Position: ERP Finance Solution Architect
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (January 2026)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Bedfordshire, UK (Hybrid, 2-3 days)
Language(s): English
Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale.
Client – Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world’s biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.
Role – We are seeking an experienced ERP Finance Solution Architect to lead enterprise-level solution design across Finance and adjacent domains. This role plays a critical part in shaping technology solutions that support complex business change, ensuring alignment between business strategy, enterprise architecture standards, and modern cloud-based platforms. You will operate at senior stakeholder level, driving solution ideation, architecture governance, and end-to-end design across Finance, HR, and Procurement systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Skills:
Desirable Skills
If you are interested or would like to know more, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.
Applicants must be a UK based and holds a valid right to work status.
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (January 2026)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Bedfordshire, UK (Hybrid, 2-3 days)
Language(s): English
Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale.
Client – Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world’s biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.
Role – We are seeking an experienced ERP Finance Solution Architect to lead enterprise-level solution design across Finance and adjacent domains. This role plays a critical part in shaping technology solutions that support complex business change, ensuring alignment between business strategy, enterprise architecture standards, and modern cloud-based platforms. You will operate at senior stakeholder level, driving solution ideation, architecture governance, and end-to-end design across Finance, HR, and Procurement systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead enterprise-level architecture and design discussions across Finance and related domains.
- Drive solution ideation, design, and implementation activities from concept through delivery.
- Translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable IT solutions.
- Review and validate architecture changes against industry best practices and enterprise standards.
- Recommend system upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options, considering TCO, usability, and productivity.
- Define solution roadmaps and architectural blueprints aligned to strategic objectives.
- Communicate architectural decisions clearly to business and technology stakeholders.
- Collaborate with domain architects to formalise and adopt IT standards and procedures.
- Support architectural governance across application portfolios and peer IT programmes.
- Influence and evolve architecture standards where required.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in enterprise or solution architecture within Finance-led programmes.
- Strong understanding of ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Unit4, including integrations.
- Solid knowledge of cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred), microservices, APIs, event-driven design, and canonical data models.
- Strong grasp of architecture best practices, governance, and design principles.
- Ability to convert business vision and requirements into actionable architecture designs.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Desirable Skills
- Architecture or finance-related certifications (e.g. TOGAF, CFA, FRM).
- Oracle or SAP Finance Cloud certifications.
- Exposure to HR systems and their interaction with Finance.
- Experience with Ivalua, Ariba, or similar procurement platforms.
If you are interested or would like to know more, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.
Applicants must be a UK based and holds a valid right to work status.
