ERP Architect

Role purpose

Implementation and delivery

• Lead Finance and HR ERP implementation from planning through post-go-live stabilization.
• Define roadmaps, governance, milestones, escalation paths, and manage scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, budgets, and delivery quality.
• Coordinate business teams, IT, leadership, vendors, implementation partners, and system integrators.
• Gather and document requirements, translate business needs into functional specifications, and validate vendor solutions.
• Assess Finance and HR processes; define future-state workflows, operating models, approval matrices, and SOPs.

ERP workstreams

• Oversee Finance modules including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, procurement, reporting, fixed assets, and controls.
• Oversee HR and payroll processes including employee records, leave, attendance, benefits, and approvals.
• Ensure integration and data flow across Finance, HR, payroll, and third-party systems; lead business-side data migration, cleansing, mapping, reconciliation, and validation.
• Manage UAT, defect tracking, business sign-offs, go-live readiness, cutover, go-live execution, and stabilization.
• Drive change management, training, user adoption, and operational transition; ensure governance, audit readiness, segregation of duties, and access controls.
• Monitor performance, reporting accuracy, process compliance, and improvement opportunities; update stakeholders and escalate risks.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, IT, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in ERP implementation, business transformation, or enterprise systems.
• Proven experience leading at least one full-cycle ERP implementation.
• Strong understanding of Finance and HR operational processes and workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, or another ERP platform.
• Experience with ERP vendors, implementation partners, and system integrators.

Skills and preferred qualifications

• Strong experience in requirements gathering, process documentation, UAT, and data migration; good understanding of integrations, dependencies, workflows, and reporting structures.
• Strong project management, governance, and stakeholder management capabilities; able to manage priorities under pressure.
• Excellent communication, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills; strong leadership, ownership, change management, and execution capabilities.
• ERP, project management, or business transformation certifications are preferred. PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or Workday certifications are an advantage.
• Experience in regulated, financial, technology, government, or fast-growing environments is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
• Health and wellness support, career development, and learning opportunities.
• Exposure to high-impact projects and cross-functional teams in a collaborative culture.

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