About us:
Amach is an industry-leading technology driven company with headquarters located in Dublin and remote teams in UK and Europe.
Our blended teams of local and nearshore talent are optimised to deliver high quality and collaborative solutions.
Established in 2013, we specialise in cloud migration and development, digital transformation including agile software development, DevOps, automation, data and machine learning…
We are seeking an experienced SAP Finance Functional Architect to join our team in a 6 month contract. The SAP Finance Functional Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and optimising the end-to-end Finance solution architecture across the enterprise. Focusing on Order-to-Cash (OtC), Record-to-Report (RtR), and Procure-to-Pay (PtP), the role ensures functional integrity, process standardisation, and solution excellence across all SAP S/4HANA Finance capabilities.
This role acts as the primary functional design authority for Finance and works closely with the SAP Product Team, SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE), Business Process Owners, and Transformation Programme teams to ensure that SAP solution decisions are scalable, compliant, and strategically aligned to the Group’s transformation objectives.
Required skills & qualifications:
- Deep SAP Finance functional expertise across OtC, RtR, PtP
- Strong knowledge of S/4HANA Finance, including Universal Journal, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Asset Accounting, and Group Reporting
- Proven experience in functional architecture or senior functional design roles
- Strong understanding of SAP best practice processes and end-to-end cross-functional integration
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience working in complex, multi-entity, global transformation environments
Key responsibilities & duties include:
Functional Architecture & Design Authority
- Own the end-to-end SAP Finance functional architecture across OtC, RtR, and PtP
- Translate business strategy and process requirements into scalable SAP S/4HANA Finance solutions
- Maintain the Finance solution blueprint, standard definitions, and functional guardrails
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, SAP best practices, and programme principles
Process Governance & Standards
- Establish and enforce global design standards across Finance processes
- Govern changes to Finance processes and functional scope through structured design authority forums
- Drive process harmonisation across operating companies to maximise re-use and minimise customisation
- Provide expert guidance to Process Owners on best-practice SAP Finance capabilities
Collaboration with SAP Product & CoE Teams
- Partner closely with SAP Product Managers and SAP CoE to assure consistent design, backlog prioritisation, and release integrity
- Support Product Teams during refinement, solutioning, configuration, and functional testing
- Review and approve functional specifications, configuration decisions, and enhancement requests
Programme Engagement & Transformation Support
- Act as the functional lead across major transformation initiatives including S/4HANA, Central Finance, Group Reporting, Tax, Treasury, and BTP extensions
- Work with programme streams on solution design, data mapping, integrations, testing, and cutover
- Provide decision support and ensure functional dependencies are identified and resolved
Data, Integration & Reporting Alignment
- Ensure Finance master data, transactional structures, and reporting hierarchies align to global standards
- Oversee functional aspects of integrations across SAP and non-SAP systems (CPI, APIs, banking, tax engines)
- Support design of analytics, KPIs, group reporting, and compliance-related reporting structures
Stakeholder Leadership & Business Advisory
- Act as the trusted functional advisor to Finance leadership, GPOs, and business SMEs
- Facilitate solution design workshops, capability assessments, and process maturity discussions
- Provide clarity on SAP Finance roadmap, dependencies, and functional implications of design choices
Quality Assurance & Delivery Governance
- Ensure functional designs meet quality, control, compliance, and audit requirements
- Support testing cycles (SIT, UAT, regression) with functional scenarios and acceptance criteria
- Validate training materials, business readiness, and future-state process documentation
What’s in it for you:
- An opportunity to join a fast-growing company
- Options for career advancement
- Learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working environment
- Competitive salaries based on experience
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Amach is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This job description is intended to convey essential responsibilities and qualifications for this role, but it is not an exhaustive list of tasks that an employee may be required to perform.
If you are passionate about driving customer success, advising on strategic solutions, and contributing to product innovation, we would love to hear from you!
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At Amach, we strive to be an inclusive community of open-minded individuals with different backgrounds and we are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strongly believe that a diversity of experience and background is essential to create a fulfilling environment and better solutions for our people and our customers. All Amach employees and contractors are expected to honour this policy and act to ensure that every individual is respected in the workplace.
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- Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way
- Collected only for valid purposes and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
- Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes
- Accurate and kept up to date
- Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about
- Kept securely
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