Senior Solutions Architect (m/f/d)

SAP Fioneer; Dresden; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Career progression opportunities

Occupational pension provisions

Health and wellbeing support

Bike leasing

Job summary

SAP Fioneer is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Germany team in Dresden. You will design high‑performing, composable banking platforms and lead architectural discussions with SAP product owners and clients.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in banking/insurance IT, deep SAP S/4HANA knowledge, and a proven consulting background. This role offers a hybrid environment and exposure to transformative financial software projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in banking or insurance IT.
• Deep banking expertise in financial accounting and risk management.
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and application architecture.
• Experience in IT transformation and consulting.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks (COBIT, TOGAF).
• Data modeling and business process modeling in a banking context.
• Business fluent in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Represent SAP Fioneer in technical discussions with SAP product owners.
• Pitch and lead co-innovation initiatives with clients.
• Design architecture for banking/insurance platforms, including banking-specific solution designs for large corporates in areas such as Basel III, regulatory risk, financial accounting, and reporting.
• Participate in our Design Authority Board and make critical design decisions.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and shape architectures for entirely new software.
• Support IT transformation projects and landscape design.
• Act as a trusted advisor in customer-facing engagements.
• Engage with large clients to understand their processes, identify recurring patterns, and feed insights into our internal knowledge base and product strategy.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure seamless integration of SAP Fioneer technologies.

Skills

Senior architect

Architecture design

Consulting

Data modeling

English

German

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

TOGAF

COBIT

Job description

About The Role

We're looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to join our team in Germany. You'll work closely with SAP and our clients to design performant, composable banking platforms — helping co-create the future of financial services. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong consulting skills and a passion for collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent SAP Fioneer in technical discussions with SAP product owners
• Pitch and lead co-innovation initiatives with clients
• Design architecture for banking/insurance platforms, including banking-specific solution designs for large corporates in areas such as BASEL III, regulatory risk, financial accounting, and reporting
• Participate in our Design Authority Board and make critical design decisions
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and shape architectures for entirely new software
• Support IT transformation projects and landscape design
• Act as a trusted advisor in customer-facing engagements
• Engage with large clients to understand their processes, identify recurring patterns, and feed insights into our internal knowledge base and product strategy
• Collaborate across teams to ensure seamless integration of SAP Fioneer technologies

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience, including proven experience in a senior architecture or solution design role within banking or insurance IT
• Deep banking expertise in financial accounting and risk management is required
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and application architecture
• Experience in IT transformation and consulting
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g., COBIT, TOGAF)
• Data modeling and business process modeling in a banking context
• Business fluent in English and German
• High flexibility, creativity, and problem-solving mindset
• Comfortable in dynamic, innovative environments

Benefits

You will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry on an incredibly ambitious project to shape the ever‑evolving financial sector. This is an environment where you can have it all - the agility, enthusiasm and dynamism of a start‑up, combined with the established expertise, solid market presence and extensive customer network of a more established organisation.

At SAP Fioneer, you will benefit from a flexible work environment that encourages creativity and encourages you to think outside the box, bring new ideas to the table, and challenge the status quo. You will become part of a diverse and global team that we are proud of and are constantly growing and reinventing. As an employee, you will have the chance to chart your own career path and take advantage of competitive compensation packages and progression opportunities based on merit.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes occupational pension provisions, support for health and wellbeing, various mobility options like bike leasing and transportation allowances, as well as additional perks such as celebration rewards, meal programs, jubilee recognition, and relocation reimbursement.