Finance Enterprise Architect Permanent NEW

Finance Enterprise Architect
Company Industry – Entertainment
Location – London

This role is working for a leading entertainment company based in London as they are currently undergoing a transformation project to move from SAP ECC to SAP S4 HANA.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong understanding of SAP and non-SAP Finance systems, integration’s and reporting tools to challenge design decisions and ensure Technology delivery remains aligned to Finance outcomes.
• Support data quality, master data, role-based access, segregation of duties, SAP GRC, MDG reviews and mitigation reporting as required by Finance leadership, regulators and statutory auditors.
• Support the monthly financial close and other critical Finance cycles by ensuring data, reconciliation and reporting issues are understood, prioritised and resolved with the relevant teams.
• Identify opportunities to simplify Finance processes, reduce operational risk, improve controls and strengthen the effectiveness of Finance systems delivery.
• Develop and maintain the target Finance process and systems architecture, ensuring alignment with the Finance operating model, control framework, enterprise architecture principles and transformation roadmap
• Translate Finance business requirements into clear process designs, solution options, delivery scope, decision papers and implementation priorities.
• Ensure solution designs support practical Finance operations, measurable business outcomes, robust controls, clear ownership and sustainable support arrangements.
• Identify and document the Finance business impacts of moving from SAP ECC to S/4HANA, including changes to the Universal Journal, Business Partner model, Material Ledger, Asset Accounting, Cash Management, Credit Management, Fiori-led user experience, reporting, integrations, controls and legacy custom processes.