SAP S/4HANA Finance Architect

Employment Eligibility Statement

Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (s). Sponsorship is not available at this time.

Danta Technologies evaluates all candidates in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and EEOC guidelines. All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

"This role allows full remote work in the U.S., with travel required every two weeks to Rochester, MN.”

Role Overview:
We are seeking a Senior SAP Finance Architect to lead a complex ERP transformation program involving Brownfield S/4HANA conversions and Greenfield S/4HANA implementations. This role requires deep expertise across FI, CO, AA, AP, AR, Banking, Treasury, and integration to logistics modules, with responsibility for finance architecture, solution design, and leadership in program execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Architecture & Design
  • Lead the end‐to‐end S/4HANA Finance architecture, covering FI, CO, New GL/Universal Journal, AA, AP, AR, Banking, Treasury, and integration to logistics modules.
  • Drive conversion readiness activities, including CVI (BP Conversion), Universal Journal migration, and simplification item remediation.
  • Define the target financial data model, including:
    • Chart of Accounts (CoA) harmonization
    • Cost center, profit center, segment, fund, grant design
    • Tax, asset accounting, treasury and cash processes
    • IFRS/GAAP reporting alignment
  • Architect SAP Best Practices adoption for the Greenfield implementation and guide design decisions aligned with Clean Core principles.
• Client Engagement & Leadership
  • Serve as the primary finance design authority in front of senior stakeholders.
  • Conduct workshops: Client, Fit/Gap, Design, and Playback Sessions.
• Implementation & Delivery Oversight
  • Provide functional oversight during configuration, development, and testing cycles.
  • Guide the creation of:
    • Functional specifications (WRICEF)
    • Integration designs (Ariba, SuccessFactors, WFS, banking, external portals)
    • Migration objects for Greenfield Implementation
  • Ensure smooth execution of SIT, UAT, and Cutover readiness.
  • Support cutover, reconciliations, mock conversions, and month‐end validation.

• Technical & Functional Expertise
• 12+ years of SAP Finance experience; 2+ full‐cycle S/4HANA programs required.
• Expert-level understanding of Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and S/4HANA financial data structures
• Deep knowledge of Following S/4HANA Finance Modules
  • • Financial Accounting(FI):
      • General Ledger (New GL)
      • Accounts Payable (AP)
      • Accounts Receivable (AR)
      • Bank Accounting
      • Cash Journal & Cash Operations
    • Asset Accounting (New AA)
      • Parallel valuations
      • Depreciation areas
      • Integration with Project Systems, PM, and Procurement
    • Controlling (CO) Expertise
      • Cost Center Accounting
      • Internal Orders
      • Profit Center & Segment reporting
      • Product Costing & Actual Costing
      • Event-based revenue/cost postings (EBRP)
    • Treasury/Banking
      • Bank Account Management (BAM)
      • Cash Position & Forecasting
      • Payment formats (ACH, wires), lockbox, and MBC
      • Treasury instruments (optional but highly valued)
• Strong exposure to:
  • S/4HANA Brownfield Conversion
  • Finance Object Data Mapping and Transformation
  • Business Partner (CVI) conversion
  • Embedded Analytics & Fiori apps
• Architecture & Integration
• Expertise in designing integrations with:
  • Ariba, Concur, SuccessFactors, Utility IS‐U (optional)
  • Banking interfaces, MBC, EDI, 3rd‐party procurement systems
• Deep knowledge of integrations between:
  • FI–MM (GR/IR, inventory valuation)
  • FI–SD (billing, rev rec, credit management)
  • FI–PM/EAM (asset postings, maintenance orders)
  • FI–HR/SuccessFactors (payroll, cost allocations)
  • FI–Ariba (Sourcing, Contracts, P2P)
• Ability to evaluate customizations vs. SAP standard, ensuring "Clean Core.”
• Leadership Skills
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive‐level presence.
• Ability to facilitate workshops with senior finance stakeholders.
• Leading functional teams across FI/CO/AA/Banking/Treasury
• Representing Finance in program governance, RAID reviews, and stage gates

Notes:- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits: Danta offers a compensation package to all W2 employees that are competitive in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, the option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision), Major holidays and Paid sick leave as per state law.

The rate/ Salary range is dependent on numerous factors including Qualification, Experience and Location.