IT Senior Solution Architect, Finance Systems

 

At Gentherm, we say, “It’s about the person.” We’re with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units. We take a human approach with everything we do.

 

As the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary solutions  that make meaningful differences in everyday life. We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.

 

 

We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results. Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company. You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world.

IT SENIOR SOLUTION ARCHITECT – FINANCE SYSTEMS

IMPACT and OPPORTUNITY

The Sr. Architect – Finance Systems will be responsible for implementation and support of financial systems as well as the conception and development of business processes within Finance and Controlling (FI/CO). The role will have a deep understanding of finance applications such as SAP FICO, OneStream, BlackLine, Xsuite or similar, and other finance-related platforms, and will be responsible for driving integration, optimization, and modernization efforts across the financial landscape.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting and leading key activities in Finance & Controlling in support of the Global ERP system (SAP)
• Work directly with business partners to gather requirements for enhancements and deliver solutions to business issues in the overall finance & controlling area
• Responsible for designing, configuring, documenting, delivering, supporting, and testing SAP FI/CO solutions (i.e. general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cost & profit center accounting, internal orders, fixed assets, project systems, product costing and profitability analysis and month-end closing) to meet business requirements
• Design functional specifications and work with developers to oversee the timely completion and efficiency of development objects, conduct unit, and integration testing and maintain documentation
• Work closely with business stakeholders, finance teams, and IT departments to understand requirements, identify pain points, and deliver solutions that improve financial processes and reporting.

OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify opportunities to standardize processes and system configuration enterprise wide and ensure compliance across all implementations to these standards
• Ensure business application systems are developed in a way that complies with established standards, methodologies and best practices.
• Lead the architectural design and development of integrated financial systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical standards.
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting and support for ongoing finance system operations, ensuring minimal disruptions to financial operations.
• Assist in designing the financial systems roadmap including migration to SAP S4

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, finance, accounting, or a related field OR equivalent years of work experience. 
• Proven Finance and Controlling solutions wi