Sap Finance Functional Architect

Iag Transform Spain; Laza; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IAG Transform Spain, part of International Airlines Group, is seeking an SAP Finance Functional Architect in Spain to define and govern end-to-end SAP Finance architecture across OtC, RtR, and PtP. You will partner with SAP Product teams, CoE, and business owners to ensure scalable, compliant solutions and drive transformation initiatives.

Based in Galicia, you will lead design authority discussions, enforce global finance design standards, and guide harmonisation across operating companies for

Formación

• Own the end-to-end SAP Finance functional architecture across OtC, RtR, and PtP.
• Translate business strategy and process requirements into scalable SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions.
• Maintain the Finance solution blueprint, standard definitions, and functional guardrails.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, SAP best practices, and programme principles.

Responsabilidades

• Establish global design standards across Finance processes.
• Govern changes to Finance processes through design authority forums.
• Drive process harmonisation across operating companies to maximise re-use.
• Provide expert guidance to Process Owners on best-practice SAP Finance capabilities.

Conocimientos

SAP S/4HANA Finance

End-to-end SAP Finance

Architecture governance

Stakeholder leadership

Process harmonisation

Herramientas

SAP S/4HANA

CPI

Tax engines

Descripción del empleo

About Us

We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world's leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.

IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale.

Purpose of the role

The SAP Finance Functional Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and optimising the end-to-end Finance solution architecture across the enterprise. Focusing on Order-to-Cash (OtC), Record-to-Report (RtR), and Procure-to-Pay (PtP), the role ensures functional integrity, process standardisation, and solution excellence across all SAP S/4HANA Finance capabilities.
This role acts as the primary functional design authority for Finance and works closely with the SAP Product Team, SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE), Business Process Owners, and Transformation Programme teams to ensure that SAP solution decisions are scalable, compliant, and strategically aligned to the Group’s transformation objectives.

About Us

We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world's leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.

IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale.

Your responsibilities

Functional Architecture & Design Authority

• Own the end-to-end SAP Finance functional architecture across OtC, RtR, and PtP.

• Translate business strategy and process requirements into scalable SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions.

• Maintain the Finance solution blueprint, standard definitions, and functional guardrails.

• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, SAP best practices, and programme principles.

Process Governance & Standards

• Establish and enforce global design standards across Finance processes.

• Govern changes to Finance processes and functional scope through structured design authority forums.

• Drive process harmonisation across operating companies to maximise re-use and minimise customisation.

• Provide expert guidance to Process Owners on best-practice SAP Finance capabilities.

Collaboration with SAP Product & CoE Teams

• Partner closely with SAP Product Managers and SAP CoE to assure consistent design, backlog prioritisation, and release integrity.

• Support Product Teams during refinement, solutioning, configuration, and functional testing.

• Review and approve functional specifications, configuration decisions, and enhancement requests.

Programme Engagement & Transformation Support

• Act as the functional lead across major transformation initiatives including S/4HANA, Central Finance, Group Reporting, Tax, Treasury, and BTP extensions.

• Work with programme streams on solution design, data mapping, integrations, testing, and cutover.

• Provide decision support and ensure functional dependencies are identified and resolved.

Data, Integration & Reporting Alignment

• Ensure Finance master data, transactional structures, and reporting hierarchies align to global standards.

• Oversee functional aspects of integrations across SAP and non-SAP systems (CPI, APIs, banking, tax engines).

• Support design of analytics, KPIs, group reporting, and compliance-related reporting structures.

Stakeholder Leadership & Business Advisory

• Act as the trusted functional advisor to Finance leadership, GPOs, and business SMEs.

• Facilitate solution design workshops, capability assessments, and process maturity discussions.

• Provide clarity on SAP Finance roadmap, dependencies, and functional implications of design choices.

Quality Assurance & Delivery Governance

• Ensure functional designs meet quality, control, compliance, and audit requirements.

• Support testing cycles (SIT, UAT, regression) with functional scenarios and acceptance criteria.

• Validate training materials, business readiness, and future-state process documentation.

• Validate training materials, business readiness, and future-state process documentation.

  Functional Architecture & Design Authority

• Own the end-to-end SAP Finance functional architecture across OtC, RtR, and PtP.

• Translate business strategy and process requirements into scalable SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions.

• Maintain the Finance solution blueprint, standard definitions, and functional guardrails.

• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, SAP best practices, and programme principles.