SAP Solution Architect

EY; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EY Technology Consulting South Africa is strengthening its SAP capability to support large transformation programmes across Financial Services and asset-heavy industries. You will own the SAP solution architecture, lead target-state design across S/4HANA, SAP BTP, analytics, integrations and cloud deployment considerations, and mentor SAP architects within a dynamic team.

You will advise senior client stakeholders on deployment models, roadmaps and architectural trade-offs, govern design

Qualifications

• 12+ years delivering SAP architecture within large transformations.
• Strong knowledge of S/4HANA, BTP and integration patterns.
• Senior advisory capability with executive stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the SAP solution architecture across large transformation programmes.
• Lead target-state design for S/4HANA, BTP, analytics, data and cloud models.
• Advise on deployment models, roadmaps and architectural trade-offs.
• Govern design decisions across SAP workstreams including security and data.
• Mentor architects and contribute to EY SAP practice capability.

Skills

SAP architecture

S/4HANA

SAP BTP

Cloud integration

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

EY Technology Consulting South Africa is strengthening its SAP capability to support large transformation programmes across Financial Services and asset-heavy industries. Clients are modernising core platforms, moving to S/4HANA, adopting SAP BTP and reassessing cloud-based SAP operating models.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the overall SAP solution architecture across large, complex SAP transformation programmes.
• Lead target-state architecture design covering S/4HANA, SAP BTP, analytics, integrations, data and cloud deployment considerations.
• Advise senior client stakeholders on deployment models, transformation roadmaps, architectural trade-offs and SAP-enabled operating models.
• Govern design decisions across functional and technical SAP workstreams, ensuring integration across process, data, security and technology domains.
• Support RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP programmes and cloud-based SAP operating model discussions.
• Lead SAP architecture input into major pursuits, proposals, estimates, assumptions and delivery approaches.
• Mentor SAP architects and senior consultants while contributing to SAP practice capability and EY alliance value.

Key Deliverables (6-12 months):

• SAP target-state architecture and transformation roadmap for priority client engagements or pursuits.
• Architecture blueprints covering S/4HANA, SAP BTP, integration, analytics, data migration, security and cloud operating model implications.
• Design authority cadence, architecture decision framework and governance across SAP functional and technical workstreams.
• Architecture input into SAP pursuits, including estimates, solution scope, delivery assumptions and risk profile.
• Improved SAP architectural integrity and delivery success across active transformation programmes.
• Reusable SAP architecture assets, methods and mentoring interventions to build local practice capability.

Technical Skills:

• SAP solution and enterprise architecture across large SAP transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP analytics, integration patterns and SAP ecosystem architecture.
• Experience with greenfield, brownfield and hybrid SAP S/4HANA transformation approaches.
• Knowledge of SAP cloud deployment models, RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP and cloud-based SAP operating models.
• SAP integration experience across API, event, middleware, SAP Integration Suite / CPI, PI / PO or equivalent integration landscapes.
• Understanding of data migration, master data, analytics, security, controls and regulated-industry architecture requirements.

Leadership Skills:

• Trusted-advisor credibility with CIO, CFO, COO, programme sponsors and senior technology stakeholders.
• Ability to govern SAP design decisions across process, functional, technical, data, security and integration workstreams.
• Strong commercial contribution across pursuits, proposal development, estimation and delivery model design.
• Ability to explain SAP architecture trade-offs, cost, risk and transformation implications to executive audiences.
• Leadership of multidisciplinary SAP teams across client, EY, SAP vendor and global delivery environments.
• Coaching and mentoring capability for SAP architects, senior consultants and practice teams.

Minimum Requirements:

• 12+ years of SAP delivery and architecture experience.
• Proven experience as an SAP Solution Architect or SAP Enterprise Architect on large transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA, SAP BTP and integration patterns.
• Senior client-facing advisory capability with experience engaging executive stakeholders.
• Financial Services, asset-heavy or regulated-industry experience preferred for complex enterprise landscapes.
• Demonstrated accountability for SAP architectural integrity and delivery success.

Preferred Requirements:

• SAP certifications or equivalent experience across S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite or related SAP domains.
• Experience with RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP, SAP cloud migration or SAP platform consolidation programmes.
• Experience in SAP-enabled core finance, operating model transformation, platform consolidation or integration-heavy SAP landscapes.
• Prior consulting experience in a Big Four, systems integrator or major SAP advisory environment.
• Knowledge of the South African SAP market and regulated-industry transformation context.

Stakeholders (Internal/External):

• External: CIO, CFO, COO, programme sponsors, process owners, enterprise architecture, SAP CoE, information security, risk and compliance, SAP and ecosystem vendors, implementation partners and business executives.
• Internal: EY SAP Partners and Directors, Technology Consulting leadership, SAP alliance teams, engagement teams, commercial and pursuit teams, global delivery teams, risk and quality teams, Talent and local practice leadership.

Key Challenges:

• Balancing standard SAP capability, business process requirements, regulatory obligations and legacy integration constraints.
• Maintaining end-to-end SAP architectural integrity across large functional, technical, data and integration workstreams.
• Advising clients on complex trade-offs across greenfield, brownfield, hybrid, RISE / GROW and cloud operating models.
• Managing transformation risk across data migration, integration, cutover, controls, resilience and stakeholder adoption.

Strategic Importance:

• Critical to EY Technology Consulting South Africa growth in SAP transformation and SAP-enabled operating model change.
• Strengthens EY credibility with clients undertaking S/4HANA, BTP, cloud and integration-heavy SAP programmes.
• Supports SAP pipeline growth, proposal quality, delivery assurance and EY alliance value.
• Builds local SAP architecture capability and reusable assets for future transformation engagements.