalable technical solutions with functional leads, architects, data, security, testing, vendors, and system integrators.
• Champion clean-core and fit-to-standard principles while governing design, code, performance, security, and quality reviews.
• Coordinate unit, integration, user acceptance, regression, cutover, go-live, hypercare, stabilization, and knowledge-transfer activities.
• Mentor developers and technical analysts, manage delivery risks and dependencies, and coordinate internal, offshore, and partner teams.

Requirements

• Eight to ten years of progressive SAP technical development experience, including hands-on SAP ABAP and SAP S/4HANA implementation experience.
• Experience as an SAP Development Lead, SAP Technical Lead, ABAP Lead, or similar role on large ERP, finance transformation, or enterprise modernization programs.
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA development, object-oriented ABAP, CDS views, AMDP, OData, SAP Gateway, Fiori/UI5, enhancement frameworks, BAdIs, user exits, BAPIs, IDocs, RFCs, Smart Forms, Adobe Forms, and workflows.
• Experience delivering and governing RICEFW objects across design, build, testing, deployment, and support.
• Working knowledge of Finance and Accounting processes, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, asset accounting, controlling, treasury, tax, reporting, and financial close.
• Understanding of clean-core principles, SAP best practices, performance optimization, secure development, and upgrade-safe design.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to collaborate with business users, consultants, architects, cybersecurity, data, testing, infrastructure, vendors, and offshore development teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills; availability for emergency restoration assignments is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance transformations in utilities, energy, highly regulated industries, or large enterprise environments.
• Experience with finance integrations involving Maximo, PowerPlan, Workday, treasury, tax, reporting, and enterprise data platforms.
• Experience with regulatory, audit, SOX, cybersecurity, segregation-of-duties, and financial control requirements.
• Experience with SAP RISE, SAP BTP, SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Fiori Launchpad, SAP Cloud ALM, Integration Suite, APIs, and side-by-side extensions.
• Experience managing mixed onshore/offshore teams and coordinating system integrators or managed service providers.
• Advanced degree and experience with Agile, SAFe, hybrid, or large program delivery models are desirable.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work is available for eligible roles, subject to operational needs, team dynamics, managerial discretion, and performance.
• Competitive total rewards program with benefits information available through the careers site.
• Work includes researching, analyzing, writing, public speaking, simultaneous activities, deadlines, and significant business commitments.
• Every employee may receive an Emergency Restoration assignment requiring work outside normal responsibilities, hours, or location.
• Immigration-related visa sponsorship is not available for this position.