Associate Director, Information Technology; SAP S​/HANA Subject Matter Expert

About Pharma Essentia

It’s not often you get the chance to make a real impact on the lives of others, while expanding your own possibilities. You’ll find that rare opportunity n us, and let’s transform lives, together. Pharma Essentia Corporation is a rapidly growing biopharmaceutical innovator. We are leveraging deep expertise and proven scientific principles to deliver effective new biologics for challenging diseases in hematology and oncology.

Founded in 2003, we are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and have operations in the U.S., Japan, Singapore, South Korea, China, along with a world‑class biologics production facility in Taichung.

Reporting to the Sr Director of IT, the SAP S/4

HANA Subject Matter Expert (SME) will serve as a senior functional and technical authority for SAP S/4

HANA Finance, partnering closely with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to support, optimize, and evolve financial processes and system capabilities. This role acts as a key bridge between Finance and IT, ensuring SAP solutions align with business objectives, financial controls, and enterprise architecture standards. The SME will support ongoing operations, lead enhancements, and play a critical role in SAP S/4

HANA and Ariba transformation initiatives. This is a hybrid role with several days per week in the Burlington, MA office.

• Act as the primary subject matter expert for SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance, providing deep expertise across core financial processes and system capabilities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Finance and IT leaders on SAP S/4
  
  HANA best practices, roadmap decisions, and system design options.
• Support and optimize SAP Finance processes, including Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Accounts Payable (AP), and Month‑end close activities.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional and technical SAP solutions.
• Provide functional guidance during system configuration, enhancements, testing, and deployment activities.
• Ensure SAP Finance solutions comply with internal controls, financial policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and review functional designs, configuration documentation, test scripts, and process documentation.
• Support user training and change management activities related to SAP Finance processes and system changes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5–8+ years of hands‑on experience supporting SAP Finance solutions, including SAP S/4
  
  HANA and Ariba.
• Strong functional expertise in SAP S/4
  
  HANA Finance (FI/CO, AP, AR, Asset Accounting).
• Proven experience working as the liaison between Finance and IT in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting global or multi‑entity finance operations.

• Strong understanding of end‑to‑end finance processes and financial close cycles.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable SAP solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and documentation skills.

The expected salary range for this position based on greater Boston, MA location is $,000. Actual salary pay will be based on multiple factors, including geographic location, experience, qualifications, and other job‑related factors permitted by law.

• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Dental and vision coverage
• Generous paid time‑off
• 401(k) retirement plan with competitive company match
• Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Up to $150 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

At Pharma Essentia USA, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Pharma Essentia USA believes that diversity and inclusion among our team are critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Pharma Essentia does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Staffing agencies should not send resumes to our HR team or to any Pharma Essentia employees. Pharma Essentia is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.