[Hiring] SAP Enterprise Architect @Careerwise UK

Role Description

• Global SAP Architecture Leadership: Own and govern the global SAP architecture strategy, acting as the senior design authority for strategic SAP products, platforms and business capabilities, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise technology strategy.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance Architecture: Lead the functional and solution architecture of SAP S/4HANA Finance, with strong expertise across FI, CO and Asset Accounting (AA), including General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Balance Sheet, P&L, Tax, Asset Accounting and Month-End Closing processes.
• Global SAP Implementation Programmes: Provide architecture leadership across complex, large-scale, end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation and transformation programmes, ensuring scalable, standardised and sustainable solutions across global business operations.
• Enterprise & Solution Architecture: Define target architectures, solution blueprints, transition states and multi-year technology roadmaps, translating complex business and functional requirements into secure, scalable, resilient and maintainable architecture solutions.
• SAP Modernisation & Cloud Transformation: Drive SAP landscape modernisation, including On-Premise to Cloud migrations, hybrid environments, SAP BTP adoption, application simplification, standardisation and reduction of technical debt.
• Architecture Governance & Compliance: Establish and enforce architecture principles, standards, design guardrails and governance frameworks. Lead architecture reviews and design assurance, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, including GDPR, DORA, BAIT, MaRisk and IT security requirements.
• SAP Integration & Technology Architecture: Define end-to-end application, data and integration architectures across SAP and non-SAP enterprise platforms, ensuring interoperability, security, performance, resilience and alignment with the wider technology landscape.
• Senior Stakeholder & Business Engagement: Collaborate with senior business leaders, CIOs, CFOs, Business Process Managers, Product Management, Engineering, Security and external service providers to shape architecture direction, evaluate solution options and influence strategic investment decisions.
• Global Programme & Delivery Assurance: Work closely with global programme teams, solution architects, engineering and outsourced SAP managed service providers, providing architectural guidance throughout design, build, testing, deployment and ongoing operations while managing risks, dependencies and technical decisions.
• Strategic Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Provide thought leadership across a global, matrixed organisation, influencing stakeholders without direct line management responsibility. Promote architectural best practices, Agile delivery, innovation, reusable design patterns and continuous improvement across the SAP ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP experience, including architecture, solution design or lead design responsibility.
• Minimum 2 successful end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations, specifically across FI/CO/AA.
• Extensive SAP S/4HANA Finance and global finance process expertise.
• Proven experience in large-scale, global SAP implementation and transformation programmes.
• Strong experience in SAP architecture, enterprise architecture and solution design.
• Practical experience in On-Premise to Cloud migration and SAP modernisation.
• Strong knowledge of SAP and non-SAP integration landscapes.
• Experience in architecture governance, regulatory compliance and senior stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at executive and board level.
• Business-level English proficiency.

Requirements

• SAP MM, SD, MDG, BTP and SuccessFactors.
• TOGAF, IAF, Zachman or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification.
• Sparx Enterprise Architect or similar architecture modelling tools.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments.
• Agile/Scrum delivery experience.
• German language skills.

Role & Working Environment

• Senior global architecture position with strategic influence across the SAP landscape.
• No direct reports; leadership through influence across global, cross-functional teams.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders and external SAP implementation and managed service partners.