SAP Public Sector Financials Solution Architect

LATERAL INSIGHTS, LLC
Great Falls Crossing, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote
Great Falls Crossing, United States of America

Tech stack

API
Information Systems
Data Migration
SAP ERP
SuccessFactors
SAP Applications
SAP FI
SAP FI/CO
SAP Implementation
SAP R/3
SAP Treasury and Risk Management
SAP Business Technology Platform
SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Role Overview: Lateral Insights is seeking an experienced SAP Public Sector Financials Solution Architect to support a large-scale County Government transformation initiative involving SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, and third-party benefits administration platforms.

The Solution Architect will provide leadership for the Public Sector Finance workstream and ensure the successful transformation of the existing SAP R/3 environment to SAP S/4HANA while supporting public sector financial processes, compliance requirements, and integration with HR and external systems.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture

  • Define and govern the end-to-end SAP Public Sector Financials solution architecture.

  • Lead design workshops with business stakeholders and government agencies.

  • Develop target-state business processes aligned with SAP S/4HANA best practices.

  • Ensure solution alignment across Finance, Procurement, Treasury, Grants, Funds Management, HR, and external systems.

SAP S/4HANA Transformation

  • Lead Public Sector Financials design and migration from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4HANA.

  • Assess current-state processes and recommend transformation opportunities.

  • Define data migration, integration, security, and compliance requirements.

  • Support fit-gap analysis and solution blueprint development.

Public Sector Financial Management : Provide functional and architectural leadership for:

  • General Ledger (GL)

  • Accounts Payable (AP)

  • Accounts Receivable (AR)

  • Budget Control System (BCS)

  • Funds Management (FM)

  • Grants Management (GM)

  • Treasury and Cash Management

  • Public Sector Accounting

  • Tax Management

  • Wage and Payroll Accounting Integration

  • Revenue Management

  • Utility Billing Integration

  • Procurement and Supplier Management

Integration Leadership:

  • Architect integrations between SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, Benefits Administration Platforms, and third-party systems.

  • Define integration strategy using SAP Integration Suite and standard APIs.

  • Ensure seamless employee, payroll, benefits, and financial data flows.

Governance & Compliance

  • Ensure compliance with government accounting standards and public sector regulations.

  • Support audit, security, risk management, and internal control requirements.

  • Participate in architecture review boards and steering committee meetings.

Project Leadership

  • Work closely with Program Managers, Project Managers, Functional Leads, and Technical Architects.

  • Provide solution guidance during design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare phases.

  • Support change management and organizational readiness activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor?s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.

  • 12+ years of SAP experience.

  • 8+ years of experience in SAP Public Sector Financials.

  • Minimum 3 full lifecycle SAP Public Sector implementations.

  • Minimum 2 SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.

  • Strong expertise in:

  • SAP Funds Management

  • SAP Grants Management

  • SAP Treasury and Cash Management

  • Public Sector Budgeting

  • Government Accounting

  • Tax and Revenue Management

  • Experience with SAP SuccessFactors integration.

  • Experience integrating SAP with Benefits Administration platforms.

  • Strong stakeholder management and client-facing consulting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with County, State, Federal, or Municipal Government organizations.

  • SAP S/4HANA certification.

  • SAP Public Sector Management certification.

  • SAP Financial Accounting (FI) certification.

  • SAP Treasury certification.

  • Experience with SAP Integration Suite and SAP BTP.

  • Knowledge of public sector compliance and audit frameworks.

Key Skills

  • SAP S/4HANA Public Sector Management

  • Funds Management (FM)

  • Grants Management (GM)

  • Treasury & Cash Management

  • Government Accounting

  • Budgeting & Fiscal Control

  • SAP FI/CO

  • SAP SuccessFactors Integration

  • SAP Integration Suite

  • Enterprise Architecture

  • Data Migration

  • Change Management

  • Security & Compliance

  • Stakeholder Management

Preferred Industry Experience

  • County Government

  • State Government

  • Federal Government

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