Sr SAP Public Sector SME / Functional Architect

We are seeking a highly experienced SAP S/4HANA Public Sector Functional Architect to lead the design, configuration, and implementation of financial solutions for complex public-sector organizations. This is a 12-month contract position, remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional architecture and solution design for SAP S/4HANA Public Sector financial implementations.
• Design and configure Funds Management (FM), Grants Management (GM), Fund Accounting, Controlling (CO), and Project Systems (PS) solutions.
• Develop and maintain complex FM/GM/Fund Accounting structures, including fund, grant, budget, commitment, actuals, and availability-control processes.
• Design master data hierarchies, derivation strategies, AVC ledgers, budget structures, and fund accounting models.
• Analyze complex public-sector accounting requirements and translate them into SAP functional designs.
• Lead business process workshops, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, blueprinting, functional specifications, and solution validation.
• Design integrations between FM/GM and FI/CO, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Human Resources/Payroll, PS, Asset Accounting, Procurement, and other SAP components.
• Support integration with SAP BRIM, Concur, SuccessFactors, Employee Central, Ariba, and Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) where applicable.
• Lead functional integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and production support.
• Provide functional leadership and mentoring to SAP consultants, business analysts, and client project teams.
• Develop functional specifications and collaborate with technical teams on custom developments, interfaces, reports, enhancements, user exits, and BADIs.
• Support data conversion and migration activities from legacy financial systems into SAP.
• Develop and enhance financial, budgetary, grant, and consumption reporting.
• Provide guidance on SAP Public Sector best practices and recommend standard SAP functionality where appropriate.
• Support fiscal year-end activities, production issue resolution, and ongoing optimization of SAP financial processes.
• Conduct knowledge transfer and training for client teams and business users.

SAP, Government, SAP, Government, Public Finance, Fund Management, Fund Accounting, Grant Administration/Management, Actuals, Budgeting, * Required

• Extensive SAP experience with S/4HANA Public Sector.
• Strong expertise in SAP Funds Management (FM).
• Strong expertise in SAP Grants Management (GM).
• Strong expertise in Fund Accounting.
• Strong expertise in SAP FI/GL.
• Strong expertise in SAP CO.
• Strong expertise in SAP Project Systems (PS).
• Strong expertise in Budget Control System (BCS).
• Strong expertise in Availability Control (AVC).
• Strong understanding of public-sector accounting, budgeting, grants, fund accounting, and financial controls.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and/or On-Premise environments.
• Experience designing SAP integrations across Finance, Logistics, Human Resources, Payroll, Procurement, and Project Systems.
• Experience with SAP Embedded Analytics and financial reporting.
• Experience with SAP data conversion, interfaces, enhancements, reports, and integration testing.
• Strong understanding of SAP implementation methodologies and full project lifecycle delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• Preferred
• Experience supporting U.S. federal, state, county, city, municipal, education, healthcare, nonprofit, or other public-sector organizations.
• Experience with S/4HANA 2025 or recent S/4HANA releases.
• Experience with SAP Public Sector modernization and ECC-