SAP R2R Business Solution Architect Bratislava, Slovakia or Remote

Responsibilities

• Run SAP pre-sale and implementation project governance, including business requirements adjustment and development, fit-gap analysis, process and organizational change, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Support assessment of current customer solutions and potential areas of opportunity for SAP solution implementation
• Support adjustment and development Record-to-Report (R2R) functional requirements and identification of related IT and business enablers from the initial point of view around customer initiatives to the final blueprint as a base for SAP implementation
• Support in account planning activities to build the customer vision based on the solution scope
• Drive architecture governance and methodologies to ensure consistency, communication, and cooperation across the R2R domain of architecture
• Partake in the customer engagement lifecycle, and act as an integral member of the account engagement team
• Define and integrate business, data, application, and the technical R2R architecture domain
• Lead/support the target architecture & customer roadmap development and maintain alignment with SAP solutions
• Proactively introduce innovation topics to solve specific customer needs
• Build personal customer relationships and support EPAM sales team in detailed customer (solution) discovery discussions
• Stay up to date about R2R improvement trends and the actual SAP portfolio of related solutions to formulate a customer roadmap
• Estimate work efforts relating to the R2R process and related organizational design improvement, SAP technical configuration and development

Requirements

• Expertise in identifying R2R-related business opportunities and solution gaps, as well as develop gap closure options
• Capability to present SAP features and innovations filtered and focused on potential customer needs related to the R2R domain
• Experience in R2R business architecture development with knowledge of related business processes, SAP solutions, and delivery methodology
• Understanding of SAP S/4HANA (Finance, Controlling) functionality
• High-level knowledge of budgeting and S&OP processes, cost allocation methods, fast closing approaches
• Ability to align and effectively communicate with customer IT and business organizations

Nice to have

• High-level understanding of the capabilities, functionality, and technologies of SAP S/4HANA (Logistics), CFin, PaPM, BPC, IBP, and related deployment options
• Familiarity with GAAP and IFRS accounting processes and principles
• Knowledge of the sales process cycle, account management, and go-to-market planning in IT service sales
• Expertise in frameworks such as PMP, SAP Architectural and Design Thinking, and TOGAF

We offer

• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, agile, software engineering culture
• Benefit program (5 weeks of vacation, 5 paid sick days, meal vouchers, cafeteria and recreation bonuses, reimbursement of glasses, contribution to pension fund)
• Referral bonuses for recommended candidates
• English language courses
• Great learning and development opportunities, including in-house professional training, career advisory and coaching, sponsored professional certifications, well-being programs, LinkedIn Learning Solutions and much more