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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SAP Finance Solution Architect - **Company:** NTT DATA - **Location:** UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, SuccessFactors, Requirements Traceability, SAP (Applications), SAP Business Suiteing, SAP Solution Manager, Software Deployment, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Sap Finance, Technical Debt, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba - **Published:** September 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879210969-sap-finance-solution-architect ## About the Role * Strong background in Finance and Accounting, combined with deep SAP functional and technical expertise, particularly SAP S/4HANA. * Significant experience in SAP Solution Architecture and complex finance transformations. * Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. * Proven ability to produce high-quality architecture documentation suitable for governance and executive review. * Experience working across multi-disciplinary, onshore/offshore and partner-led delivery teams. * Demonstrates gravitas, integrity, commercial awareness and the ability to navigate complex situations while maintaining focus on business objectives. Personal Profile/Experience: * Degree-level education or equivalent practical experience. * At least 15 years' overall industry experience, including a minimum of 10 years in SAP consulting. * Successful delivery experience across at least 8 full project lifecycles. * Minimum of 3 successful full-lifecycle projects as a Solution Architect, involving a broad scope of software integration solutions. * Experience delivering large enterprise, multi-country or global SAP deployment and transformation programmes. ## Description The Finance Solution Architect is a senior client-facing role within the Consulting Practice, responsible for the design and governance of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite solutions. You will shape and assure end-to-end SAP solution design, ensuring alignment with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, delivery constraints, compliance requirements and the target operating model. You will work across business, IT, delivery teams and third-party partners to define solution options, recommend the preferred architecture and support successful implementation and transition into live operations., The SAP Solution Architect will be expected to: * Own end-to-end solution architecture for SAP-led transformation initiatives, covering business processes, applications, integration, data, security, reporting and non-functional requirements. * Translate business requirements into practical, scalable and supportable solution designs aligned with enterprise standards. * Provide architectural leadership across programmes, projects and change initiatives involving SAP products and related technologies. * Advise stakeholders on trade-offs across scope, cost, risk, timelines and technical complexity. * Promote SAP best practice, standard functionality, standardisation, reuse and clean-core principles. * Govern solution quality through architecture reviews, design approvals, requirements traceability and management of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. * Support delivery teams in resolving complex design decisions and maintaining alignment with the target architecture. * Contribute to pre-sales and business development, including solution shaping, client presentations, bid responses, Statements of Work and estimation. * Drive effective and responsible use of AI to improve solution quality, delivery efficiency and business value., Solution Architecture and Design * Lead architecture and high-level design across SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, Analytics and relevant LoB solutions such as SuccessFactors, Ariba and Concur. * Lead workshops to clarify requirements, evaluate options and achieve design decisions. * Define target-state architecture and transition states where phased delivery is required. * Produce and maintain architecture artefacts including solution overviews, interface and integration designs, data flows and design decision logs. * Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, business roadmaps and platform strategy. * Collaboratively compile Statements of Work to support sales and deal review processes. Stakeholder Management * Engage with business leaders, product and process owners, programme managers, delivery leads, security, infrastructure and support teams. * Present architecture recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. * Build credibility as the senior design authority and trusted advisor for SAP-related initiatives. Governance and Assurance * Conduct architecture and design reviews at key delivery stages. * Assess alignment with business requirements, non-functional requirements and compliance obligations. * Identify and manage architectural risks, technical debt and solution compromises. * Ensure solution decisions are documented, agreed and controlled through appropriate governance. Delivery Support * Work closely with functional consultants, developers, integration specialists, data leads and test managers to ensure a coherent end-to-end solution. * Provide guidance during build, testing, cutover and hypercare. * Review defects and change requests for architectural impact. Practice Activities * Provide thought leadership through industry forums, seminars, blogs and marketing activities. * Maintain knowledge of new SAP technologies and industry developments and share expertise across the practice. * Identify opportunities for repeat and extended business and contribute to the growth of NTT DATA's SAP offering. AI Expectations within the Role: AI is a core expectation of the role and should be used responsibly and practically to improve productivity, quality and business value. The job holder will be expected to: * Use AI to support requirements analysis, solution artefacts, workshop summaries and document preparation. * Use AI to identify design options, dependencies, risks, gaps and potential standardisation opportunities. * Apply AI to architecture knowledge work, including mapping requirements to SAP capabilities and comparing solution patterns. * Improve stakeholder communication through executive summaries, design narratives and workshop materials. * Identify opportunities for AI-enabled business solutions, automation, predictive capabilities and process optimisation. * Ensure AI usage complies with company policy, security, confidentiality, legal and data protection requirements. * Professionally validate AI-generated outputs and retain human ownership of key architecture decisions and sign-off. * Share effective AI practices, prompts and quality controls across the wider delivery team. ## Related Videos - [Intelligent Automation using Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/157-intelligent-automation-using-machine-learning) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [We (don't) need a software architect!?!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/663-we-don-t-need-a-software-architect) - [Replacing Excel with SAP APIs & Python validation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1944-replacing-excel-with-sap-apis-python-validation) ## Related Articles - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [IT Salaries in Austria](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/286-it-salaries-in-austria)