Senior Solutions Architect

W.W. Grainger-posted 3 months ago

$143,000 - $238,400/Yr

Full-time • Senior

Lake Forest, IL

5,001-10,000 employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

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We are seeking a Senior SAP Finance Functional Architect, with a strong accounting background and proven expertise in migrating from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. This leadership role requires a seasoned finance business architect who is both technically proficient and skilled at partnering closely with Finance leadership-including the CFO and Controller-to guide them through complex transformation decisions and their associated business and technical impacts. The successful candidate will have a detailed hands-on understanding of the topics and provide end-to-end leadership across finance process design, solution architecture, data migration, system configuration, and cutover planning to ensure a smooth and successful transition.

Serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO and Controllers for aligning accounting practices, reporting requirements, and internal controls with the new system.
Serve as a bridge between business and IT, educating stakeholders on key changes, required actions, and the impact of the S/4 transformation.
Lead strategic workshops with executive stakeholders to align on S/4HANA capabilities, finance transformation vision, and roadmap.
Conduct business workshops to define and document finance processes, data structures, and reporting requirements under S/4HANA.
Guide the organization through key transformation decisions, such as the Universal Journal and data structure implications, New Asset Accounting design, Material ledger, Margin Analysis, explaining financial, operational, and compliance implications in a business-friendly manner.
Facilitate decision-making by presenting options, pros/cons, and SAP-recommended best practices.
Translate business requirements into functional specifications and work closely with technical teams to realize them.
Work with our SI and business leaders to define and own the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO) solution architecture.
Ensure solution designs meet compliance and internal control requirements.
Provide oversight and mentorship to IT configuration teams, finance SMEs, and business analysts during the implementation of the S/4HANA solution.
Partner with other architects and process owners to ensure consistency of process design, configuration standards, and integration across SAP modules.
Determine, in cooperation with business leaders and PMO, the best timing to tackle S/4 migration preparation tasks.
Provide leadership on S/4 financial data migration strategy, required data cleansing, reconciliation processes, and cutover planning for the finance track.
Partner with internal audit, IT finance and business teams to ensure reconciliation integrity and audit readiness for migrated data.
Advise on the best ways to approach existing financial reporting impacted by ECC to S/4 data model changes.
Participate in program governance structures and represent the Finance workstream in cross-functional steering committees.
Drive issue resolution and escalation management for all finance-related topics.

A deep understanding of both accounting principles and SAP technical architecture, combined with a strategic vision and hands-on ability to execute.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management abilities, including working with the CFO, Controllers and finance team leaders.
Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to a nontechnical audience.
Ability to lead cross-functional workshops and clearly explain ECC to S/4 changes, options and their implications on FI/CO operations.
Proven experience guiding finance organizations through complex transformation decisions, managing both business and technical impacts.
Deep SAP FI/CO expertise with hands-on experience in S/4HANA Finance.
Experience with at least two SAP ECC to S/4HANA system conversions in large complex organizations with a lead role focused on Finance transformation.
Experience with global rollouts, compliance frameworks, segregation of duty, tax, and audit/regulatory reporting requirements.
Experience with adjacent architectural areas such as Data, Infrastructure, Security, and Cloud architecture.
Demonstrated leadership of IT configuration teams and data/process migration efforts.
Working knowledge of SAP Activate methodology and supporting tools.
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a technical field.
15+ years of experience with SAP Finance (FI/CO) including multiple ECC and S/4HANA, business analysis, and architecture design.

Experience with U.C. Canada and Mexico regulations preferred.
Open mind to adopt SAP best practices but also utilize third-party tools and modified processes as appropriate for the business.

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment.
6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees and 6 company holidays per year.
6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

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