Lead Engineer, IT - Software Engineering & Development

PURPOSE Builders FirstSource (BFS) is embarking on a multi-year business transformation that will enable us to outperform our competition and enable industry transformation.  In connection with this initiative, BFS will harmonize our core operations on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud.   The Lead Engineer of SAP S/4HANA Financials serves as the functional and technical lead and subject matter expert for Record to Report (RTR), with a concentration on the COPA (Controlling/Profitability Analysis) sub-workstream. In this role, you will set workstream direction, coordinate cross-functional delivery, mentor team members, and drive high-quality solutions while influencing stakeholders within and outside the IT department and making a significant impact on our business.   The candidate will be responsible for the design, configuration, implementation, testing and control of the financial systems and applications.   While the focus is on COPA, responsibilities could involve other areas of RTR including the following: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Tax (Vertex), Portfolio & Project Management (PPM), and Project Systems.      ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES   Typically leads SAP Financial SAP S/4HANA projects from end-to-end through delegation, review, and driving results holistically; leads medium complexity features from technical design through completion.   Owns the RTR workstream delivery plan, establishes priorities and milestones, coordinates dependencies, identifies resource needs, and drives timely resolution of risks, issues, and decisions. Provides day-to-day functional leadership to employees, contractors, and implementation partners by assigning work, clarifying expectations, monitoring progress, and holding contributors accountable for quality and delivery commitments. Leads solution design reviews and serves as the escalation point for complex SAP Financials decisions, ensuring designs are scalable, supportable, compliant with enterprise standards, and aligned with the S/4HANA roadmap. Facilitates alignment across Finance, IT, process teams, and business stakeholders; communicates status, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to leadership and drives decisions to closure. Reviews and approves functional specifications, configuration, test strategies, defect resolutions, cutover activities, and support-readiness deliverables for the assigned workstream. Coaches and mentors functional and technical team members, promotes knowledge transfer and consistent delivery practices, and supports capability development across the SAP Financials team. Provides analysis of SAP Financial processes, including configuration, integration, customization, master data, and reporting with an emphasis on asset accounting, cost element accounting, cost center accounting, activity-based accounting, product cost controlling, profitability analysis, and profit center accounting. Contributes to documentation and sharing of knowledge and best practices across teams, both informally and formally (e.g., ad-hoc basis, internal presentations, blogs, newsletters).​ Manages and partners with third party providers/ vendors/ contractors to ensure project delivery maintains the quality and timeliness standards. Collaborates with business stakeholders to ensure smooth integration of SAP FICO with other enterprise systems. Implements and tests complex design changes to fix identified defects in existing software products. Adds enhancements to new/future software releases to SAP S/4HANA; and assists in developing design solutions. Identifies and recommends improvements to the software development lifecycle and best practices in agile engineering. Apply design thinking and/or process redesign principles to develop innovative solutions that enhance the end-user experience across financial solutions, incorporating user feedback and insights to ensure a user-centered approach. Perform business process analysis and translate business requirements into workable SAP solutions and/or functional designs for specific projects and changes, including development. Write functional analyses for programs. Develop and execute functional (integration) test scripts. Work closely with process teams to facilitate project progress and ensure integrated system solutions. Collaborates with other cross functional leaders on business-driven IT initiatives, including enhancements and technical upgrades Provide implementation support, preparing the business for system solutions. Provide guidance to businesses on the appropriate use of the SAP system.       SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES   This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities. The role provides functional leadership for employees, contractors, and implementation partners, including work assignment, coaching, coordination, quality oversight, and accountability for workstream deliverables.     MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.   Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or related field. 5-7 years of experience of overseeing configuration of SAP Financials including FI & CO Multiple full-life cycle SAP implementations (ECC 6.0 or S/4HANA) Strong experience with designing, configuring and supporting following RTR areas within SAP is a must Product costing (Master data set up, Costing variants, Costing run, templates & overheads, Variance calculations, WIP, Settlements, Actual & Alternate valuation, PUP calculation…) COPA (Operating Concern, COPA structure, mapping, derivation rules, valuation strategy, integration of Product costing to COPA, COPA assessments…) Fixed Assets (Org Structure, Charts of Depreciation, Depreciation Keys, Assets transactions…) Knowledge of integration with other SAP modules (MM, SD….) is a must Experience with Project Systems configuration will be a plus Or equivalent combination of education and experience.     COMPETENCIES   Evaluates Problems: Evaluates and analyzes different types of information objectively to identify appropriate solutions; writes fluently, establishing the key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively. Technical Communication/ Presentation: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate. Adjusting and Driving Change: Takes a positive approach to tackling work and embraces change; invites feedback relating to performance and deals constructively with criticism. Identifies the need for and drives change when required to achieve objectives. Focuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.  Demonstrates Business Acumen: Demonstrates working knowledge of market, economic, legal, and regulatory environments and how they impact the business. Agile Best Practices: Understands how agility is leveraged in IT ways of working. Adopts agile best practices as appropriate throughout the assigned work lifecycle. Responds to feedback quickly based on comments of internal and external customers and needs of the market. Bias for Action: Takes initiative and identifies what needs to be done and acts without waiting to be asked. Executes work in a timely manner. Suggests improvements to current ways of working.     BFS COMPETENCIES   Business and Financial Acumen Demonstrates depth of understanding for the P&L and financial analysis Teaches business and financial acumen to others. Understands KPIs and how BFS makes money. Knows the different business segments and how they relate to one another. Understands customer sales and engagement. Demonstrates functional and/or technical expertise. Understands complex issues and demonstrates problem solving skills. Understands how to maximize business results regardless of industry cycle. Results Driven Holds self and others accountable. Communicates and sets clear goals with plans to deliver. Manages competing priorities effectively. Demonstrates appropriate urgency. Drives to exceed expectations in alignment with our BFS SPICE values. Embraces and follows best practices. Demonstrates self-starter, can-do attitude. Strategic Thinking and Decision Making Leverages resources and teams around them to solve problems and create mutually beneficial outcomes. Demonstrates willingness and courage to make tough decisions in a timely manner. Balances short-and-long term priorities Demonstrates proactive versus reactive thinking. Asks questions to identify root cause and analyze situations more accurately. Servant Leadership Demonstrates humility by putting others first. Builds trust-based relationships. Leads by example with kindness and respect. Collaborates well across all areas of the business. Advocates for others Actively listens to understand the meaning and intent of what the other person is communicating. Demonstrates authenticity and encourages others to do the same. Emotional Intelligence Demonstrates situational awareness – knows when and how to adjust leadership style in different situations. Demonstrates self-awareness – understands strengths and weaknesses. Demonstrates empathy – puts themselves in other’s shoes. Assumes positive intent. Develops and Leads Others Drives alignment through clear communication of vision, goals, and expectations. Invests time on a regular basis in performance feedback and developmental conversations. Fosters a respectful and inclusive environment. Empowers, motivates, and inspires others. Coaches and mentor others for their development. Guides and persuades others to deliver positive outcomes. Growth Mindset Demonstrates a growth mindset; takes appropriate risks, fails fast and forward, learns from mistakes. Perseveres and champions growth, even in the face of resistance, ambiguity, or possible failure. Thinks like an owner with an entrepreneurial spirit. Demonstrates and encourages intellectual curiosity. Continuous learner; seeks opportunities and knowledge for personal and professional growth. Sees possibilities over problems – actively seeks solutions. Innovation Encourages out-of-the box thinking to create new ways of doing things. Continuously seeks to improve and simplify pain points in the business. Anticipates, embraces, and leads change. Develops and executes breakthrough strategies. Integrity Does the right thing even under challenging circumstances? Communicates with honesty. Consistently treats others fairly and equitably. Demonstrates reliability and does what they say they will do. Conducts tough conversations and delivers difficult messages with kindness and respect.   WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations. Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds. Ability to travel up to 40% during the multi-year business transformation, will likely shift down to 20% after initial business transformation is complete.