SAP Public Sector Financials Solution Architect

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.

• 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