SAP Development Manager - Finance

and capability development while supporting Werfen's long-term SAP modernization and Clean Core journey. The successful candidate must be both functionally strong in SAP FI/CO processes and technically credible in SAP development and architecture. The role requires the ability to guide solution design decisions, challenge unnecessary customizations, and promote scalable, upgrade-friendly SAP solutions aligned with SAP standard capabilities. This is a true management role with accountability for team performance, prioritization, execution discipline, employee development, and operational effectiveness. The ideal candidate has experience working in structured SAP environments with strong governance and standardization practices and has participated in initiatives focused on reducing customization complexity and modernizing SAP solutions. Key Accountabilitie Lead and manage the SAP FI/CO development team, including workload balancing, delivery planning, prioritization, employee development, coaching, and performance management Drive effective execution and accountability across the team while ensuring high-quality support and project delivery Partner with business stakeholders and IT business partners to deliver scalable and maintainable SAP FI/CO solutions aligned with business priorities Provide functional and technical leadership for overall SAP FI/CO function, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Bank connectivity, workflows, related interfaces, etc Support Werfen's Clean Core strategy by promoting SAP standard functionality, upgrade-friendly enhancements, and reduction of unnecessary custom developments, this role with perform the overall governance of the team daily execution and direction Review existing custom solutions and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, modernization, or redesign Establish and enforce SAP development standards, documentation expectations, support processes, and technical governance practices within the team Actively join and contribute to the related design of any other enterprise application that has integration with SAP and has impact on the FI/CO function, ensure the proper design and system stability Support project delivery, operational support activities, issue resolution, and cross-functional coordination with global IT teams Contribute to organizational capability building through mentoring, knowledge sharing, process improvement, and team development initiatives Provide backup leadership support across other SAP functional teams when required Networking/Key relationships Collaborate with multiple teams with in IT including but not limited to SAP Basis, IT business partners, Security, Integration, Infrastructure, SQA and to ensure stable and scalable enterprise solutions Strong stakeholder management skills and conflict management skills are necessary for this role Strong collaboration with different enterprise application teams to ensure successful delivery of the projects, these projects including Manhattan, Salesforce, ServiceNow, etc Capability to collaborate, contact and work with third-party companies to define solutions, viable path for different prjoects or critical issues Collaborate with the business partner to manage stakeholders, project initiations, prioritizations, etc Strong team management skills and technical & functional leadership Strong capability to support and execute the initiatives and directions from senior leaderships Minimum Knowledge & Experience required for the position Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline Minimum 10 years of SAP experience with strong expertise in SAP FI/CO processes Minimum 5 years leading or managing SAP development teams Strong functional knowledge of SAP FI/CO business processes including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, as

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong. The SAP Development Manager - Finance is responsible for leading the Barcelona-based SAP FI/CO development team supporting Werfen's financial accounting, controlling, and finance business processes. This role combines people leadership, SAP functional expertise, and technical solution governance. The manager will oversee day-to-day team operations, delivery execution, resource planning, technical direction