SAP Architect (Manufacturing/Finance/P2P)

Our direct Life Sciences client is looking for a Sr S4 Sol Architect (Mfg & Finance & P2P) to be the right arm of the technical design and Blueprint delivery in a largescale SAP S/4HANA greenfield transformation program. This person will own end-to-end accountability on assigned Signavio Flows — leading Solution Confirmation workshops, owning Blueprint compilation, driving Key Design Decisions (KDDs) through the Design Authority Board (DAB), and handing off to Functional Leads in the Build Factory.

The program operates in a heterogeneous ERP landscape with SAP S/4HANA OTC and Make and SAP Central Finance integrating SAP ECC and non-SAP source systems, and in a multi-diverse matrix environment with stakeholders across geographies, business units, and dual reporting lines.

This is not a backup role. Each architect operates with high-level authority on assigned scope.

MAKE / P2P Finance Scope

Manufacturing financial processes with heavy Finance manufacturing integration, plus the Procure-to-Pay finance linkage, subcontracting, and electronic invoicing compliance.

Must-have SAP Finance modules

Product Costing (CO-PC) —standard/actual costing, costing variants, runs
Material Ledger (CKM/ML) — multi-currency valuation, transfer pricing and parallel valuation
Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) — costing- and account-based
Heavy Manufacturing-Finance integration — production order settlement, variance flow, WIP, PP/MM/CO/FI touchpoints
Subcontracting (finance side) — special stock O, byproduct/coproduct accounting, settlement
FI-MM integration — GR/IR, OBYC, valuation classes, inventory accounting
P2P Finance linkage — MIRO/MIR7, three-way match, AP integration, payment runs
Electronic invoicing via SAP DRC (Document and Reporting Compliance) — config, integration, transmission, FI reconciliation
Core FI baseline — FI-GL, COCCA/OM, period-end close

Screening deep-dives:

Material Ledger activation projects (industry, scale, parallel currencies)
Product Costing design decisions (standard vs actual, COGS split approach)
Subcontracting experience — special stock O, byproduct/coproduct accounting
SAP DRC implementation — country scope, document types, FI reconciliation approach
CFIN deep-dive — cost data replication, material ledger replication, value flow consistency, parallel valuations
DAB experience on costing / inventory / subcontracting decisions

Must-have qualifications:

8-12 years of SAP delivery experience, with at least 4 years in design lead / lead consultant /architect roles
At least one full-cycle SAP greenfield transformation program (ECC-to-S/4HANA or net-new S/4HANA, global rollout) in Solution Lead / Senior Functional Lead capacity
Cross-ERP integration with SAP S/4HANA Central Finance (CFIN) — hands-on with SLT replication, MDG-F for master data harmonization, mapping rules, error handling, source-to-target reconciliation across heterogeneous landscapes
Proven delivery in multi-diverse matrix environments — dual/multiple reporting lines, multiple geographies and business units, ambiguous governance
Design leadership through formal governance bodies (DAB, ARB) with VP/executive stakeholder negotiation experience
Workshop facilitation — leading multi-day Solution Confirmation / Fit-Gap workshops with 10-30 participants
Clean Core thinking — favoring SAP standard over custom code with documented trade-off analysis
Tool fluency: Signavio, JIRA, Confluence, SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM, Microsoft 365
Strong English communication; comfortable operating with VP/executive stakeholders
Specialization-specific Finance modules

Nice-to-have

Medtech, pharma, or life sciences regulated industry experience (GxP, SOX, Part 11, GDPR)

SAP Architect (Manufacturing/Finance/P2P)

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