Finance Capability Architect (ERP & Finance Applications) (m/f/div) - Automotive Finance & Controlling

We are looking for a highly skilled Finance Capability Architect (ERP & Finance Applications) to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will design, validate, and implement scalable financial and controlling solutions that ensure technical feasibility, seamless system integration, and process automation. Acting as a bridge between business needs and technological capabilities, you will play a key role in shaping robust architectures that align with enterprise standards and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable governance‑defined Finance processes and solution standards across the Finance application landscape
• Shape and assess Finance capability enablement options across applications (e.g. Central Finance, SAP PaPM, new SAP Finance capabilities)
• Translate Finance governance and solution standards into application‑level capability and integration concepts
• Analyze impacts, dependencies, and feasibility of Finance capability changes across processes, data, and reporting
• Define cross‑application integration and data flow implications required to enable Finance capabilities
• Drive capability assessments, feasibility studies, and proof‑of‑concepts in close alignment with Finance stakeholders and IT
• Prepare decision options, recommendations, and transition paths for Finance leadership
• Act as the Finance counterpart to IT for capability enablement and application‑level discussions
• Contribute to Finance capability roadmaps while ensuring alignment with governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements