Accounting Consultant – SAP Implementation, North America

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear is the most recognized brand in hearing health care.

Accounting Consultant – SAP Implementation, North America

Position Spotlight:

• Contract role with a planned completion date of December 31, 2026
• Looking for candidates with a demonstrated history of success in process improvement, project management, and ERP implementations
• Requires deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, particularly across AP, ICO, FA, Cash, and related modules
• Application deadline is December 21, 2025

Change people’s lives and love what you do!  Cochlear is the most recognized brand in hearing health care.

About the role

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Accounting Consultant – SAP Implementation, North America to drive process optimization, automation, and system implementation across key finance functions including Accounts Payable (AP), Intercompany (ICO), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash, and other related finance processes for the North American region. This role will support the US & Canada while partnering with global stakeholders to design and implement scalable solutions aligned with business growth, standardization and compliance requirements as top priorities. The role will be expected to work in a fast-paced environment, flexible work hours to ensure connection with a global program team and with a defined ERP implementation deadline that includes data migration, SAP system implementation & other integrated systems into the accounting ecosystem.

In this role, you will be based in our Americas head office in Lone Tree, CO with a hybrid work environment of 3 days in office per week minimum.

Key Responsibilities

• Support transformation initiatives across AP, ICO, FA, Month/Year End, Cash, and other related processes, ensuring alignment with global finance strategy and IFRS accounting standards.  Specific areas of focus will include:

• Collaborate with consulting partners, finance teams and technical resources to implement and optimize SAP S/4HANA (transitioning from Oracle)
• Drive process standardization to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Support change management efforts including training, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS Accounting Standards, and internal controls.
• Partner with all program streams (Forecast to Plan, Offer to Cash, and Plan to Inventory) to help ensure end-to end processes are connected and effective
• Manage or support the global roll-out, including build, testing, training and hyper care phases.
• Support in the data migration & construct, including master & transactional data from Oracle & QuickBooks into SAP S/4HANA

Key Requirements

To add value to Cochlear in this role you'll be able to meet and demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities in your application and at interview:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in finance operations or transformation roles, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Proven track record in process improvement, project management, and ERP implementations.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Experience with shared services, global process ownership, or center of excellence (CoE) models is a plus.

Desired Skills

• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, especially in AP, ICO, FA, Cash, and other related modules.
• Familiarity with automation tools (e.g., VIM, OCR).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed, and global environment.
• Lean Six Sigma or similar process improvement certification.
• Ability to quickly learn new systems, ability to flex to processes and provide sound guidance as well as collaboration to align on global standards

Total Rewards

In addition to the opportunity to develop your knowledge and grow professionally, we offer competitive wages and benefits.

• Pay Range in the United States: $75.00 - $80.00 per hour based upon experience, including a $10,000 completion bonus, payable at the conclusion of the contract. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
• This role is not eligible for benefits.

Who are we?

Human needs have always been our inspiration, ever since Professor Graeme Clark set out to create the first multi-channel cochlear implant because he saw his father struggle with hearing loss. We always start with people in mind – thinking about their needs.

For this reason, our products, services and support will continue to evolve and improve. We are by our customers’ side through the entire hearing journey, so they can experience a life full of hearing. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives and working in an organization where they can be part of bringing the mission to life each day.

Physical & Mental Demands

The physical and mental demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to be in a stationary (seated/standing) position; utilize business technology for work product delivery, communicate orally and in writing with others internal or external to the organization, utilize problem solving/critical thinking skills to discern and convey information.  May be asked to occasionally transport/move up to 30 pounds, depending on the position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus. The individual is regularly required to utilize comprehension, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, organization reasoning, relating to others and discernment of items such as product specifications, procedures and processes to customers (whether internal or external).  Influence, organization/classification of information and planning are also required.

The work environment is a home/office environment. This is representative of the environment an individual may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

Apply now by completing your application form online. Applicants must meet the job specific application criteria to be considered. Visit our careers site at www.cochlear.us/careers to learn more.  

Cochlear Americas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you require accommodation with completing the online application, please contact us via web or phone at 303-264-2549.