Job Description About the Team KPMG’s Technology Implementation team supports clients across a wide range of industries to deliver technology‑enabled business transformation. Our business‑led approach brings together deep industry insight, functional expertise, and technology know‑how to help organisations realise their strategic ambitions. Our SAP Capability is growing nationally, and in this role, you will be a key contributor within a team of highly experienced SAP architects, consultants, and delivery specialists. We partner with clients across complex transformation programs, ensuring SAP solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with modern architectural and cloud practices. Your Opportunity As an SAP Solution Architect, you will be accountable for the end‑to‑end solution design across SAP Private Cloud (RISE) and Public Cloud landscapes. You will act as the architectural authority across both presales and delivery, ensuring high‑quality, scalable, and secure SAP solutions that meet client requirements and support the success of our SAP practice. You will play a critical role in shaping solutions, guiding project teams, and influencing architectural standards across the firm. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with senior stakeholders, contribute to major transformation initiatives, and help uplift architectural capability across the practice. Key Responsibilities Presales & Solution Design Shape SAP architecture across presales engagements including: Client workshops and discovery End‑to‑end SAP solution design across functional, technical, and integration layers Architecture diagrams, solution documentation, and effort estimates Design scalable solutions across SAP Private Cloud Edition and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, aligned with SAP Clean Core principles. Contribute to proposals, SoWs, pricing models, and delivery approaches. Act as a primary architectural advisor to sales teams, delivery leads, partners, and customers. Delivery Quality & Governance Own architectural quality across active SAP engagements. Conduct: Architecture and design reviews Design assurance checkpoints Risk and dependency assessments Ensure solutions adhere to: SAP leading practices Cloud and security standards Integration and data architecture principles Provide escalation support for complex delivery challenges. Guide delivery teams to resolve design, performance, scalability, or integration issues. Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement Act as a trusted advisor to senior business and IT stakeholders. Collaborate closely with SAP, hyperscalers, and partner ecosystems. Mentor and uplift architects, functional consultants, and technical specialists. Contribute to the development of architectural standards, accelerators, templates, and reusable assets. Experience SAP Functional & Technical Expertise Broad hands‑on experience across major SAP modules, such as: S/4HANA Finance Manufacturing & Supply Chain (PP, MM, SD, EWM, TM, IBP) EAM SuccessFactors Ariba & Fieldglass BTP, Integration Suite, CPI Analytics (SAC, Datasphere) Strong understanding of: SAP Private Cloud Edition (RISE) SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Hybrid and side‑by‑side architectures Architecture & Cloud Demonstrated experience designing enterprise‑scale SAP architectures. Knowledge of: SAP Clean Core strategy and extension patterns (in‑app and side‑by‑side) Integration architectures (API‑led, event‑driven) Experience working with hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) in SAP environments. Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement Strong commercial and presales mindset. Excellent communication and stakeholder management capability. Ability to challenge constructively and make sound architectural decisions. Experience supporting project teams through complex design and delivery issues.
