SAP Control Integration Lead

Role & responsibilities

SAP controls design, integration and assurance

• Lead pre- and post-implementation control design assessments, fit-gap reviews, configuration testing, and operating effectiveness support across R2R, O2C, P2P, P2M and related cross-functional processes.
• Oversee development and review of control activity narratives (CANs), manual control procedures (MCPs), control test scripts (CTSs), risk and control matrices (RCMs), process flows and control ownership/RACI documentation.
• Assess automated application controls, configurable controls, interfaces, key reports, data dependencies, exception handling, and manual controls reliant on SAP-generated information.
• Challenge design deviations, identify control gaps, evaluate business and financial reporting impact, and recommend remediation or compensating controls with clear ownership and deadlines.
• Oversee RICEFW/WRICEF reviews, functional specifications, custom enhancements, defect and change assessments, testing evidence, and control impacts throughout project releases and hypercare.

Technology risk, security and regulatory compliance

• Direct SAP ITGC reviews covering user access, privileged access, authentication, change management, operations, logging, and configuration governance, aligned to relevant SOX and audit requirements.
• Guide SAP GRC and Pathlock-related reviews, including access request approvals, periodic access reviews, segregation of duties (SoD), sensitive access, ruleset governance and mitigating controls.
• Provide implementation assurance through design checkpoints, go-live readiness reviews, risk escalation, remediation validation, and coordination with internal and external assurance teams.

Engagement and people leadership

• Own engagement planning, budgets, resourcing, work allocation, milestones, quality review, issue resolution and senior stakeholder reporting across concurrent projects.
• Coach and review multidisciplinary teams; set clear expectations for documentation, evidence sufficiency, technical accuracy, productivity, and timely delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with overseas engagement teams, client process owners, SAP functional and technical leads, compliance teams, and program management offices.
• Contribute to proposals, solution development, methodology improvement, knowledge assets, reusable testing accelerators and practice growth.