Sr. Finance Systems Architect

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP S/4HANA Finance (FICO) Architect to lead and provide hands-on functional architecture for enterprise-scale ECC to S/4HANA transformation programs across commercial and manufacturing environments.

The ideal candidate combines deep SAP Finance expertise with strong business acumen exceptional stakeholder communication and a proven record of successfully architecting and delivering multiple complex S/4HANA transformations. This individual must be equally comfortable engaging senior Finance leadership driving cross-functional design decisions and working hands-on with detailed SAP processes and configuration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end SAP Finance architecture and solution design for ECC to S/4HANA transformations.
• Drive fit-to-standard process simplification harmonization and adoption of S/4HANA capabilities rather than simply replicating legacy ECC processes.
• Provide deep functional leadership across GL AR AP Banking Cash Management Asset Accounting Product Costing Material Ledger Intercompany period-end close and financial reporting.
• Lead Finance integration across SD MM PP manufacturing procurement sales and other enterprise processes.
• Serve as a key Finance architect for SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) including solution design integration accounting testing reconciliation migration and deployment.
• Represent Finance and business stakeholder interests in major solution and architecture decisions.
• Translate complex business accounting compliance and control requirements into scalable S/4HANA solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes automation controls compliance data quality and operational excellence.
• Lead Finance aspects of data migration SIT/UAT reconciliation cutover go-live and stabilization.
• Facilitate executive and working-level design discussions and effectively manage cross-functional teams and implementation partners.

Leadership Profile:

We are looking for a business-focused architect not simply a configuration specialistsomeone who can move seamlessly between executive-level discussions and hands-on SAP solution design. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator and collaborative team player who can challenge legacy processes constructively represent business stakeholder interests drive difficult cross-functional decisions and deliver solutions that improve process efficiency financial controls compliance and overall business excellence.

Required Experience:

• Extensive SAP FICO/S/4HANA Finance experience with demonstrated senior architect or solution-lead responsibilities.
• Proven delivery of multiple enterprise ECC to S/4HANA conversion/transformation programs preferably in complex global environments.
• Strong hands-on experience across both commercial and manufacturing Finance processes.
• Expert knowledge of GL AR AP Banking Cash Assets Product Costing Material Ledger Intercompany and Finance integration.
• Strong practical SAP RAR implementation experience is essential including revenue contracts performance obligations allocation fulfillment revenue recognition integration and accounting.
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA Finance architecture Universal Journal Business Partner and key ECC-to-S/4 process changes.
• Experience with financial controls compliance audit requirements data migration testing reconciliation and cutover.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence senior Finance business IT and program leadership.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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