SAP Solution Architect

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.

Qualifications

• SAP Architecture certification (e.g., SAP Certified Technology Associate or Professional) – highly regarded
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud certifications – highly regarded
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification – preferred
• Hyperscaler cloud certification (AWS / Azure / GCP) – desirable

Additional Information

KPMG is a professional services firm with global outreach and deep sector experience. We work with clients across an array of industries to solve complex challenges, steer change and enable growth. 

Our people are what make KPMG the thriving workplace that it is and what sets us apart is that we know great minds think differently. Collaborate with a team of passionate, highly skilled professionals who’ve got your back. You’ll build relationships with unique and diverse colleagues who will provide you with the support you need to be your best and produce meaningful and impactful work in an inclusive, equitable culture.

At KPMG, you’ll take control over how you work. We’re embracing a new way of working in many ways, from offering flexible hours and locations to generous paid parental leave and career breaks. Our people enjoy a variety of exciting perks, including retail discounts, health and wellbeing initiatives, learning and growth opportunities, salary packaging options and more.

Diverse candidates have diverse needs. During your recruitment journey, information will be provided about adjustment requests. If you require additional support before submitting your application, please contact the Talent Attraction Support Team.

At KPMG every career is different, and we look forward to seeing how you grow with us.