SAP Lead Architect

Opportunity

Maersk is going through times of unprecedented change. From the farm to your refrigerator, or the factory to your wardrobe, we are developing solutions that meet customer needs from one end of the supply chain to the other. Digitization and IT are taking center stage in enabling our customers to trade globally.

Maersk is on multi-year program to revamp its technology and digital solutions footprint and as part of new strategy, SAP will act as the ‘digital core’ for company’s finance processes enabled by SAP’s latest cloud and S/4HANA offerings. Maersk has currently ECC based SAP finance solutions running for Ocean and logistics divisions and plan is to subsume these solutions within revamped S/4 HANA implementations. As an Architect, you will be responsible for architecture of all business solutions within and around existing SAP ECC landscape including add-ons , as well as enabling the ongoing transition to SAP S/4HANA landscape . You are also required to architect non-SAP finance systems which support consolidation, Treasury etc. You are also required to work closely with product owner, architects and other stakeholders from business and technology to deliver roadmaps and Digital innovation agenda.

We offer

We’re on a landmark journey to simplify global trade. It brings the chance to have a major impact on the world economy, but also, on your career development. With significant personal responsibility, you’ll improve your industry knowledge and build the communication and commercial skills that are highly valued in customer-facing roles – quite possibly at a pace that will surprise you.

Key responsibilities

• Understand business strategy and priorities and work with Architecture domain to align IT strategy
• Responsible for identifying, researching and prototyping new SAP Technologies and innovations, in Partnership with Product Owners and other architecture team and recommend approach
• Responsible to deliver Finance roadmap and strategy according to Enterprise Architecture principles and guidance
• Work with the Finance and Tax Platform owners , Head of Architecture and Enterprise Architecture team and establish architecture development methodology, framework, strategy and architecture principles
• Define Principles and standards that directs the developments and use of Digital core SAP platform that also supports the wider initiatives and digital strategies
• Responsible to deliver conceptual, logical and physical architectures for SAP products
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends and utilize the knowledge to deliver Proof of Concepts on emerging technologies i.e. Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence that supports the business outcomes
• Perform validation checks during build & deployment phases to ensure alignment with approved architectural design
• Acts as single point of contact for issue resolution and direction
• Responsible to maintain technical debt and create backlogs to support road maps
• Review and Sign off on Architectural designs
• Responsible to keep track of Finance system health checks and standardization metrics
• OKR dashboard to provide transparency, track and monitor delivery outcomes and capability of team

We are looking for

You have:
• Experience working as SAP Cross functional Architect in agile delivery environments
• A minimum 20 years’ hands on experience in SAP
• A minimum experience or understanding with Microsoft Azure fundamentals
• At least 5 years of experience with large SAP implementations as a cross functional expert or Architect including Consolidation and Treasury systems architecture
• Prior experience in architecting solutions for S/4 HANA, SAP ECC and add-ons including frontend solutions with Consolidation and Treasury functional exposure
• Proven ability to engage with business product owners to understand the business needs and priorities, lead requirement gathering and analysis, and design solutions leveraging appropriate tools and platforms
• Prior experience with emerging technologies including ML, AI, IoT and Blockchain is a plus
• Experience in implementing large and complex SAP Projects, solution build, configuration and delivery to meet business requirements.
• Hands on experience in developing SAP solutions using configuration in FICO modules
• Experience with S/4HANA implementation
• Expert experience in two or more modules of SAP FI/CO, General Ledger, Tax, A/A, A/P, FI-CA, Asset Accounting, Travel Expense Management, Master Data Governance and Migration, Banking & Treasury, Revenue Recognition (RAR) Controlling ,SAP Analytical Cloud(SAC), Fiori , SAP PI/PO, Data Intelligence and PaPM modules
• Experience with middleware i.e. SAP PO , Seeburger and API technologies
• Experience with SAP Solution Manager
• Experience in handling Consolidation , Treasury and identity management (Non-SAP) solutions
• Experience in Mobile Device related development architecture
• Experience in working with Agile, Scrum and waterfall delivery models
• Good problem solving, analytical & communication skills. Ability to work in demanding situations
• Professional or Post Graduation degree in Computer Science or engineering, or a related field ,or equivalent alternative education
• Certification in TOGAF, SAP S/4HANA, API technologies are preferred
• Collaborative mindset across business functions
• Flexibility to work on different time-zones
• Prior experience of working for shipping and logistics industry is advantage

At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.