IT Solution Architect

Job Title: IT Solution Architect

Location: Charlotte NC 28216

Duration: 364 days

Shift Timings: M-F 8am - 5pm

Note: Location: Candidates within 2-3 hours of Charlotte NC or Corning NY preferred. Open to Remote candidates in all US locations (EST preferred) candidates must be willing to support EST time zone. Schedule: Full-time M-F 8am - 5pm - some flexibility may be required due to work with global teams. Note: ex. will support MST approximately 6 months for project. Interview Process: Two Rounds - First Round Video Interview with Team Lead Second Round Video Panel Interview (including technical team). One-year anticipated assignment. Possibility of extension based on demand. Travel: no travel required.

Summary of Job:

Seeking an exceptional professional with strong expertise in FICO/RTR to lead enterprise-level solution design and support ERP transformation initiatives. This role bridges business and IT defining scalable compliant and future-ready SAP solutions aligned with enterprise architecture and long-term strategy. The Solution Architect will translate business requirements into practical IT service architectures that meet business partner needs.

Must-have/Required skills:

• 10 years of SAP / ERP experience including large-scale S/4HANA implementations (at least 3 end-to-end implementations)
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP FICO / RTR and core finance processes
• Solid understanding of S/4HANA architecture and FI/CO integration
• Experience with SAP integrations across modules and external systems
• Proven ability in solution design blueprinting and architecture governance
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience supporting manufacturing industry
• Product Costing & Material Ledger: standard costing actual costing multi-level cost rollup and variance analysis
• Investment Management (IM): CapEx planning budgeting AR integration with CO and FI-AA
• SAP S/4HANA Finance architecture with Universal Journal (ACDOCA) and real-time FI/CO integration
• FI core processes: AP AR Business Partner payments (APP) credit management dunning and cash application
• S/4HANA Asset Accounting including AuC capitalization depreciation and asset lifecycle management
• Controlling (CO): Cost Center Profit Center (real-time PCA) Internal Orders allocations WIP and settlements
• Period-end close & compliance: parallel ledgers document splitting financial reporting tax integration
• Cross-module integration with MM SD PP PS and external systems

Nice-to-have skills:

• SAP certifications (FICO / S/4HANA)
• Experience in ECC to S/4HANA transformation programs
• Exposure to SAP BTP Analytics or cloud-based solutions
• Experience using AI resources to assist in solution design
• Strategic and analytical mindset
• Ability to influence across business and IT teams
• Self-driven adaptable and comfortable working in complex environments

Key responsibilities and duties:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders IT teams and external partners
• Participate in and lead project design sessions to develop end-to-end solutions for complex business problems. Challenge status-quo and think outside the box to devise innovative solutions
• Provide architectural guidance across project lifecycle (design build test deploy)
• Translate business requirements into end-to-end SAP solution designs
• Define and maintain ERP solution roadmaps and architecture standards
• Support ERP transformation and large-scale SAP implementation programs
• Drive standardization reusable patterns and best practices
• Troubleshooting: investigate analyze and solve problems
• Handle changes or emergency transport as needed for high priority issues