Senior SAP Finance Business Architect - Netherlands - 6+ months

Global Enterprise Partners; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Enterprise Partners is supporting an international platform organisation undergoing a large-scale Finance Transformation and SAP modernisation journey. We seek a Finance Business Architect to design and optimise Finance capabilities across global processes, acting as the business-side counterpart to Architects.

You will bridge Finance, Accounting and Reporting stakeholders, shaping target-state processes and operating models while driving standardisation and automation within RISE with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Finance Transformation, Finance Operations, Process Architecture, or Finance Change programmes.
• Deep expertise across R2R, OTC, P2P, Treasury, Billing, and Financial Close.
• Strong understanding of Balance Sheet, Financial Reporting, Reconciliations, and Controls.
• Experience in SAP-enabled environments, ideally SAP S/4HANA and/or RISE with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimise end-to-end Finance processes across R2R, OTC, P2P, Treasury, Billing, and Close.
• Define future-state Finance capabilities and operating models.
• Act as Finance counterpart to Enterprise/Solution Architects during transformation.
• Create and improve cross-functional Finance process cycles with Controllers, FP&A, and Accounting teams.
• Support transformation initiatives and accelerate programme delivery speed.

Skills

Finance transformation

Process architecture

Finance change programs

R2R expertise

OTC / O2C mastery

P2P processes

Treasury management

Financial close improvement

Financial reporting & controls

SAP S/4HANA / Rise with SAP

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

RISE with SAP

Job description

We're currently supporting a leading international platform organisation undergoing a large-scale Finance Transformation and SAP modernisation journey.

They are looking for an experienced Finance Business Architect to help define and optimise Finance capabilities, processes, and operating models across a complex global environment. This role sits at the intersection of Finance and Architecture, acting as the business-side counterpart to Enterprise and Solution Architects.

This is a business-focused role for someone with deep Finance process expertise, rather than a technical SAP architecture background.

What you'll be doing

• Design and optimise end-to-end Finance processes across Record-to-Report (R2R), Order-to-Cash (OTC), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Treasury, Billing, and Financial Close
• Define future-state Finance capabilities and operating models
• Act as the Finance counterpart to Enterprise and Solution Architects during transformation initiatives
• Create and improve cross-functional Finance process cycles, ensuring alignment across multiple Finance domains
• Support strategic transformation projects within a broader RISE with SAP environment
• Drive process standardisation, simplification, and automation initiatives
• Improve Financial Close performance, including initiatives aimed at accelerating close cycles (e.g. moving from a traditional 4-day close towards a 2-day or continuous close model)
• Translate Finance, Accounting, and Reporting requirements into scalable business solutions
• Collaborate closely with Controllers, Accounting teams, FP&A, SMEs, Product, and Architecture teams
• Help improve programme delivery speed through better Finance process design and business architecture

What we're looking for

10+ years of experience in Finance Transformation, Finance Operations, Process Architecture, or Finance Change programmes

Strong expertise across

• Record-to-Report (R2R)
• Order-to-Cash (OTC/O2C)
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
• Treasury
• Billing
• Financial Close

Strong understanding of:

• Balance Sheet processes
• Financial Reporting
• Reconciliations
• Financial Controls
• Accounting impacts across end-to-end process flows

Experience working in SAP-enabled environments, ideally involving SAP S/4HANA and/or RISE with SAP

Ability to bridge Finance, Business, and Architecture stakeholders

Proven experience designing target-state processes, capabilities, and operating models