Hiring: Finance Enterprise Architect

Job Description SAP S/4 HANA Finance Enterprise Architect \n The role of the SAP S/4 HANA Finance Enterprise Architect is to develop the UK Firm's technology strategy for Finance and Engagement Management domain and translate this into a roadmap that determines our investment priorities and transformation portfolio. The technology strategy needs to promote a seamless, end-to-end customer and employee experience by enabling the efficient creation and modification of effective and reusable technology components. In particular, the strategy should promote the use of modern, Cloud-based technologies; support typical Finance use cases; challenge the business strategy based on emerging and future technology trends; and establish a catalogue that supports the reuse of new technology components, whilst targeting legacy applications and technology for decommissioning. The role should also help to execute and govern the strategy, by helping solution architects and projects to design solutions that are fit for purpose and conform to our standards and patterns. \n Key Responsibilities \n \n \n You will need to maintain your core knowledge of Finance and Engagement Management (FEM) platforms, wider technology trends and the KPMG technology ecosystem; build FEM roadmaps and solutions; and govern relevant technology choices within the Firm. In addition to the FEM domain, you will be expected to cover other business and/or technology domains as and when required. \n \n Core knowledge \n \n \n Maintain a high level of technical knowledge incl. current, emerging and future technology market trends and their impact on the business \n \n Develop and maintain expert knowledge of KPMG's technology ecosystem, incl. the main applications and technologies that interact with FEM technologies \n \n Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs and specific projects to analyse and translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible \n \n If required, provide advice to and/or seek to learn from other Member Firms, client teams and/or clients that are seeking to implement or improve their use of FEM applications \n \n Applicaiton Portfolio Management \n \n Manage and maintain the application inventory for your assigned domains. \n Work with stakeholders to assign application categories \n Manage the roadmap for phasing in and out applications based on their lifecycle dates \n Look to consolidate, decommission redundant and/or duplication application functionality for efficiency and cost savings \n \n Roadmaps