SAP Solutions Architect

Neev; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Neev is seeking an experienced SAP HANA Solution Architect to support a strategic spend control initiative in the UK. The role focuses on identifying spend leakage across procurement and invoicing, including unapplied credits, rebates, and penalties.

You will build and maintain a leakage register and work with SAP, Ariba, Sirion CLM and analytics teams to implement effective controls, from requirements through to testing and deployment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on SAP P2P (Procure-to-Pay) experience.
• Expertise in SAP S/4HANA or ECC MM/FI.
• Strong knowledge of PO release strategies and GR/SES.
• 3-way and 4-way invoice matching.
• Invoice blocking and tolerance configuration.
• Invoice validation and exception handling.
• Hands-on experience with SAP Ariba and/or VIM invoice-validation configuration.
• Ability to write detailed functional specifications.
• Experience taking requirements through design, configuration, testing and implementation.
• Strong understanding of contract compliance and recovery audit processes.
• Experience with rate cards, T&M returns, SOWs, credits, rebates and invoice reconciliation.
• Strong Business Analysis and requirements elicitation skills.
• Demonstrable experience delivering process and system changes through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyse and prioritise third-party spend leakage opportunities based on financial exposure.
• Build and maintain a leakage/control register covering credits, rebates, rate-card compliance, PO compliance and invoice discrepancies.
• Define functional and system requirements for procurement and invoice controls.
• Design controls across SAP, Ariba, Sirion CLM and/or detection analytics.
• Produce detailed functional specifications for SAP configuration and development teams.
• Support configuration, integration, testing and implementation of the required controls.
• Implement delivery-before-payment validation, invoice controls and exception-handling processes.
• Work closely with Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Contract Management and Technology teams.
• Support contract compliance and recovery activities, including invoice reconciliation and recovery of missed credits, rebates and penalties.
• Ensure controls are tested and operational before the end of the engagement.

Skills

SAP P2P (Procure-to-Pay)

SAP S/4HANA or ECC – MM/FI

PO release strategies

GR/SES

3-way and 4-way invoice matching

Invoice blocking and tolerance

Invoice validation and exception

SAP Ariba and/or VIM

Functional specifications

Design, configuration, testing and I&M

Contract compliance and recovery

Rate cards, T&M returns, SOWs

Requirements elicitation

Process and system changes

Tools

SAP Ariba

VIM (Vendor Invoice Management)

Sirion CLM

Job description

We are looking for an experienced SAP HANA Solution Architect to support a strategic third-party spend control and recovery initiative.

The role will focus on identifying and preventing spend leakage across procurement and invoicing processes, including unapplied credits and rebates, off-rate-card and off-PO spend, invoicing outside approved utilisation, and unclaimed contractual penalties.

You will build and maintain a spend leakage register, prioritise opportunities based on financial exposure, define control requirements, and work with SAP, Ariba, Sirion CLM and analytics teams to implement effective controls.

The successful candidate will be hands-on and able to take requirements through functional design, configuration, testing and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, analyse and prioritise third-party spend leakage opportunities based on financial exposure.
• Build and maintain a leakage/control register covering credits, rebates, rate-card compliance, PO compliance and invoice discrepancies.
• Define functional and system requirements for procurement and invoice controls.
• Design controls across SAP, Ariba, Sirion CLM and/or detection analytics.
• Produce detailed functional specifications for SAP configuration and development teams.
• Support configuration, integration, testing and implementation of the required controls.
• Implement delivery-before-payment validation, invoice controls and exception-handling processes.
• Work closely with Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Contract Management and Technology teams.
• Support contract compliance and recovery activities, including invoice reconciliation and recovery of missed credits, rebates and penalties.
• Ensure controls are tested and operational before the end of the engagement.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with SAP P2P (Procure-to-Pay).
• Expertise in SAP S/4HANA or ECC – MM/FI.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Purchase Orders and release strategies
• Goods Receipt (GR) / Service Entry Sheets (SES)
• 3-way and 4-way invoice matching
• Invoice blocking and tolerance configuration
• Invoice validation and exception handling
• Hands-on experience with SAP Ariba and/or VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) invoice-validation configuration.
• Ability to write detailed functional specifications and work directly with SAP configuration teams.
• Experience taking requirements through design, configuration, testing and implementation.
• Strong understanding of contract compliance and recovery audit processes.
• Experience with rate cards, T&M returns, SOWs, credits, rebates and invoice reconciliation.
• Strong Business Analysis and requirements elicitation skills.
• Demonstrable experience delivering process and system changes through to completion.