Principal Technical-Functional Consultant, Transformation (SAP IS-U)

Xcel Energy•Denver, CO

15h•$129,000 - $183,200•Hybrid

About The Position

Principal Technical-Functional Consultant, Transformation (SAP IS-U) Position Summary: The Principal Technical-Functional Consultant serves as the senior functional authority responsible for shaping functional solution architecture and guiding high-impact design decisions across large-scale transformation programs. This role applies deep expertise in business processes, enterprise systems, and integration patterns to ensure solutions are scalable, sustainable and aligned with future-state business and technology capabilities. The Principal Consultant influences cross-domain solution decisions, evaluates system constraints and functional tradeoffs, and ensures functional integrity across modules, applications and integrations. This role partners closely with architects, senior business leaders, solution consultants and engineering teams to guide functional strategy, establish functional standards, and ensure that solutions support long-term operational and enterprise goals. The role will be responsible for the meter to cash cross functional impacts for end to end processes. In addition, the role will have a focus on exceptions processing within SAP ISU across the various functional areas.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent experience.
10+ years of techno-functional or enterprise system experience with cross-domain or architecture responsibilities.
Deep understanding of enterprise systems, integration points, functional architecture, and process design.
Strong influencing skills with the ability to guide senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale functional solution design and transformation initiatives.
Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

Nice To Haves

Cross Functional Mastery of the SAP IS-U meter to cash modules
Ability to configure SAP IS-U including master data, rates, tariffs, billing cycles and customer service processes
Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into functional and technical specifications for SAP IS-U solutions
Ability to manage end-to-end meter to cash processes and ascertain the impacts and dependencies between functional areas
Ability to prepare and review functional specifications for customizations, enhancements and new developments
Demonstrated experience with large-scale functional solution design and transformation initiatives
Exceptions Process Specialization in exception/workflow engines (i.e. BDEX)
Ability to configure exception lists and worklists for meter reading, billing and invoicing; define business rules for exception identification
Ability to implement custom logic for exception detection and resolution

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior functional authority guiding end-to-end solution strategy across multiple domains or modules.
Lead complex blueprinting, solution evaluation, and functional architecture decisions with enterprise-level impact.
Define functional standards, integration patterns, and configuration governance across systems and workstreams.
Evaluate cross-functional impacts, dependencies, and future-state business process implications.
Anticipate functional risks, technical constraints, and operational challenges; recommend sustainable solution options.
Partner with enterprise architects and solution architects to align functional design with enterprise and technology roadmaps.
Lead functional testing strategy and validate design integrity across workstreams.
Provide senior oversight during cutover, go-live, and stabilization for complex functional issues.