Enterprise Architect - Finance & Enterprise Applications (limited contract)

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll build

As an Enterprise Architect, you'll shape the future architecture of SAP's internal Finance technology landscape, ensuring business strategy and technology evolve together.

You'll partner with senior business leaders, enterprise stakeholders, and IT product teams to define target architectures, create strategic roadmaps, and guide technology decisions across finance domains. Your work will help simplify complex business processes, improve operational efficiency, and enable scalable, future-ready solutions powered by SAP technologies.

In this role, you'll:

• Translate business strategy into sustainable enterprise architecture and technology roadmaps.
• Guide architectural decisions across finance-related business capabilities.
• Partner with IT Product Owners and delivery teams to ensure architectural vision is successfully implemented.
• Drive alignment across multiple initiatives while balancing innovation, standardization, and long-term sustainability.
• Develop architecture models, principles, and governance standards that support strategic decision-making.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture communities, decision boards, and cross-functional transformation programs.

Your work will directly influence how SAP's Finance organization adopts new technologies, modernizes business processes, and delivers long-term business value.

What you bring

We're looking for an experienced Enterprise or Solution Architect who combines strong business understanding with technology expertise and enjoys solving complex cross-functional challenges.

You bring:

• Proven 5+ years experience as an Enterprise Architect or Solution Architect designing large-scale business solutions.
• Practical expertise across at least three of the following domains:
  • Core Accounting & Financial Close
  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Treasury & Risk Management
  • Cash & Liquidity Management
  • Revenue Accounting
  • Billing
  • Tax & Trade
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • ESG / Sustainability
• Strong understanding of SAP technologies, including SAP Business Technology Platform.
• Experience translating business requirements into scalable enterprise architecture.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture methodologies and governance frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe or similar is a plus).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and executive audiences.
• Fluent English; German is an advantage.
• A collaborative mindset, curiosity, and a passion for driving business transformation through technology.

Where you belong

You'll join the Enterprise Architecture team within SAP Corporate Processes & Information Technology (CPIT), where strategy, business, and technology come together.

Our architects work across business domains, partnering closely with executives, business experts, and engineering teams to shape SAP's internal IT landscape. We value collaboration, continuous learning, and pragmatic decision-making, giving you the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide transformation while growing your expertise across multiple business domains.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

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Requisition ID: 456071 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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