SAP Public Sector Financials Solution Architect

SAP Public Sector Financials Solution Architect

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Category:
Information Technology

Hybrid in Mc Lean VA / Can be remote

Contract / Full-Time

24 months

Lateral Insights is seeking an experienced SAP Public Sector Financials Solution Architect to support a large-scale County Government transformation initiative involving SAP S/4

HANA, SAP Success Factors, and third-party benefits administration platforms. The Solution Architect will provide leadership for the Public Sector Finance workstream and ensure the successful transformation of the existing SAP R/3 environment to SAP S/4

HANA while supporting public sector financial processes, compliance requirements, and integration with HR and external systems.

• Define and govern the end-to-end SAP Public Sector Financials solution architecture.
• Lead design workshops with business stakeholders and government agencies.
• Develop target-state business processes aligned with SAP S/4
  
  HANA best practices.
• Ensure solution alignment across Finance, Procurement, Treasury, Grants, Funds Management, HR, and external systems.
• Lead Public Sector Financials design and migration from SAP R/3 to SAP S/4
  
  HANA.
• Assess current-state processes and recommend transformation opportunities.
• Define data migration, integration, security, and compliance requirements.
• Support fit-gap analysis and solution blueprint development.
• Provide functional and architectural leadership for GL, AP, AR, BCS, FM, GM, Treasury and Cash Management, Public Sector Accounting, Tax Management, Wage and Payroll Accounting Integration, Revenue Management, Utility Billing Integration, Procurement and Supplier Management.
• Architect integrations between SAP S/4
  
  HANA, SAP Success Factors, Benefits Administration Platforms, and third-party systems.
• Define integration strategy using SAP Integration Suite and standard APIs.
• Ensure seamless employee, payroll, benefits, and financial data flows.
• Ensure compliance with government accounting standards and public sector regulations.
• Support audit, security, risk management, and internal control requirements.
• Participate in architecture review boards and steering committee meetings.
• Work closely with Program Managers, Project Managers, Functional Leads, and Technical Architects.
• Provide solution guidance during design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare phases.
• Support change management and organizational readiness activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.
• 12+ years of SAP experience.
• 8+ years of experience in SAP Public Sector Financials.
• Minimum 3 full lifecycle SAP Public Sector implementations.
• Minimum 2 SAP S/4
  
  HANA transformation programs.
• Strong expertise in SAP Funds Management, SAP Grants Management, SAP Treasury and Cash Management, Public Sector Budgeting, Government Accounting, Tax and Revenue Management.
• Experience with SAP Success Factors integration.
• Experience integrating SAP with Benefits Administration platforms.
  
  Strong stakeholder management and client-facing consulting skills.

• Experience with County, State, Federal, or Municipal Government organizations.
• SAP S/4
  
  HANA certification.
• SAP Public Sector Management certification.
• SAP Financial Accounting (FI) certification.
• SAP Treasury certification.
• Experience with SAP Integration Suite and SAP BTP.
• Knowledge of public sector compliance and audit frameworks.

• SAP S/4
  
  HANA Public Sector Management, Funds Management (FM), Grants Management (GM), Treasury & Cash Management, Government Accounting, Budgeting & Fiscal Control, SAP FI/CO, SAP Success Factors Integration, SAP Integration Suite, Enterprise Architecture, Data Migration, Change Management, Security & Compliance, Stakeholder Management

• County Government, State Government, Federal Government, Municipal Utilities, Public Administration, Public Sector Shared Services