Solutions Architect

HCL Technologies Limited; Espoo; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HCL Technologies Limited seeks a senior Onsite SAP Finance Solution Architect for Finland. You will lead end-to-end S/4HANA Finance architecture across upstream, midstream and downstream value chains, and align finance processes with hydrocarbon accounting, JV, asset-heavy operations, procurement, maintenance, projects, and trading.

The role requires deep Oil & Gas domain knowledge, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to bridge business and AMS teams onsite in Finland.

Formación

• 15+ years of SAP experience with Finance modules
• Experience leading architecture for S/4HANA Finance in Oil & Gas
• Onsite bridge between business, transformation programs and AMS teams

Responsabilidades

• Serve as onsite SAP Finance Solution Architect for Finance, IT, ops, and executives in Oil & Gas
• Lead end-to-end S/4HANA Finance architecture across greenfield to rollout programs
• Translate business requirements into integrated SAP solutions and target state architecture
• Design and govern General Ledger, Controlling, Asset Accounting, Project Accounting, and financial close processes
• Guide integration of Finance with exploration, production, procurement, maintenance, and trading processes
• Drive Clean Core decisions and use SAP BTP for extensions, workflow, automation, analytics
• Identify value opportunities through workshops and transformation roadmaps
• Assess SAP Business AI, Joule, predictive analytics, and automation use cases across Finance and Oil & Gas
• Maintain governance, design reviews, risk management, and cutover readiness
• Mentor delivery teams and support pre-sales, estimations, proposals

Conocimientos

SAP S/4HANA Finance

Finance architecture

Oil and Gas domain

Solution architecture

Onsite coordination

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance or IT

Herramientas

SAP BTP

SAP Analytics Cloud

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking a senior Onsite Solution Architect with SAP Finance as the core area and deep understanding of Oil and Gas industry processes. The role will architect and govern SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions across the upstream, midstream, and downstream value chain, including integration with hydrocarbon accounting, joint ventures, asset-intensive operations, procurement, plant maintenance, projects, supply, trading, and sales. The architect will drive SAP BTP, Clean Core, and SAP Business AI adoption, lead opportunity mining, and serve as the onsite bridge among business stakeholders, transformation programs, and AMS support teams in Finland.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the onsite SAP Finance Solution Architect and trusted advisor to Finance, IT, operations, and executive stakeholders in an Oil and Gas environment.
• Lead end-to-end S/4HANA Finance architecture for greenfield, brownfield, selective transition, migration, rollout, and optimisation programs.
• Translate upstream, midstream, and downstream business requirements into integrated SAP solutions and target-state architecture.
• Design and govern Finance processes for general ledger, controlling, asset accounting, project accounting, product costing, profitability analysis, financial close, group reporting, and management reporting.
• Provide industry-specific solution leadership for joint venture accounting, operated and non-operated ventures, partner billing, cash calls, equity adjustments, and venture reporting.
• Guide integration of Finance with exploration and production, capital projects, maintenance, materials management, hydrocarbon movements, refining, terminal operations, trading, transportation, and sales processes.
• Drive Clean Core decisions and use SAP BTP for side-by-side extensions, workflow, integration, automation, analytics, and industry-specific innovations.
• Identify value opportunities through business cognition, opportunity mining, process diagnostics, workshops, and measurable transformation roadmaps.
• Assess SAP Business AI, Joule, predictive analytics, intelligent document processing, and automation use cases across Finance and Oil and Gas operations.
• Act as the onsite bridge between business teams, implementation teams, global delivery, and AMS support, ensuring effective transition, prioritisation, root-cause resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Lead architecture governance, fit-to-standard workshops, design reviews, integration decisions, risk management, quality gates, cutover readiness, and post-go-live stabilisation.
• Manage senior stakeholders, facilitate cross-functional decisions, mentor delivery teams, and support pre-sales, estimations, solution proposals, and account growth.

Required Technical Skills

Primary Skills - SAP Finance

• Deep SAP S/4HANA Finance solution architecture experience across FI, CO, Asset Accounting, Project Accounting, Product Costing, Margin Analysis, Financial Close, Group Reporting, and Finance analytics
• Strong experience with multi-ledger, multi-currency, parallel accounting, intercompany processes, tax integration, allocations, settlements, and complex organisational structures
• Finance integration with SAP MM, SD, PS, PM/EAM, RE-FX, Treasury, Group Reporting, and related operational processes
• Experience with Finance migration, data reconciliation, cutover, controls, testing, hypercare, and transition to AMS support
• Working knowledge of Central Finance, Advanced Financial Closing, SAP Analytics Cloud, and embedded analytics is preferred

Mandatory Oil and Gas Domain Expertise

• Deep understanding of the Oil and Gas value chain across upstream exploration and production, midstream gathering and transportation, and downstream refining, distribution, and retail
• Strong knowledge of upstream accounting processes, including joint interest or joint venture accounting, partner accounting, cash calls, billing, equity changes, overhead, operator/non-operator scenarios, and production-related financial integration
• Understanding of capital-intensive asset lifecycle processes covering authorisation for expenditure, work breakdown structures, project systems, construction in progress, asset under construction, settlement, unitisation, depreciation, impairment, and abandonment obligations
• Knowledge of hydrocarbon accounting and product movement integration, including production volumes, allocations, inventory valuation, terminal movements, pipeline or transportation charges, losses or gains, and financial postings
• Understanding of refinery and downstream economics, including crude and product inventory, yield and loss accounting, product costing, transfer pricing, margin analysis, supply and distribution, and profitability reporting
• Awareness of commodity trading and risk management, contract settlement, pricing, accruals, exposure, mark-to-market concepts, and Finance integration
• Knowledge of Oil and Gas regulatory, statutory, tax, royalties, production-sharing, environmental, decommissioning, and management reporting requirements
• Ability to engage credibly with Finance, operations, engineering, projects, maintenance, supply, trading, and commercial stakeholders

Secondary Skills

• Good Understanding of SAP BTP, including concepts on Integration Suite, Extension Suite, workflow, automation and side-by-side extensibility
• SAP Clean Core principles, fit-to-standard, extensibility governance, custom-code reduction, and technical-debt management
• Exposure to SAP Business AI, Joule, AI-assisted Finance, anomaly detection, forecasting, intelligent document processing, and process automation
• Understanding/ exposure to SAP Fiori, SAP Signavio, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere, and SAP Master Data Governance preferred.
• Strong command of SAP Activate, agile and hybrid delivery, design thinking, architecture governance, and traditional implementation methodologies

Additional / Good-to-Have Skills

• SAP Joint Venture Accounting or Joint Venture Accounting on S/4HANA, Production and Revenue Accounting, PRA-related processes, or equivalent industry solutions
• SAP Commodity Management or Commodity Trading and Risk Management exposure
• SAP EAM or Asset Management, Project Systems, Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management, and Field Service integration
• RISE with SAP, private cloud, hyperscaler, and global template transformation experience
• Process mining, RPA, GenAI, predictive maintenance, digital twin, or IoT-enabled Oil and Gas scenarios
• Understanding of Nordic or Finnish energy-market, statutory, tax, sustainability, and regulatory considerations

Qualifications & Certifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting certification preferred
• SAP Activate Project Manager,or SAP Enterprise Architect certification is advantageous
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification is desirable
• Relevant Oil and Gas industry training or domain certification is an advantage

Soft Skills

• Executive presence and proven stakeholder management across Finance, business operations, engineering, and IT
• Strong analytical cognition, industry curiosity, structured problem-solving, and commercial awareness
• Ability to simplify complex Oil and Gas processes and communicate architecture decisions to technical and non-technical audiences
• Consulting mindset with strong facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and value-articulation skills
• Leadership across multicultural onsite, nearshore, offshore, partner, and customer teams
• High ownership, customer focus, transparency, and accountability in complex transformation and support environments

Experience Expectations

• 15-20 years of overall SAP experience, with substantial depth in SAP Finance and at least 5+ years in a Solution Architect or Lead Architect capacity
• Mandatory, demonstrable experience in the Oil and Gas or broader energy industry, with deep process understanding rather than only technical exposure
• Proven experience in 3-5 end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations and/or migrations, preferably including at least two Oil and Gas programs
• Experience across design, configuration governance, integration, testing, data migration, cutover, hypercare, rollout, and AMS transition
• Strong track record in AMS governance, service improvement, incident and problem management, change prioritisation, and support-to-project bridging
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and globally distributed delivery teams in an IT services or consulting environment
• Demonstrated opportunity mining, roadmap creation, business-case shaping, and transformation advisory experience

Oil and Gas industry experience is mandatory. The candidate must demonstrate deep functional understanding of upstream, midstream, and downstream processes and their financial implications. Experience with integrated energy companies, exploration and production operators, refineries, pipeline or terminal businesses, oilfield services, LNG, petrochemicals, or fuel retail organisations is highly relevant.