Sr Functional Architect – S/4HANA RISE – Financial Planning & Accounting

Sandisk-posted 4 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Milpitas, CA
5,001-10,000 employees
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The Functional Architect will lead the design and implementation of SAP S/4HANA RISE solutions for Financial Planning and Accounting processes. This role is responsible for driving fit-to-standard adoption, defining end-to-end business processes, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring the solution meets compliance, reporting, and operational requirements.

  • Serve as the primary subject matter expert on S/4HANA Finance modules, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Controlling (CO), Bank Accounting, and Financial Planning.
  • Define the target business processes in alignment with SAP best practices and organizational objectives.
  • Lead Fit-to-Standard workshops to capture business requirements, assess gaps, and recommend solutions.
  • Develop functional design specifications for configurations, enhancements, and integrations with upstream/downstream systems.
  • Oversee system configuration and validate end-to-end solution design.
  • Collaborate with technical architects, data migration teams, and integration leads to ensure solution integrity.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOX requirements, and data privacy regulations.
  • Support testing strategy, scenario development, and defect resolution.
  • Provide guidance on user training, change management, and go-live readiness.
  • Act as a key liaison between business leaders, internal technology teams, and external System Integration (SI) partners to ensure alignment and effective delivery.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.
  • SAP S/4HANA certifications (Finance) strongly preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in SAP Finance solutions, with at least 2 end-to-end S/4HANA implementations (including RISE).
  • Expertise in SAP Finance modules (GL, AP, AR, CO, AA, etc.).
  • Strong understanding of Financial Planning processes (Budgeting, Forecasting, Management Reporting).
  • Familiarity with SAP Fiori apps and S/4HANA innovations (Universal Journal, Embedded Analytics) and its impact on finance processes.
  • Experience in Fit-to-Standard implementation methodology.
  • Prior experience working in a high-tech manufacturing environment, supporting complex global business models and supply chain integrations.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with global teams across multiple time zones.
  • Experience engaging with business stakeholders, technology teams, and external partners to drive consensus and accountability.
  • Knowledge of compliance and audit requirements in finance processes.
  • Ability to design integrations with Procurement, Sales, and HR processes.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid delivery model with onshore and offshore teams.
  • Significant hands-on experience in both SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA Finance.
  • Experience with data migration strategies and execution during SAP S/4HANA implementations.
  • Strong business-facing skills and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships.
  • Excellent communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels.
  • Paid vacation time.
  • Paid sick leave.
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance.
  • Life, accident and disability insurance.
  • Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Transit benefits.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
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