IFS Applications Architect

IFS Applications Architect – Source System SME

Position: IFS Applications Architect

Role

Purpose:

Source System SME for ERP Migration Program

Experience:

10–15+ Years (8+ Years in IFS Applications)

Industry: Manufacturing / Automotive Preferre

Background

Seeking an experienced IFS Applications Architect to support ERP migration from IFS Applications 8 to SAP. The role will act as the single point of contact for understanding IFS business processes, data structures, reporting, transactional flows, data extraction and source-to-target mapping activities.

• Serve as the go-to SME for IFS Applications across Finance, Procurement, Materials, SCM, Manufacturing, Sales, Projects and Quali
• ty. Explain IFS business processes, transactions, reports, tables, fields and data relationships to project teams.
• ms. Support SAP functional teams in understanding source-system processes and mapping requirements.
• Provide data extracts on demand during discovery, design, testing, mock cycles, cutover and hyperca
• re. Define extraction logic, field definitions, business rules and transformation requirements.
• ts. Support ETL and data migration teams with source data interpretation and reconciliation activities.
• es. Participate in SIT, UAT, Mock Loads, Cutover and Hypercare support activities.
• es. Perform root-cause analysis for migration and data-related issues from IFS perspective.

• ired Finance (GL, AP, AR, Assets, Banking, Financial Report
• ent)
  Materials & Inventory Manage
• ment Supply Chain Planning and Replenish
• ment Production & Manufacturing Or
• ders Sales Orders, Pricing, Shipping and
• EDIProject Systems and Budge
• ting Quality Management and Inspect

• uired
  
  Material M
• aster
  
  Customer M
• aster
  
  Chart of Acc
• ountsBOMs and Rou
• tingsA
• ssets
  
  Purchase O
• rders
  
  Production O
• rders
  
  Inventory Transac
• tionsAP/AR Open
• Items Journal Entries and Financial Bal
• ances
  
  Project and Quality Transac

• Skills Strong IFS database knowledge and SQL querying capa
• bility
  
  Experience in data extraction, ETL and migration s
• upport
  
  Understanding of IFS data model and customiz
• ations
  
  Experience supporting ERP migration programs and data reconcil

• erience
  
  Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Scienc
• e or ITIFS Apps 8 hands-on experience is ma
• ndatoryIFS to SAP migration experience pr
• eferred
  
  Manufacturing / Automotive industry experience pr
• eferred
  
  Experience in multi-plant and multi-company ERP envir

• Criteria Provide accurate source-system interpretation and mapping
• guidance
  
  Enable timely data extraction across all migratio
• n cycles
  
  Reduce source-side ambiguity during design and
• testing
  
  Act as the bridge between legacy IFS and target SAP