SAP Manager - Construction Accounting

Job ID: 527321

CRH's Americas Materials division is the leading integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete and paving and construction services in North America.

Our operations span North America with over 29,000 employees at close to 1,660 locations in 45 US States and 2 Canadian provinces.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Manager for the Construction Accounting workstream to lead the design, governance, and optimization of project accounting and job costing processes within SAP.

This role will serve as the technology leader for Construction Accounting, bringing deep hands-on expertise in SAP Project System (PS) and proven experience integrating SAP with commercial project management, job costing, and bidding/estimating platforms such as Bid2Win.

The candidate will drive alignment between Construction Operations, Project Management, Estimating, and Finance to ensure accurate job costing, reliable cost forecasting, and effective financial controls throughout the project lifecycle - from estimating and bid management through project execution and close-out.

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Business Process Design & Improvement


* Act as the primary business-facing process owner for Construction Accounting - spending regular, recurring time with business leads in Construction Operations, Project Management, Estimating, and Finance.


* Partner directly with business stakeholders to understand gaps and pain points, translate business needs into functional requirements, and design scalable, efficient Construction Accounting processes.


* Define and track KPIs and process performance metrics jointly with business owners, and report progress back to them on a regular cadence.


* Establish and run a standing business process governance forum (e.g., monthly Construction Accounting process review) to surface emerging issues, prioritize backlog items, and keep process design decisions transparent and business-led.

Driving Design Workshops & Business Engagement


* Own end-to-end workshop planning and delivery: define objectives, identify the right stakeholders, build the agenda, and drive the session to concrete, documented decisions and next steps.


* Plan and facilitate requirements-gathering and process design workshops with cross-functional stakeholders across Construction Operations, Project Management, Estimating, and Finance - driving discussions toward decisions rather than open-ended brainstorming.


* Run fit-gap and solution design sessions with business and technical teams, presenting options, trade-offs, and recommendations, and driving alignment on process decisions and configuration approaches.


* Use visual facilitation techniques (process maps, whiteboarding, journey maps) in live sessions to help business stakeholders see and agree o...