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Executive Profile · Finance Transformation
Jorge Sabater
Finance Transformation Executive for Complex CFO-Led Change
I lead SAP S/4HANA, shared services, operating model, and regulated FinTech transformation across global organizations.
Best fit Transformation Delivery Lead · Finance Transformation Director · ERP / S/4HANA Program Director · Shared Services & Operating Model Lead
Available from September 1, 2026
Madrid / Amsterdam base
International availability
30+
years of international experience
100+
countries supported
3
global regions
3
major SAP releases at Booking.com
Open to
The mandates I am looking for
Senior transformation leadership where Finance, IT, and the business must operate as one system — permanent or interim.
- Permanent executive roles
- Interim transformation leadership
- ERP / SAP S/4HANA program leadership
- Shared services and operating model transformation
- Europe-based roles with international travel
Flagship case · S/4HANA · FinTech · Payments
Booking.com: a global finance platform, modernized
Challenge
Modernize Booking.com's global finance platform while operating at high transaction volume in a regulated FinTech and payments environment — moving off legacy ECC, upgrading SAP, and standing up Booking Holdings Financial Services without disrupting the business.
Role
Senior Director, Financial Systems — the central orchestration point across Finance, FinTech, IT, the Bangalore Center of Excellence, leadership across the U.S., London, and Amsterdam, and system integrators (Accenture and SAP).
Scope
- ECC to SAP S/4HANA global migration
- SAP 1909 to 2022 platform upgrade
- Booking Holdings Financial Services (BHFS) release
- Alignment across Finance, FinTech, IT, CoE Bangalore, Accenture, and SAP
- Governance, risk control, and interdependency management
- Business readiness and delivery quality
Outcome
Three major releases delivered with high quality and few post–go-live issues, stronger financial controls, and a stable global finance platform in a demanding, regulated payments environment.
Career trajectory
A finance leader who also delivers transformation
The path is deliberately cumulative: P&L and finance leadership, shared services, portfolio governance, ERP modernization, and global transformation execution.
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1993–2007
Meliá · AOL · Acorn
International finance leadership
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2007–2012
TUI Travel
Finance SSC · 100+ countries
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2012–2015
Hotelbeds / TUI
Portfolio · IT SSC · software factory
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2016–2019
World2Meet
CFIO · Finance + IT + operating model
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2019–2022
WebBeds
Group finance transformation
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2022–2026
Booking.com
S/4HANA · FinTech · payments
How I lead transformation
An execution system, not just a plan
My focus is building an execution system that keeps leaders, teams, and integrators aligned through real adoption — and that holds up after go-live.
Risk & dependency control
Risks surfaced early and interdependencies managed across countries, systems, and partners.
Business readiness & adoption
Change, training, cutover, and HyperCare so the business is ready and the solution sticks.
Cross-functional alignment
Finance, IT, operations, and integrators operating as one accountable delivery system.
Standardization & operating model
Process standardization and operating model discipline that outlast any single release.
Transparency & accountability
Clear status, honest reporting, and a steady cadence leadership can rely on.
- PMI PMP · PgMP · PfMP
- SAP Activate PM · Finance · Sales · Sourcing & Procurement · Treasury
- CFIO executive Finance & IT leadership
- MBA ESADE · Corporate Valuation and Financial Engineering, HBS
Results at scale
Built and delivered at global scale
Transformation succeeds or fails at the boundaries — countries, processes, systems, partners, and stakeholders. This is the scale I have operated across.
30+
years of leadership
100+
countries supported
3
global regions
140+
Finance SSC employees
80+ / 95
employees and contractors managed
20,000+
software factory hours per month
€200M
capital markets transaction
3
major SAP releases at Booking.com
Testimonials
What senior leaders say
A consistent pattern across direct managers and senior leaders: finance depth, program discipline, and the ability to make complex transformation happen.
Strategic clarity and operational precision: every workstream tracked, every risk surfaced early.
Drove S/4HANA forward with high quality, few issues, and strong finance and payments expertise.
An extraordinary ability to define and implement change, build teams, automate processes, and strengthen controls.
Let's talk
Ready to lead your finance transformation
I am open to permanent executive and interim transformation leadership — ERP / SAP S/4HANA programs, shared services, and operating model change.
Available from September 1, 2026 Madrid / Amsterdam base International availability