Job DescriptionThe Functional Architect will lead the design and implementation of SAP S/4HANA RISE solutions for Financial Planning and Accounting processes. This role is responsible for driving fit-to-standard adoption, defining end-to-end business processes, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring the solution meets compliance, reporting, and operational requirements.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert on S/4HANA Finance modules, including:
- General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA), Controlling (CO), Bank Accounting, and Financial Planning
- Define the target business processes in alignment with SAP best practices and organizational objectives
- Lead Fit-to-Standard workshops to capture business requirements, assess gaps, and recommend solutions
- Develop functional design specifications for configurations, enhancements, and integrations with upstream/downstream systems
- Oversee system configuration and validate end-to-end solution design
- Collaborate with technical architects, data migration teams, and integration leads to ensure solution integrity
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOX requirements, and data privacy regulations
- Support testing strategy, scenario development, and defect resolution
- Provide guidance on user training, change management, and go-live readiness
- Act as a key liaison between business leaders, internal technology teams, and external System Integration (SI) partners to ensure alignment and effective delivery
QualificationsREQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field
- SAP S/4HANA certifications (Finance) strongly preferred
- 10+ years of experience in SAP Finance solutions, with at least 2 end-to-end S/4HANA implementations (including RISE)
- Expertise in SAP Finance modules (GL, AP, AR, CO, AA, etc.)
- Strong understanding of Financial Planning processes (Budgeting, Forecasting, Management Reporting)
- Familiarity with SAP Fiori apps and S/4HANA innovations (Universal Journal, Embedded Analytics) and its impact on finance processes
- Experience in Fit-to-Standard implementation methodology
- Prior experience working in a high-tech manufacturing environment, supporting complex global business models and supply chain integrations
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with global teams across multiple time zones
- Experience engaging with business stakeholders, technology teams, and external partners to drive consensus and accountability
- Knowledge of compliance and audit requirements in finance processes
- Ability to design integrations with Procurement, Sales, and HR processes
- Ability to work in a hybrid delivery model with onshore and offshore teams
- Significant hands-on experience in both SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA Finance
- Experience with data migration strategies and execution during SAP S/4HANA implementations.
SKILLS:
- Strong business-facing skills and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships.
- Excellent communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels
Compensation & Benefits Details- An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
