Role & responsibilities

Portfolio simplification & architecture coherence role to embed architecture discipline into the Enabling Functions domain (Finance, HR, Regulatory & other corporate capabilities) to:

- Rationalize the Enabling Functions domain application landscape with Domain Blueprint & target architecture.
- Align the domain with SAP S/4HANA Roadmap
- Deliver OPEX modelled reduction opportunities
- Operationalize architecture governance inside the Enabling Functions domain

- Build application portfolio baseline

- Ownership (business + IT)

- Lifecycle state

- SAP dependency mapping

- Integration complexity
- OPEX allocation (direct + estimated shared)
- Identify duplications across shadow / non-IT managed applications
- Rationalisation & Financial Modelling
- Identify top 20% applications by: OPEX, Complexity, SAP overlap, Fragmentation, and drive disposition decisions: Retire, consolidate in S4H, replace, modernise, tolerate as part of Landscape Simplification program.
- Produce validated financial modelling of: OPEX reduction potential (licenses, hosting, support, integration maintenance), run-cost avoidance via consolidation, Estimated savings timing (1224-month horizon), risk exposure reduction

- Deliver Simplification Roadmap

- Sequenced retirement plan

- SAP transition dependency architecture

- Integration reduction plan

- Governance embed plan
- Build Domain Target Architecture v1.0 Definition
- Enabling Functions capability application mapping (validated)

Target platform intent
- Core (S/4HANA)
- Finance/ERP and procurement platform alignment
- HR Workday HCM modules
- Strategic satellite platforms
- Sunset list
- Integration pattern alignment
- Data ownership clarity




- EHS & Regulatory target platform disposition.
- Transition state vs end-state architecture

Preferred candidate profile

- Strong Domain Architecture experience (typically more than 8 years of relevant) in Finance, HR, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Functions & EHS.
- Experience in Workday, HCM, ServiceNow, SharePoint & Power Platform is preferred.
- SAP ECC & S/4HANA transition understanding
- Enterprise Application rationalisation experience
- Expeirence in SAP LeanIX is preferred.
- Financial modelling capability and technology -cost analysis capability.
- Solid stakeholder management across global functions.
- Ability to challenge domain leadership and drive enterprise standardization.
- End-to-End Enabling Functions domain knowledge actually runs not just systems with strong working knowledge across following functional areas:
- Finance: FP&A;, controlling, accounting, consolidation, reporting, treasury, tax.
- HR: recruit-to-retire process understanding, all other modules of HR
- Procurement: sourcing, contracting, supplier management and source-to-pay
- regulatory and EHS: policies, controlled documents, audits, risks, regulatory obligations and supplier assurance.

SAP Landscape Expertise
- SAP ECC landscape exposure (multi-instance preferable)
- S/4HANA transformation understanding
- Knowledge of common SAP overlaps: Finance modules
- Awareness of coexistence risks during migration
- Experience in SAP consolidation programs
- Multi-country rollouts
- Structured application portfolio assessment experience
- Disposition modelling (retain / retire / consolidate / modernise)
- Capability-to-application mapping
- Platform intent definition (primary / secondary / decommission)
- Dependency mapping
- Integration complexity analysis

📌 Enterprise Architect- Enabling Functions, SAP HCM Consultant (Chennai)
🏢 Infosys
📍 Chennai