SAP Finance/Data Architect Senior Manager - Retail

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

1d•$112,900 - $338,300

About The Position

Accenture is hiring a seasoned SAP Finance Data Architect to support Retail and Fashion clients. The role focuses on designing and governing finance information models that support business strategy, profitability transparency, reporting, and long-term data governance. The architect engages senior Finance executives and leads full-cycle SAP Finance delivery from planning and analysis through build, testing, and deployment. The position defines the S/4HANA finance coding block and related structures, including charts of accounts, company codes, controlling areas, cost and profit center hierarchies, segments, functional areas, and other account assignment objects. It also designs profitability analysis and allocation logic for retail and fashion reporting across brands, banners, channels, regions, categories, seasons, and collections. The architect establishes finance master data governance, leads legacy data mapping and migration, and guides clients on using well-structured finance data to enable AI-driven insights, automation, and predictive accounting. The role leads large, diverse onshore and offshore teams while maintaining delivery quality, scope, and stakeholder alignment. It also contributes thought leadership and reusable assets to strengthen Accenture’s SAP Retail capability. Travel may be required, ranging from 0 to 100% based on business and client needs.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience leading clients through full-cycle SAP Finance delivery across Plan, Analyze, Build, Test, and Deploy as a Finance Data Architect.
At least 8 years of experience delivering SAP Finance transformations for Retail or Fashion clients, with a focus on finance information model and master data design; Grocery, Specialty, or Fashion experience is preferred.
At least 5 end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations, including project planning, estimation, finance design, and go-live; SAP support or managed services experience alone does not satisfy this requirement.
At least 3 years of experience in finance data architecture and governance across S/4HANA, SAP MDG-F, data migration and legacy-to-target mapping, SAC/BW analytics, integration with IS-Retail/CAR, POS and e-commerce, RISE with SAP, and financial controls/compliance.
Deep expertise in finance information models, including operational, group, and country/statutory charts of accounts; company code and controlling area design; cost center and profit center accounting and hierarchies; segment reporting; functional areas; internal orders and WBS; and the Universal Journal (ACDOCA), including account determination and document splitting.
Strong retail and fashion domain experience structuring finance models for multi-brand, multi-banner, and omnichannel P&Ls; store, distribution center, and e-commerce profit center design; merchandise and article hierarchy alignment; inventory valuation and merchandise accounting; franchise and wholesale accounting; season and collection reporting; and Margin Analysis characteristics.
Prior experience in a consulting or advisory capacity with direct client-facing accountability.
Experience enabling AI-driven use cases within SAP programs, including Joule, embedded AI, and predictive accounting, and understanding of how finance data quality and structure underpin them.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with at least 12 years of work experience; alternatively, an Associate’s degree with at least 6 years of work experience.

Nice To Haves

SAP S/4HANA Finance certification, such as SAP Certified Application Associate or an equivalent Finance certification.
Experience applying SAP Activate methodology and leading Agile delivery and sprint execution within SAP transformation programs.

Responsibilities

Engage senior client Finance executives on how the finance information model supports business strategy, profitability transparency, and current and future reporting.
Lead the definition of the finance information model across all phases of full-cycle SAP delivery: Plan, Analyze, Build, Test, and Deploy.
Define and govern the S/4HANA Finance coding block, including charts of accounts, company code and controlling area structures, cost and profit center hierarchies, segments, functional areas, and other account assignment objects.
Design profit center and segment structures for P&L visibility across brands, banners, channels, regions, and categories, aligned with merchandise, article, and location hierarchies.
Define Margin Analysis characteristics and value fields, along with allocation, assessment, and cost-to-serve logic for retail and fashion margin reporting, including season and collection views.
Establish finance master data governance standards, ownership, naming conventions, and change processes, including SAP MDG-F; lead legacy-structure mapping and migration to the target model.
Lead large, diverse onshore and offshore project teams while maintaining quality, scope, and stakeholder alignment.
Advise on SAP Business AI strategy, identifying how well-structured finance data can enable AI-driven insight, automation, and predictive accounting in Finance and Retail operations.
Contribute thought leadership, reusable assets, and best-practice templates, such as retail and fashion reference charts of accounts and profit center models.
Travel as required by business needs and client requirements, with travel varying from 0 to 100%.