Req ID: 384999 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

 

We are currently seeking a SAP S/4HANA Finance Solution Architect / FICO Lead - Remote US Position 

 

SAP S/4HANA Finance Solution Architect / FICO Practice Lead

Senior Solution Architecture Role | Primary Skill: Finance | Secondary Skill: Controlling

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Solution Architect to serve as the senior subject matter expert and central solution authority for SAP Finance within NTT DATA. This role requires deep expertise in Financial Accounting, supported by strong working knowledge of Controlling, and will provide leadership across assessments, advisory engagements, implementations, conversions, and optimization programs.

The architect will work directly with CFOs, controllers, finance leaders, business process owners, enterprise architects, and SAP delivery teams. The individual will help clients understand finance processes and SAP capabilities, analyze complex requirements and pain points, answer solution questions, evaluate options, and define scalable SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions aligned with standard functionality and clean-core principles.

This is a client-facing and practice leadership role for a hands-on architect who can operate across business process advisory, solution design, delivery governance, presales support, and issue resolution. Manufacturing industry experience is required, together with experience in one or more additional industries.

 

Key Responsibilities

SAP Finance Solution Leadership

• Serve as the senior SAP Finance SME across SAP S/4HANA transformation, assessment, implementation, and advisory engagements.
• Own the Finance solution strategy and architecture across Greenfield, Brownfield, and Selective Data Transition programs.
• Lead end-to-end solution design for Record-to-Report, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Financial Close, Intercompany Accounting, and Financial Reporting.
• Provide architecture-level oversight for Controlling and management accounting, ensuring full integration with the Finance solution.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex Finance design, integration, data, reporting, and delivery issues.
• Establish reusable Finance architecture principles, design standards, and leading practices across client engagements.

 

Finance Solution Design and Architecture

• Lead solution architecture and detailed design for core SAP S/4HANA Finance capabilities, including:
  • General Ledger, Universal Journal, parallel ledgers, currencies, and document splitting
  • Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Business Partner, and payment processing
  • Asset Accounting, bank accounting, tax, foreign currency valuation, and intercompany accounting
  • Financial close, statutory and management reporting, embedded analytics, and SAP Fiori for Finance
  • Credit, collections, dispute management, cash management, and Treasury integration
• Translate business, accounting, regulatory, and operational requirements into scalable SAP solutions.
• Evaluate solution alternatives, articulate trade-offs, and provide clear recommendations to business and project leadership.
• Ensure alignment with SAP standard capabilities, S/4HANA simplifications, clean-core principles, and future-state enterprise architecture.
• Review and approve functional designs, configurations, reports, workflows, interfaces, conversion designs, and integration specifications.

 

Client Advisory and Finance Transformation

• Engage with CFOs, controllers, finance directors, process owners, and business users to understand current processes, business challenges, controls, and strategic priorities.
• Lead finance assessments, discovery sessions, Fit-to-Standard workshops, and future-state process design sessions.
• Help clients understand SAP S/4HANA Finance capabilities and explain complex solution concepts in clear business language.
• Analyze current-state processes and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation, stronger controls, and improved reporting.
• Develop finance transformation roadmaps, solution options, implementation strategies, business cases, and executive recommendations.
• Advise on finance operating models, shared services, close optimization, governance, chart of accounts harmonization, and organiza