Finance Enterprise Architect

Addition; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus scheme

Matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Job summary

Addition in Watford is leading a major SAP Finance transformation. The senior role shapes how Finance systems, controls and processes work together while moving ECC toward S/4HANA.

You will partner with senior Finance stakeholders to design delivery plans and prioritize work across SAP, planning, treasury, and analytics. You will own end-to-end delivery including requirements, testing, data migration, cutover and post-go-live support, while ensuring data governance, controls and auditability.

Qualifications

• Strong experience operating across Finance architecture and SAP Finance transformation.
• Excellent understanding of core Finance processes including P2P, R2R, O2C, Treasury, planning and reporting.
• Significant SAP experience, ideally ECC to S/4HANA migration programs.
• Good understanding of S/4HANA Finance concepts including Universal Journal and Fiori.
• Experience across Finance data, integrations, reporting and controls with architectural oversight.
• Proven track record delivering complex transformations through design, SIT/UAT, migration and adoption.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Finance systems and process roadmap across SAP, planning, treasury, reporting and analytics.
• Lead process design and improvement across P2P, R2R, O2C, Treasury, planning and reporting.
• Drive transition from SAP ECC to S/4HANA and assess impact on processes, data and controls.
• Partner with senior Finance stakeholders to translate requirements into practical solution designs and delivery plans.
• Lead Finance input into architecture and design governance to meet audit and regulatory needs.
• Oversee delivery across requirements, testing, data migration, cutover, business readiness and post-go-live support.
• Improve end-to-end Finance data flows and integrations across SAP and connected platforms.
• Support data governance, master data, access controls and segregation of duties.

Skills

Finance architecture

SAP Finance transformation

P2P

R2R

O2C

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Data migration

S/4HANA migration

Tools

SAP

GRC

MDG

S/4HANA

Job description

Join a major consumer organisation going through a large-scale Finance transformation, with technology, data and process change firmly on the agenda. This senior role will sit at the heart of that journey, shaping how Finance systems, controls and processes work together while helping move a complex SAP environment towards its future state.

Role Overview:

• Location: Watford / Hybrid
• Package: Competitive salary + bonus, pension and comprehensive benefits

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Shape the Finance systems and process roadmap, supporting major transformation across SAP, planning, treasury, reporting and analytics.
• Lead process design and improvement across P2P, R2R, O2C, Treasury, planning and reporting.
• Play a key role in the transition from SAP ECC to S/4HANA, assessing the impact on Finance processes, controls, data, reporting and ways of working.
• Partner with senior Finance stakeholders to turn business requirements into practical solution designs, delivery plans and clear priorities.
• Lead Finance input into architecture and design governance, making sure solutions meet operational, control, data and audit requirements.
• Oversee Finance delivery across requirements, testing, UAT, data migration, cutover, business readiness, adoption and post-go-live support.
• Improve end-to-end Finance data flows and integrations across SAP and connected banking, procurement, tax, planning and reporting platforms.
• Support strong data governance, master data, access controls, segregation of duties and wider compliance requirements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate manual activity and reduce recurring reconciliation or operational issues.
• Work closely with Technology teams, project leads and external partners to keep complex programmes commercially focused and aligned to Finance outcomes.

Main Skills Needed:

• Strong experience operating across Finance architecture, Finance systems transformation or senior SAP Finance change roles.
• Excellent understanding of core Finance processes including P2P, R2R, O2C, Treasury, financial close, planning and reporting.
• Significant SAP experience, ideally including SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation or migration programmes.
• Good understanding of S/4HANA Finance concepts including Universal Journal, Business Partner, Asset Accounting, Cash Management and Fiori.
• Experience across Finance data, integrations, reporting and controls, with the technical awareness to challenge architecture and delivery decisions.
• Strong track record leading complex implementations through design, SIT/UAT, migration, cutover, hypercare and adoption.
• Knowledge of areas such as SAP GRC, MDG, role-based access and segregation of duties would be valuable.
• Confident working with senior Finance leaders, process owners, Technology teams and third-party vendors.
• Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management and consultative skills, with the ability to turn complex requirements into clear decisions.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to balance transformation ambition, operational risk, technical debt, cost and business value.

What’s in It for You:

• Company bonus scheme.
• Matched pension contributions up to 8.5%.
• 26 days' annual leave, plus 2 additional Life Days and bank holidays.
• Private healthcare and income protection.
• £500 annual wellness allowance.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Flexible benefits including EV schemes, dental and eye care, mortgage advice and financial coaching.
• Employee Assistance Programme and discounted health assessments.
• Volunteering days and matched funding.
• The chance to take a senior role in a substantial Finance and SAP transformation programme with genuine influence over its future direction.

Big plans. Big impact. Ready to be part of it?

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.