Description
As part of a major enterprise finance transformation initiative, this role will lead middleware strategy, architecture, and delivery for modernising finance systems across the Accounts Payable and Tax domains.
The successful candidate will establish and scale a Middleware Centre of Excellence responsible for delivering secure, scalable, and reliable integrations across legacy applications, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), and cloud-native platforms including Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
This leader will partner closely with business stakeholders, architects, engineering teams, and external suppliers to drive integration excellence, operational efficiency, automation, and innovation through up-to-date engineering practices.

Responsibilities
- Define and execute the vision for the Accounts Payable and Tax Middleware Center of Excellence.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of middleware solutions across the Accounts Payable and Tax product lines.
- Manage a 15-member team responsible for middleware interface build, testing, launch coordination,



and alignment with legacy and Accounts Payable,Tax functional teams.
- Oversee supplier delivery and ensure alignment with project milestones.
- Manage the integration lifecycle across different program releases and production support.
- Partner with business, engineering, and vendor teams to deliver enterprise programs.
- Drive automation initiatives to improve Accounts Payable and Tax business processes.
- Establish governance, standards, and best practices for integration architecture.
- Define integration patterns, API strategies, and event-driven architectures.
- Ensure system integrations are secure, scalable, and high performing.
- Provide technical leadership for design, data mapping, and connectivity.
- Monitor middleware performance and reliability.
- Drive automation, AI adoption, and operational efficiency.
- Implement proactive measures to reduce downtime.

Qualifications
- Required Qualific

📌 Manager, Middleware Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Ford Motor
📍 Chennai