Overview:

The SAP Finance Business Solution Architect will be responsible for evaluating our clients organization’s business needs and determining end-to-end solutions that align with the organization’s goals, and strategy. This role is within our clients Business Solution team, responsible to deliver business and solution architecture. The SAP Finance Business Solution Architect will collaborate with enterprise architects, peer architects, application support teams, and vendors to ensure that the right solution is identified, designed, and successfully implemented. The role will be responsible for establishing a thorough understanding of the current state of the business processes, and systems landscape to design the target solution to enable our clients business to achieve its strategic & operational objectives, ensuring consistency, cost efficiency, and quality.

What You Will Do:

• The SAP Finance Business Solution Architect is accountable to develop and execute innovative, efficient, practical end-to-end business solutions
• Responsible for solutions, evaluations, and estimates in finance and accounting-related areas for SAP and Non-SAP systems
• This role will work primarily with SAP S/4 Hana IS Utilities and core SAP modules along with its integrations with other non-SAP applications
• Work alongside peer solution architects in the areas of Asset Acquire to Retire, Energy Services, Customer Care, and Engineering & Storage. In addition, the candidate will also collaborate with Enterprise Architecture (EA) and enterprise shared service teams (Cyber Security, Infrastructure Services, Cloud, Data, innovation labs)
• Ensure proposed solutions are aligned with all EA guidelines and roadmaps including data privacy, security standards, Integration standards, and infrastructure guidelines/standards
• Work with vendors to assess new technologies, and products; understand vendor delivery approaches working in partnership with Business, BRM (Business Relation Managers), EA and VMO
• Support and encourage the importance of technical quality, new technologies, sharing & experimentation across the org through direct leadership and mentoring.
• Strong understanding and working experience in SAP Finance and Accounting configuration of SAP FICO, SAP CO-PA, and SAP FICA
• Requirements gathering facilitation & analysis, Solution design, configuration, custom development, and integration experience with SAP S4/Hana IS Utilities and SAP Core Modules
• Responsible for project deliverables including, business capabilities, value stream models, business scenarios & functional requirements, business cases, fit-gap analysis, RFPs, statement of work, solution sizing & estimates, solution architecture, detailed design & integration documents, status updates, and executive presentation

 Leadership Accountabilities: 

1. Lead a diverse group of architects, SMEs, project managers, and partners (on-site and Offshore) to work collaboratively to develop and execute end-to-end solutions
2. Provide formal mentorship on-the-job to strengthen team members to their full potential. Mentor junior members of the team and review their work