Julius Stewart

About Julius Stewart

Director-level FP & A leader with 15+ years driving budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance management across private- and public-sector environments. I partner with senior leaders to translate operating drivers into decision-ready insights, build scenario-based models, and strengthen executive reporting cadences (MBR/QBR) to support resource allocation and cost optimization. I also support finance transformation work (SAP S/4HANA Central Finance), ensuring FP & A and management reporting requirements are built into system design and reporting outputs.

Experience

1. Finance Change Management & Training Lead - Central Finance ERP Project (SAP s 4hana)

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   Dec 2023 — Present

   Selected by Controller to support the controllership organization within a global SAP S/4HANA Central Finance implementation•Developed and delivered role based finance training and change communications to strengthen financial process ownership, controls awareness, and user adoption across global finance teams•Supported deployment and testing leads across SAP S/4HANA Central Finance initiatives, coordinating SIT, UAT, and post go live (hypercare) activities to ensure stable financial reporting and P&L integrity across regions and source systems•Partnered with Management Reporting (FP & A), Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Procure-to-Pay leaders to validate business requirements, align financial processes, and ensure end to end performance operated as designed•Performed G/L and trial balance reconciliations between source systems and Central Finance to confirm accurate data replication, strengthen internal controls, and support confidence in financial results•Collaborated with Digital IT to automate SAP Ariba indirect spend postings, eliminating manual journal entries, improving close efficiency, and reducing operational risk•Executed test cases, analyzed defects, and supported issue resolution to ensure system readiness and disciplined financial governance• Supported Central Finance cutover and data migration activities, including FI/CO loads, AIF issue resolution, and data maturation•Evaluated new finance and accounting tools as intake reviewer, preventing tool sprawl, reducing redundancy, validating platform reuse, and identifying AI and automation opportunities

Education

• Florida State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Marketing

• Howard University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance

• Florida Atlantic University

  Certificate, Hospitality and Tourism Management

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Applied Economics, Concentration in Financial Economics