Position Summary
We are seeking a Lead SAP Finance Systems Architect to define and lead the end-to-end architecture for financial consolidation and reporting across our energy business. This role will translate complex accounting, consolidation, and management reporting requirements into scalable, integrated SAP finance solutions.
The architect will partner with Corporate Accounting, Consolidation, business-unit Finance, and Technology teams to establish solution designs spanning SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Group Reporting, and supporting data and analytics platforms. The role will provide architectural leadership across financial close, intercompany processing, consolidated reporting, and integration of SAP and non-SAP financial data.
The ideal candidate combines deep SAP Finance expertise, strong consolidation knowledge, and experience designing solutions for complex, multi-entity organizations.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise and Solution Architecture Own the target-state architecture and technical roadmap for SAP finance consolidation and reporting
Define end-to-end solution designs across transactional finance, financial data integration, consolidation, and reporting
Develop architecture blueprints, integration specifications, data flows, and documented design decisions
Establish standards for configuration, extensibility, interfaces, security, performance, and maintainability
Evaluate solution options and communicate trade-offs involving business value, complexity, cost, and operational risk
Review delivery-team designs to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and finance requirements
Financial Consolidation and Reporting Architect solutions for legal and management consolidation across multiple entities, currencies, ownership structures, and reporting hierarchies
Lead design for data collection, validation, currency translation, intercompany reconciliation, eliminations, and consolidation adjustments
Define approaches for consolidation of investments, noncontrolling interests, ownership changes, and acquisitions or disposals, as applicable
Design consolidated financial statements, reporting structures, and drill-through capabilities
Translate accounting policies and applicable reporting requirements into system designs in partnership with Corporate Accounting
Ensure traceability from consolidated results to source financial data and supporting adjustments
Energy-Sector Finance Requirements Partner with Finance stakeholders to define reporting requirements across relevant business segments, assets, legal entities, and joint ventures
Design reporting structures that support analysis by business unit, geography, project, asset, and other approved management dimensions
Incorporate requirements for capital-intensive operations, project accounting, asset accounting, and intercompany transactions
Support integration requirements involving joint venture accounting, production or revenue accounting, commodity trading, and other industry platforms where applicable
Accommodate organizational changes, acquisitions, divestitures, and evolving reporting needs without unnecessary customization
SAP Finance and Data Integration Provide architectural leadership across SAP FI/CO, the Universal Journal, SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting, and related reporting capabilities
Define mappings between source-system accounts, organizational structures, consolidation dimensions, and financial statement items
Establish integration patterns for SAP and non-SAP financial systems, including data validation, reconciliation, error handling, and monitoring
Guide integration with SAP Group Reporting Data Collection, SAP Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation, SAP Analytics Cloud, and enterprise data platforms, as required
Define data ownership, master-data governance, and controls over reporting hierarchies and mappings
Delivery and Technical Leadership Lead architecture workshops and design reviews with Finance, functional consultants, developers,…