SAP FICO Solution Architect

YOUR ROLE Own the end-to-end SAP FICO solution architecture and ensure it meets business, regulatory, and technical requirements. Lead discovery and fit-to-standard workshops; translate business needs into scalable SAP designs. Provide architecture and design leadership across core FI processes, including: General Ledger and financial close Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Asset Accounting Bank Accounting, payments, and cash-related processes Tax and statutory reporting requirements Guide solution design across core CO processes, including: Cost Center Accounting and Internal Orders Profit Center Accounting Cost allocations, assessments, and distributions Product Costing and cost-object controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) Planning, budgeting, settlement, and period-end activities Ensure Finance and Controlling designs integrate effectively with procurement, sales, manufacturing, banking, and external systems.

Guide SAP S/4HANA Finance implementations, conversions, migrations, and global rollouts. Review solution designs, functional specifications, configuration, extensions, and integration approaches. Advise on SAP standard capabilities, suitable extensions, and clean-core principles. Guide data migration, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning for FICO workstreams. Identify design gaps, dependencies, and risks; recommend options and explain their business impact.

Work closely with customer stakeholders, project leadership, functional and technical teams, and global delivery teams. Contribute to proposals, estimates, roadmaps, and presales discussions. Mentor senior consultants and support consistent design practices across projects. YOUR PROFILE 12+ years of SAP FICO experience, including significant solution design and architecture responsibilities. Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP FI in ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA. Practical working experience with core SAP CO processes and a sound understanding of how they support management accounting and controlling.

Experience designing or delivering cost center accounting, internal orders, profit center accounting. Understanding of planning, settlement, and period-end activities in CO. Experience with at least two end-to-end SAP implementations, conversions, or major transformation programs. Strong understanding of finance processes, accounting principles, and period-end and year-end close. Experience leading customer workshops and communicating solution options to business and IT stakeholders.

Understanding of integration between FI/CO and other SAP modules, particularly MM, SD, and PP. Experience with architecture governance, design reviews, and delivery across distributed teams. Strong communication, stakeholder-management, and decision-making skills. SAP S/4HANA Finance transformation or migration experience. Knowledge of Universal Journal, Fiori, New Asset Accounting, and S/4HANA financial close capabilities. Exposure to Central Finance, Treasury, Cash Management, or FSCM. Experience with SAP Activate, fit-to-standard methods, and clean-core approaches.

Relevant SAP certifications. Experience in a consulting or global delivery environment.