Senior SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud FI/CO Solution Architect

Travel - As needed, can be 70%.





Role Summary

Lead the design, validation, and delivery of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud solutions for Finance and Professional Services business processes. Responsible for Fit-to-Standard workshops, Functional Specifications, solution architecture alignment, business process optimization, and integration with adjacent workstreams while adhering to SAP Public Cloud best practices and Clean Core principles.

Certifications


- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Certification
- SAP Financial Accounting Certification
- SAP Activate Certification






Required Experience

SAP Experience


- 15+ years of SAP functional consulting experience
- 3+ end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations
- At least 2 SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementations
- Deep knowledge of SAP Activate and Fit-to-Standard methodology
- Strong experience in Agile implementation delivery


Industry Experience


- Professional Services
- Consulting Services
- Time & Expense Management
- Project Financial Management
- Resource Management
- Revenue Recognition
- Intercompany and Global Finance processes






Functional Expertise

Finance (FI)

Strong expertise in:

Record-to-Report (RTR)


- General Ledger
- Journal Entries
- Financial Close
- Cost Center Accounting
- Profit Center Accounting
- Parallel Ledgers
- Allocations


Accounts Receivable


- Customer Billing
- Credit Management
- Collections
- Cash Application
- Customer Reconciliation


Accounts Payable


- Vendor Invoice Processing
- Payment Processing
- Vendor Reconciliation


Asset Accounting


- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Capitalization
- Depreciation Processing


Controlling (CO)


- Cost Objects
- Internal Orders
- Profitability Analysis
- Margin Analysis


Project Financials


- Project Accounting
- WBS Management
- Revenue Recognition
- Resource Costing
- Time-Based Billing
- Milestone Billing






Functional Specification Expertise

Must be able to independently:

Author Functional Specifications


- Functional Requirements Documents
- Functional Specifications
- Interface Specifications
- Enhancement Specifications
- Report Specifications
- Data Conversion Specifications


Requirement Decomposition


- Analyze business requirements
- Identify solution gaps
- Define business rules
- Create user stories and acceptance criteria


Design Responsibilities


- Process flows
- Integration touchpoints
- Error handling requirements
- Security requirements
- Reporting requirements
- Test scenarios


Quality Standards


- Complete and implementation-ready specifications
- Traceability to business requirements
- Public Cloud compliant designs
- Clean Core aligned solutions






SAP Public Cloud Expertise

Strong understanding of:

Public Cloud Principles


- Fit-to-Standard
- Clean Core
- SAP Best Practices
- Upgrade-safe extensions


Extensibility


- Key User Extensibility
- In-App Extensibility
- Developer Extensibility
- BTP-based Extensions


Integration


- SAP BTP
- SAP Integration Suite
- APIs
- Event-Based Integration
- Middleware Platforms (MuleSoft preferred)


Governance


- CBC (Central Business Configuration)
- Configuration Management
- Release Management
- Transport Strategy
- Test Strategy






Reporting Expertise

Experience defining and designing:


- SAP Embedded Analytics
- CDS Views
- Analytical Queries
- Fiori Reporting
- Operational Reporting
- Financial Reporting
- Executive Dashboards
- KPI Design






Leadership Expectations

Client Engagement


- Facilitate executive workshops
- Challenge business requirements appropriately
- Lead decision-making sessions
- Drive adoption of SAP standard functionality


Team Leadership


- Mentor junior consultants
- Review Functional Specifications
- Perform design governance
- Manage cross-functional dependencies


Program Governance


- Risk identification and mitigation
- Dependency management
- Status reporting
- Executive communications






Nice to Have

Additional Solutions


- SAP Project and Resource Management
- Concur
- SuccessFactors
- Ariba
- Group Reporting


Certifications


- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Certification
- SAP Financial Accounting Certification
- SAP Activate Certification






Key Deliverables


- Fit-to-Standard Workshop Outputs
- Solution Design Documents
- Functional Specifications (FS)
- Configuration Design Decisions
- KDDs (Key Design Decisions)
- RICEFW Inventory
- SIT/UAT Test Scenarios
- Defect Resolution Documentation
- Cutover Support
- Hypercare Support


Expected Traits of a Platinum-Level Consultant


- Operates independently with minimal oversight.
- Can lead client conversations at Director, VP, and CFO levels.
- Produces high-quality Functional Specifications requiring little or no rework.
- Understands both SAP Public Cloud capabilities and Professional Services industry processes.
- Drives solution standardization while minimizing customizations and ensuring Clean Core compliance.