SAP FICO Solutin Architect

About Altivate:

Altivate is a digital transformation enabler on a mission to help businesses find smarter and more innovative ways of doing business. With headquarters located in Saudi Arabia along with 3 regional offices in Egypt, India, and Jordan, we combine different knowledge and technologies to offer our clients tailored solutions and services to address their unique needs.

Altivate provides end-to-end services and solutions based on industry best practices. Our technology competencies are vast and unique; they include SAP, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft PowerBI, Google Cloud Platform, Teradata, Tableau, MicroStrategy, etc.

We work with our clients on unravelling new business opportunities presented by new technologies. We help our clients become more resilient, sustainable, and profitable, efficiently improving their performance and bottom line.

Altivate is proud: SAP Gold Partner, SAP Certified Partner Center of Expertise, AWS Select Partner, Azure Partner and GCP Partner.

We're also a proud recent holder of SAP MEA North's Delivery Excellence award for 2022.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly experienced SAP FICO Solution Architect to lead the delivery of high-quality SAP financial solutions. This role is primarily focused on hands-on delivery, solution design, and client-facing execution, ensuring alignment with SAP best practices. The ideal candidate will bring strong functional expertise, take ownership of complex deliverables, and play a key role in guiding clients while contributing to the development of Altivate’s Center of Excellence (CoE).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand and analyze business requirements across accounting functions including GL, AR, AP, Banking, and Fixed Assets
• Lead end-to-end delivery of SAP FICO modules, including design, configuration, and deployment in S/4HANA environments
• Define and validate SAP process flows and master data structures for FI and CO
• Configure and manage FI & CO master data, ensuring proper integration with MM and SD modules
• Apply strong expertise in Product Costing and CO-PA to support business requirements
• Oversee and support period-end activities, including allocations, settlements, and reporting cycles
• Act as a senior point of contact for business users, resolving complex issues and ensuring user satisfaction
• Drive solution design decisions while ensuring adherence to SAP Best Practices
• Lead and support Business Blueprinting sessions, translating requirements into effective solutions
• Review and guide configuration and deliverables produced by team members
• Perform and oversee unit testing, and support UAT cycles to ensure successful delivery
• Contribute to the development of reusable assets, standards, and CoE capabilities within the organization
• Ensure solutions are aligned with KSA VAT and regulatory requirements

Skills, Knowledge & Experience required:

• 10+ years of experience in SAP FICO (ECC & S/4HANA)
• Strong experience in S/4HANA implementations
• Proven track record of:
• 4+ end-to-end implementation projects
• 2+ S/4HANA projects
• Hands-on expertise in:
• New G/L, AP/AR, Banking, Fixed Assets
• Controlling (Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders)
• Product Costing and CO-PA
• Strong understanding of cross-module integration (MM, SD)
• Experience with KSA taxation and VAT
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities

Skills, Knowledge & Experience required:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong client-facing presence and stakeholder handling
• Ability to guide teams and review deliverables effectively
• High adaptability in dynamic and complex environments
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Ability to handle pressure and manage multiple priorities