SAP HANA Functional Solution Architect

Akkodis; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis in Brisbane is seeking a S/4HANA Functional Solution Architect to provide leadership across a large ERP program. You will work with business stakeholders, architects, and project teams to design robust SAP solutions aligned with best practices and fit-to-standard principles.

The role emphasizes architecture artefacts, cross-functional design, and strategic guidance across Finance, Procurement, and Logistics in a hybrid Brisbane environment.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years' experience in large-scale ERP implementations.
• Proven ability to design SAP S/4HANA solutions across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Asset Management and Logistics.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver architecture artefacts for boards and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional solution architecture leadership across SAP S/4HANA initiatives.
• Lead solution design across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Asset Management and Logistics.
• Translate business requirements into scalable SAP designs and architecture specifications.
• Develop high-quality architecture artefacts, including blueprints and detailed designs.
• Offer strategic advice on system development, integration, enhancements and change requests.
• Identify and manage architecture risks, issues and dependencies.
• Collaborate with technical architects, developers, and stakeholders throughout delivery.
• Drive business process improvements and fit-to-standard approaches.
• Engage and negotiate with senior stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
• Support knowledge transfer and handover to build internal capability.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Functional architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Fit-to-standard

Cross-functional design

ERP implementations

Solution blueprints

Job description

• Work on a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation program
• Brisbane-based hybrid working arrangement
• Senior architecture role with significant influence across enterprise business processes and solution design

Role - S/4HANA Functional Solution Architect

As the S/4HANA Functional Solution Architect, you will provide functional architecture leadership across a complex, large-scale ERP environment. You will work closely with business stakeholders, technical architects, functional specialists, developers and project teams to design robust SAP solutions aligned with business requirements, SAP best practices and fit-to-standard principles.

Employment Type and duration

Contract until June 2027 + potential extensions

Work model

Hybrid

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Key Responsibilities

• Provide functional solution architecture leadership across complex SAP S/4HANA initiatives.
• Lead solution design across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Asset Management and Logistics.
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into scalable SAP solution designs and architecture specifications.
• Develop high-quality architecture artefacts, including solution blueprints and detailed solution designs.
• Provide strategic advice on system development, integration, enhancements and changes to solution design.
• Identify and manage architecture-related risks, issues and dependencies.
• Work closely with technical architects, developers, functional specialists, business analysts and project teams.
• Drive business process improvements, cross-functional process design and fit-to-standard approaches.
• Engage, consult and negotiate with senior stakeholders to achieve agreed business outcomes.
• Support knowledge transfer and handover activities to build internal capability.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7-10+ years' experience working across complex, large-scale business or ERP implementations.
• Proven experience designing large-scale SAP S/4HANA solutions across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Asset Management and Logistics.
• Deep functional understanding of SAP capabilities including:
  • General Ledger Accounting
  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Asset Accounting
  • Management Accounting and Budgeting
  • Enterprise Asset Management
  • Real Estate Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Operational Procurement
  • Extended Warehouse Management
• Strong experience leading functional solution architecture using SAP best practices and fit-to-standard principles.
• Demonstrated capability in business process optimisation, transformation and cross-functional process design.
• Experience producing and presenting solution blueprints, detailed designs and architecture artefacts to project and architecture boards.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, consultation, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within complex delivery environments with competing priorities and deadlines.

Qualifications & Clearance

• Demonstrated senior-level experience gained through complex, large-scale enterprise implementations.
• Extensive practical experience with SAP ERP/S/4HANA solutions and functional architecture.
• Ability to work full-time from Brisbane under a hybrid working arrangement.
• Flexibility to support critical project activities, testing and release deployments outside standard business hours when required.

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