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About the Role

This role sits within the Global Solutions Domain within Digital Transformation organization in Global Digital, overseeing the delivery of the Integrated Value Chain (IVC) programme. We are seeking an experienced Application Architect for our global S/4 HANA public cloud solution to evolve and govern the solution, ensuring it is scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with enterprise standards to deliver business value.

Responsibilities

Develop and own end-to-end application architectures for the Global Engagement Management and Finance (S/4HANA) Programme, meeting global business, security, regulatory, and performance requirements.
Own and define application components, integration patterns, data flows, and deployment models.
Present regularly to the Global Digital Transformation Steerco, approving cross-region and cross-domain decisions and exceptions.
Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and design patterns aligned with enterprise strategies.
Produce architecture artifacts such as context diagrams, logical/physical designs, API specifications, and integration blueprints.
Define key application capabilities and ensure the S/4HANA public cloud solution design supports their realization.
Ensure alignment of application architecture with business architecture, enterprise architecture, and technology strategy.
Make decisions ensuring technical excellence, versatility, safety, soundness, resiliency, and scalability in architecting and engineering product solutions, and managing technical delivery.
Chair Global Solution Architecture Design Boards.
Lead and influence global standardization and local variations.
Establish and own architectural standards and guardrails aligned with SAP S/4HANA best practices.
Establish and manage design governance, ensuring consistency, scalability, and adherence to global standards.
Ensure consistency and interoperability of applications across global regions and business units.
Collaborate with regional SAP business architects and regional process owners to ensure solution integrity across modules and integrations.
Work with and influence executive leadership, including Member Firm COOs, CFOs & CIOs, global and regional business architects, regional solution architects, and regional business process owners to translate and align the S/4HANA transformation with business goals and operational realities.
Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle from concept to deployment.
Facilitate architecture reviews, design workshops, and functional decision-making sessions.
Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, and tools to improve global application capabilities.
Develop roadmaps and strategies for continuous improvements.
Evaluate and communicate new functionalities being released in the bi-annual product releases.
Support enterprise initiatives such as data and integration strategies and global AI strategies.
Incorporate cybersecurity, compliance, and data governance requirements into application designs.
Ensure solutions are reliable, scalable, and aligned with SLAs, performance expectations, and best operational practices.
Execute global processes designed to assess quality, security, and compliance risks and plan mitigations.

Requirements

Significant experience in a senior application architecture, business transformation, process architecture, or enterprise design, ideally within SAP S/4HANA programmes.
Substantial proven experience defining and governing global process models and application architecture frameworks across multiple geographies.
Strong expertise in modern application platforms.
Experience designing distributed, global-scale systems with high availability and performance.
Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes.
Demonstrated ability to operate across both strategic and hands-on delivery levels in a global programme context.
Experience managing FTEs, contractors, and onshore/offshore resources.
Managed a domain budget of at least $3m.
Experience within a consulting or advisory environment, preferably within a Big 4 or equivalent.
Experience working with SAP Activate or similar ERP delivery methodologies.
Exposure to cloud-enabled business models and intelligent enterprise concepts.

Skills

Strategic planning
Goal setting
Processes development
Budgeting
Creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams
Leadership
Strategic thinking
Problem-solving aptitude
Broad technology trends alignment with business goals
Executive presence
Business acumen
Presentation skills
Software engineering (languages, frameworks, techniques, industry trends)
Microsoft technologies
SAP technologies
Salesforce technologies
ServiceNow technologies
Research and analysis of technology for build vs buy decisions
Knowledge of technology trends for multiyear business strategy

Location

Global

Work Type

Flexible working

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, BCS Business Architecture, SAP S/4HANA certification, or equivalent) are advantageous.

About the Company

KPMG International, with over 276,000 colleagues in 138 countries, imagines big ideas and brings solutions to life for clients.
KPMG International helps set strategy and protects the reputation of this global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services.
We deliver value to our member firms and drive positive change in the communities we serve.
Global Digital enables KPMG’s digital transformation, provides trusted technology services, ensures network security, and accelerates Collective Strategy.
Our ways of working are based on customer-centricity, communities of expertise, an optimized delivery model, flexibility, a culture of empowerment, and fulfilling careers.
We are organized under five domains: Technology Portfolio Delivery, Global Enterprise Technology, Technology Strategy & Blueprint, Global Information Security Group, and Business Operations.
Global Digital colleagues play a pivotal role in driving technology excellence at the heart of Collective Strategy v3.0.

Equal Opportunity

At KPMG International, we recognise that inclusion and diversity are essential for success.
We want to attract, retain, and develop diverse talent at all levels.
This means recruiting from the widest pool of talent across our network and beyond, removing barriers that can prevent our people from reaching their full potential, and fostering a fully inclusive environment which empowers everyone to bring their whole selves to work.
KPMG International is proud to be an inclusive place to work and we are committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our recruitment process.
Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require with your recruitment contact.