Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is offering a contract opportunity for an experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Enterprise Architect in a remote capacity. The role involves leading the architecture and transformation of a large-scale Finance Data Platform, integrating SAP S/4HANA with Google Cloud Platform and various reporting ecosystems while ensuring scalability and performance.
Responsibilities
- Define and own enterprise architecture blueprint for Finance Data Platform: SAP S/4HANA (CFIN, FI/CO, GL, COPA), Google Cloud Platform-based data Lakehouse (BigQuery-centric architecture)
- Develop architecture decision records (ADRs) and ensure audit-ready documentation
- Establish target-state architecture for driver-based planning and reporting ecosystem
- Lead architecture for: S/4HANA Finance data extraction (actuals, master data), Central Finance (CFIN) integration patterns, SAP to Google Cloud Platform replication (SLT, CDS, APIs, batch patterns)
- Ensure semantic alignment of financial data models (GL, cost center, profit center hierarchies)
- Architect BigQuery as centralized finance data hub
- Define: Data ingestion patterns (batch + near real-time), Transformation pipelines (Dataflow / Dataproc / SQL ELT), Metric layer strategies (pipeline vs feature store vs semantic layer)
- Lead design of: Curated finance datasets (gold layer), Reusable metrics layer (e.g., Operating Income, EBITDA)
- Architect integrations across: Anaplan (driver-based planning), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Tableau / Power BI / Sigma
- Define: Data contracts, Aggregation strategies, Write-back patterns (if applicable)
- Define architecture for: Pixel-perfect financial statements
- Ensure implementation of: Azure AD-based role-based access control (RBAC), Cost center / entity-based security models
- Enable roadmap for: Integrate: Model-ready datasets on Google Cloud Platform
- Define enterprise data governance strategy: Ensure compliance with:
Skills
- 12+ years in enterprise architecture roles
- 5+ years' deep experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO, CFIN)
- 5+ years' hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform data engineering and architecture
- Experience in Fortune 100 / large healthcare, retail, or PBM environments
- SAP S/4HANA FI/CO, COPA, GL
- Data extraction, CDS views, SLT
- Google Cloud Platform BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Dataproc
- Cloud Composer, Cloud Functions
- Data Architecture Data Lakehouse patterns
- ELT/ETL frameworks
- Semantic modeling
- Strong experience with ADRs (Architecture Decision Records)
- Data governance & lineage
- Security architecture (RBAC, IAM, Azure AD integration)
- Experience with ecosystems (Retail + Healthcare + PBM)
- Prior experience in finance transformation programs
- Exposure to AI/ML on Google Cloud Platform (Vertex AI, feature stores)
- Knowledge of driver-based planning architecture
- Anaplan (preferred)
- SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
- Tableau / Power BI / Sigma
Company Overview
Dice is the go-to career marketplace for tech professionals. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Drachten, Friesland, NLD, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.or-quest.nl/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Dice has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.