Unknown Company

SAP S/4HANA System Architect

springfield, il • Posted 1 weeks ago
Onsite Full Time Software Architecture & Engineering

Qualifications and Technical Skills

  • Strong understanding of S/4HANA system architecture and simplification items.
  • Experience evaluating migration paths (Brownfield/System Conversion, Selective Data Transition, Greenfield).
  • Ability to interpret and leverage SAP Readiness Check, Simplification Item Catalogue, and Business Process Discovery tools.
  • Experience assessing custom code remediation needs and potential impacts on business processes.
  • Deep functional knowledge of ECC modules (e.g., FI/CO, MM, SD, PM, HCM, FM/GM).
  • Understanding of how ECC processes transition to S/4HANA equivalents (Universal Journal, Business Partner Model, new Asset Accounting, MRP Live, etc.).

Technical Skills

  • Ability to analyze ECC system usage, custom development inventory, interfaces, and enhancements.
  • Knowledge of integration technologies (SAP PI/PO, SAP BTP Integration Suite, APIs).
  • Experience with data profiling and preliminary data migration considerations.
  • Familiarity with sizing, performance implications, and high-level technical architecture changes in S/4HANA.

Functional & Process Assessment Skills

  • Ability to conduct current-state process mapping and identify gaps vs. S/4HANA best practices.
  • Experience facilitating workshops with business users to gather process insights and pain points.
  • Capability to identify process improvement opportunities enabled by S/4HANA functionality.
  • Familiarity with public sector processes (funds management, procurement, HR/payroll, grants, etc.).

Analysis & Advisory Skills

  • Strong ability to synthesize system data, process information, and technical findings into actionable insights.
  • Comfortable performing impact assessments across functional areas and technology components.
  • Ability to support the definition of future-state options, including migration approach, level of process redesign, and transformation enablers.
  • Capable of developing clear summaries, findings, and recommendations for stakeholders.

Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement Skills

  • Strong communication skills for engaging state stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with McKinsey consultants and adapt to structured problem-solving approaches.
  • Skilled documentation abilities: process flows, capability assessments, system impact summaries, data/integration inventories.
  • Comfort working in early-stage transformation contexts with evolving requirements.

Optional / Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Experience participating in public-sector SAP transformation programs.
  • Previous involvement in large ECC-to-S/4HANA assessments or roadmap projects.
  • Exposure to business case development or TCO considerations (without requiring RFP involvement).
  • Experience with change management or organizational readiness assessments

#J-18808-Ljbffr
Back to Job Search