SAP Accounts Receivable with Sales Integration Architect

We are seeking a highly seasoned SAP Accounts Receivable (AR) with Sales Integration Architect to drive a critical brownfield migration program. This role demands an industry veteran who possesses a deep understanding of standard Financial and Sales integration points, combined with practical expertise transitioning legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA. The ideal candidate will bring global banking or financial sector best practices to optimize cash application, credit management, and billing processes., * Architect and Design: Lead the architectural design and blueprinting for the SAP Accounts Receivable module, ensuring seamless, tight integration with SAP Sales and Distribution (SD/Billing).

• Brownfield Migration Execution: Guide the technical and functional conversion of legacy ECC systems to SAP S/4HANA, minimizing business disruption and data gaps during the transition.
• Order-to-Cash (O2C) Optimization: Streamline cash application, incoming payments processing, credit and dispute management (FSCM), and electronic bank statement (EBS) handling.
• Industry Best Practices: Infuse global financial and banking best practices into the core SAP architecture to improve working capital and automation metrics.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with corporate treasury, commercial business units, and technical development teams to design robust end-to-end integration workflows.
• Testing & Data Integrity: Oversee complex integration testing, reconciliation cycles, data mapping validation, and hypercare support specific to the AR and Sales integration domains.

• 20+ years of total IT/Industry experience, demonstrating long-term domain authority.
• 10+ years of dedicated SAP Finance experience, with a sharp focus on Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and standard FICO configurations.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience architectural design and implementation experience within SAP S/4HANA.
• Strong Sales Integration Expertise: Proven capability mapping complex pricing, billing, and revenue accounting functions between SD and FI modules.
• Banking Domain Knowledge: Deep familiarity with financial sector best practices, direct-to-bank communication protocols, MT940/BAI2 file formats, and treasury interfaces.
• Excellent executive communication skills, with a track record of driving consensus among senior finance stakeholders.