SAP Finance Solutions Architect at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The role is located in the SAP Centre of Expertise (CoE) within Sanlam Group Technology (SGT), and you will report to the SAP Enterprise Architect.
• The role is located in the SAP Centre of Expertise (CoE) within Sanlam Group Technology (SGT), and you will report to the SAP Enterprise Architect.
• You will perform solution architecture function across different domains (Business, Information, Data, Application, Technology & Security).
• The position will work alongside the enterprise architect to ensure solutions being implemented conform to the Sanlam Group enterprise goals, standards and governance frameworks and are fit-for-purpose from a business and technical perspective. 

What will make you successful in this role?

• Business and technical stakeholder engagement and elicitation of business and technology goals, objectives, priorities and requirements.
• Translation of business and technical requirements into a solution architecture to be implemented (to address both business and technical requirements). 
• Design and validate a complex solution architecture to address business and technical requirements and ensure successful implementation.
• Research new solutions to address a specific or general business problem.
• Design solution integration architecture to address business and technical requirements and ensure successful implementation.
• Provide solution advisory, recommendations and guidance on the SAP Finance platforms (SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Insurance Analyser, SAP GRC, SAP Data Services, etc.).
• Contribute in the strategic planning and architecture definition of Sanlam SAP Finance landscape.
• Understand and interpret the business processes for which the solution architecture is being developed.
• Influence business and IT strategies ensuring collaborative alignment.
• Contribute to building Sanlam SAP Finance technical and application roadmaps (both for on-prem and in the cloud).
• Active involvement and provide guidance in the SAP Finance landscape system migration or upgrades
• Document the overall Solution Architecture and integration to other systems in-line with the Sanlam Enterprise and Solution Architecture standards and practices.
• Present solutions architecture to different Sanlam forums (including the Sanlam Architecture Solutions Evaluation & Review forum).

Qualification

• Matric
• Bachelor equivalent will be strongly recommended.

Experience

• 7 + years of SAP Finance Solution Architecture experience.
• Experience SAP S/4 HANA Finance, SAP Insurance Analyser, SAP GRC, SAP Data Services, etc required
• Architecture Knowledge and/or certification (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) required. 
• Cloud Architecture experience will be beneficial.

Knowledge 

• Designing and validating a complex SAP solutions architecture.
• Ability to identify and challenge solution scenarios by taking the business environment into account.
• Provide recommendations and guidance on the SAP platform and tools.
• Knowledge in integrating SAP solutions into a broad array of technologies and architectures.
• Knowledge of SAP system migration or upgrades.
• IT Strategic planning and execution.
• Knowledge of Systems thinking and holistic approach to solution analysis.
• Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, security, and systems engineering.

Personal Attributes

• Organisational savvy - Contributing through others
• Manages complexity - Contributing through others
• Plans and aligns - Contributing through others
• Optimises work processes - Contributing through others