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Director Finance Technology
NBC Universal
New York, NY, United States
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NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Responsibilities:
The goal of this role is to work on developing strategic direction & implement the defined strategy with the Finance Technology layer of NBCUniversal. Initially, the role will be responsible for the replatform & cloud hosting of SAP globally which is the initial stage in aligning Finance technology with business direction.
The candidate will work to determine the Supplier to assist with the goal of providing recommendations for approach, timelines, costs and dependencies as outlined below to move all components to a Cloud hosted platform.
There are 5 main areas of focus
1. Roadmap & strategy for the lift and shift of the SAP Estate to Cloud Platform
2. Roadmap & strategies for combining the global SAP ECC & BW platforms to a single system. (Expected to be completed after the lift & shift is complete).
3. Roadmap & strategy for technical ecosystem to support SAP through items 1) & 2)
4. Develop comprehensive list hosting partners capable of supporting all of NBCUniversal’ s global systems
5. Completion of Total Cost of Ownership calculation
Scope covers both Domestic & International applications including ERP, BW, Portal, PI, SRM, Solution Manager, TFE, BPC & Portal systems
For ERP and BW this also includes conversion to the HANA platform combined with upgrading to the appropriate Enhancement Pack version
Qualifications/Requirements
Bachelors in IT, Accounting or like education
Experience with previous projects in the SAP space
Senior project management skills (10+ years)
Experience in Global Technology (multi-country experience)
Experience with Business and IT transformation
Eligibility Requirements:
• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through NBC UNIVERSAL CAREERS to be considered
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older
Desired Characteristics
Strong interpersonal Skills
Ability to work effectively with Executives