Solution Architect

Accenture; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a SAP Solution Architect / Senior Delivery Lead to drive delivery across divestment and TSA programs. You will lead blueprinting, configuration, testing, cut-over and go-live support, aligning client business requirements with SAP best practices and enterprise architecture.

Ideal candidates will have SAP S/4HANA experience, strong stakeholder management, and a track record of large-scale implementations.

Qualifications

• Prior SAP implementation experience required.
• Lead Solution Architect role for full life-cycle SAP projects.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA (not ECC) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all activities for SAP delivery across projects.
• Bridge business problems and technology solutions with SAP.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and delivery leadership.
• Provide end-to-end lifecycle SAP implementation consulting and governance.

Skills

SAP implementation

Solution architecture

S/4HANA experience

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor-like degree in Industrial Engineering or Business Administration

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading solutions and global professional services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 779,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most AI-enabled, client-focused, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com.

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Job Description: SAP Solution Architect / Senior Delivery Lead

In preparation for the ongoing TSA (Transition Services Agreement) phases related to the divestment programme, as well as the future Merger programme, this role is required to lead and coordinate all associated and related activities. Be able to execute and manage the established foundational teams, tools, and processes to ensure seamless delivery across the divestment and TSA as well as future merger scope.

Responsibilities:

• The Solution Architect is responsible for bridging the gap between business problems and technology solutions. They help in identifying the best solution among all available choices to solve the existing business problems by carefully reviewing and analysing the business, functional, and technical requirements. They describe the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of solution to client stakeholders and Delivery Leadership and project team.
• Design, implement and direct a solution architecture to address specific problems and requirements, usually through the application of technical, business process and/or industry knowledge.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders for solution planning.
• Serve as liaison to other Implementation workstreams on process and technical integration issues. Work with solution leads and functional leads to refine end to end business process scenarios to confirm the integration between process areas
• Provide solution recommendations and help drive resolution of major process and technical build issues within and across process teams, specifically where there is a significant degree of integration.
• Provide process governance, business process and SAP experience.
• Own long-term integrity of the overall solution
• Ability to estimate and provide ROM or detailed estimations for various potential solutions, working with Financial Management team to formally cost these solutions.
• Ability to provide delivery support to inflight projects, and assist in resolving open risks and issues – by leveraging past experience to help guide the team.
• Provide clients with full life-cycle project implementation consulting expertise including assessments, blueprinting, system build, testing and go-live stabilisation.
• Prepare and facilitate assessment/blueprint workshops to analyse clients’ business requirements. Consultant must be able to explain business reasons for utilising functionalities and transform them into business SAP best business practice.
• Prepare summary level presentations and facilitate future state system design and process workshops to obtain client acceptance.
• Perform in cross-functional team environments where strong interpersonal communication skills are essential. In certain situations teams may be geographically diverse or involve other implementation consulting partners.
• Assume internal responsibility for the successful implementation under hard and fast deadlines.
• Perform and support pre-sales activities.
• Understand and lead discussions on SAP in the NEW (with relevant experience (delivery or sales) for example AI, BDC, Joule, etc.
• Perform and support ongoing engagement with SAP.
• Conduct and support communication and relationship building with senior clients.
• Preference is to have mining industry experience.
• Focus on building internal network of SME’s.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Minimum Requirements:

• Prior SAP implementation experience required. Project references must be verifiable.
• Lead Solution Architect role for multiple full life-cycle implementations including all phases (blueprint, configuration, training, cut-over and post go-live support).
• SAP S/4 relevant experience (not just ECC).

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Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or applicable work experience would be advantageous.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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