SAP Functional SME

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end process discovery and AS-IS/TO-BE design for Record-to-Report, Source-to-Pay, and Order-to-Cash processes.
• Define S/4HANA solution scope using standard, clean-core capabilities.
• Own S/4HANA functional configuration, business rules, and master-data strategy.
• Partner with developers on extensions, APIs, and orchestration where standard functionality is insufficient.
• Use SAP Process Intelligence and related business process intelligence tools to identify root causes, quantify opportunities, and prioritize improvements.
• Define requirements for AI-assisted and agentic process improvements, including task automation, recommendations, anomaly detection, and generative assistants.
• Determine when AI, human oversight, or deterministic rules are appropriate in controlled and auditable processes.
• Partner with Finance process owners, architects, developers, and engineering teams to define data flows across S/4HANA, process intelligence tools, SAP BTP, and Databricks AI.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, validate business value, define acceptance criteria, and lead user acceptance testing.
• Define KPIs and track ROI, cycle time, touchless transaction rates, exception reduction, manual-touch reduction, and adoption.
• Build business cases for automation and AI initiatives.
• Coach process owners and functional teams on process intelligence, best practices, and AI adoption.
• Drive readiness and change management.

Requirements

• 6+ years of SAP functional consulting experience.
• Hands-on delivery across at least one complete S/4HANA lifecycle.
• Deep expertise in one or more of Record-to-Report, Source-to-Pay, or Order-to-Cash, with working knowledge of adjacent areas and master-data governance.
• Experience leading process discovery, process mapping, and process mining using SAP Process Intelligence or equivalent business process intelligence tools.
• Strong clean-core S/4HANA design approach and judgment about extensions versus process changes.
• Practical experience applying Databricks AI and agentic capabilities to enterprise processes.
• Understanding of AI governance, controls, auditability, and human oversight.
• Knowledge of integration patterns including APIs/OData, IDoc, SAP Integration Suite, and SAP BTP.
• Working knowledge of SAP authorizations, segregation of duties, SOX, and audit requirements.
• Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, change-management, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to present ROI and translate technical capabilities into measurable business value.
• Pragmatic, outcome-driven approach to reducing process waste and risk.

Nice-to-Haves

• SAP S/4HANA Associate or Professional certification for a relevant module.
• SAP Activate methodology experience.
• SAP Process Intelligence certification or training.
• Experience with Celonis or other process mining vendors.
• Experience delivering an AI-assisted process improvement in production.
• Familiarity with SAP BTP, AI Core, and Joule.
• Experience working with data teams to make ERP data usable for analytics and AI on modern data platforms such as Databricks.
• Experience in a high-growth technology company where ERP systems needed to scale quickly.

Compensation and Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks are offered, with details varying by region.