Senior Enterprise Architect - Corporate Functions (Finance, S2P, HR)

Medline•Northbrook, IL

About The Position

Medline is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead architecture for Corporate Functions across Finance, Indirect Procurement, Finance MDM, HR, and Legal domains for the Enterprise Architecture team reporting into the Head of EA. This role defines future-state architecture and ensures solution design governance across a diverse portfolio of systems—including SAP S/4HANA, Coupa, BlackLine, Esker, Informatica, and Workday—to enable strategic capability execution, transformation readiness, and operational scale. You’ll work closely with IT and business leaders to align technology decisions to Medline’s enterprise direction while collaborating with platform-specific architects to ensure integrated, sustainable outcomes.

Requirements

10+ years of IT experience, with 5+ years in architecture roles
Functional and architectural depth in Finance, Procurement, and/or HR domains
Experience with SAP and non-SAP systems (e.g., SAP ECC, S/4HANA, Coupa, Blackline, Esker, Workday, Informatica)
Strong capability in defining architecture and governing solution design
Strategic thinking grounded in delivery and governance
Ability to drive alignment across federated teams
Strong communicator across technical and business domains
Enterprise-focused, capable of managing ambiguity and trade-offs

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP S/4HANA transformations
Familiarity with architecture frameworks (TOGAF, BIZBOK) and tools (LeanIX, Signavio)
Background in manufacturing, healthcare, or distribution industries

Responsibilities

Define and evolve target-state architectures and capability roadmaps across: Finance: Record-to-Report, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Intercompany, Consolidation, Close & Reconciliation (via BlackLine), and Compliance Indirect Procurement: Source-to-Pay using Coupa, with AP automation through Esker Finance MDM: Chart of Accounts, legal entities, vendors, cost centers governed via Informatica MDM HR & Legal: Hire-to-Retire (e.g., Workday), performance, compliance, legal contracts (e.g., CLM, DMS)
Develop architecture blueprints and roadmaps that connect business capability needs to application, integration, and data architecture
Shape enterprise transformation initiatives, including SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration, Coupa expansion, Workday enablement, and MDM maturity
Build trusted, advisory relationships with VPs and senior business leaders across Finance, Procurement, HR, and Legal
Act as a strategic partner to align business goals with architecture direction and capability roadmaps
Shape investment and program decisions by framing trade-offs, risks, and long-term impacts
Translate strategy into actionable architecture, influencing both portfolio planning and delivery execution
Serve as architecture governance lead across assigned domains—owning solution review and alignment decisions
Run and contribute to Architecture Review Boards (ARBs), ensuring solution designs meet enterprise standards
Provide guidance to solution architects and delivery teams across SAP and non-SAP landscapes
Coordinate closely with SAP Platform Architects and Integration Architects to ensure cohesion
Provide architectural oversight across platforms: SAP ECC / S/4HANA Finance Coupa (S2P) Esker (Invoice Automation & e-Invoicing) BlackLine (Account Reconciliation & Financial Close) Informatica MDM & IDQ Workday / HRIS Legal Tech (CLM, e-Billing, DMS) Analytics: Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud
Identify opportunities for simplification, automation, and improved data quality

Benefits

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

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