Director - IVC , Global Solution Application Architect

Job description

About KPMG International

Together with more than 276,000 colleagues in 138 countries throughout our member firms, people at KPMG imagine big ideas and bring solutions to life for clients both big and small. A role with KPMG International will open a world of opportunity in your career.

KPMG International helps set the strategy and protects the reputation of this global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We deliver value to our member firms and drive positive change in the communities we serve. By joining us you will gain a unique understanding of how a global organization operates and work on projects that impact the whole organization. From setting standards and best practices to developing innovative tech- enabled solutions for clients, you'll be part of a global team changing the way our business operates. We look forward to welcoming you to our team.

About this Global Group

The core services provided by Global Digital are more crucial than ever to our future, as we enable KPMG’s digital transformation, provide trusted technology services, ensure security across the network and accelerate our Collective Strategy.

Our ways of working are based on the principles of customer-centricity, communities of expertise, an optimized delivery model, flexibility, a culture of empowerment, and fulfilling careers.

We are organized under five new ‘domains’: Technology Portfolio Delivery, Global Enterprise Technology, Technology Strategy & Blueprint, Global Information Security Group and Business Operations.

This is an exciting time for us as we continue to drive technology excellence at the heart of Collective Strategy v3.0, and our Global Digital colleagues all play a pivotal role in making this a success.

About this Team

The Digital Transformation Domain is at the heart of our strategic vision, driving two major global investment programs: AI and Integrated Value Chain. These initiatives are critical to accelerating business growth, enhancing operational efficiency, and unlocking new opportunities through cutting-edge technology and streamlined processes. The role will sit in the Integrated Value Chain Centre of Excellence and play a key role in shaping the future to transform our business and deliver lasting impact.

Role summary

This role sits within the Global Solutions Domain within Digital Transformation organization in Global Digital with a remit to oversee the delivery of the Integrated Value Chain (IVC) programme. 

We are seeking an experienced Application Architect for our global S/4 HANA public cloud solution, to evolve and govern the solution to be scalable, secure, compliant and aligned with enterprise standards to deliver business value.

Key Accountabilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Develop & own end-to-end application architectures for the Global Engagement Management and Finance (S/4HANA) Programme that meets global business, security, regulatory, and performance requirements.

• Own & define application components, integration patterns, data flows, and deployment models. Regularly present to the Global Digital Transformation Steerco, approve cross-region & cross-domain decisions and exceptions.
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and design patterns aligned with enterprise strategies.
• Produce architecture artifacts such as context diagrams, logical/physical designs, API specifications, and integration blueprints.
• Defining key application capabilities and ensuring the S/4HANA public cloud solution design supports their realization.
• Ensure alignment of application architecture with the business architecture, enterprise architecture and technology strategy.
• Make decisions, ensuring technical excellence, versatility, safety and soundness, resiliency and scalability in the architecting and engineering of product solutions, as well as managing technical delivery.
• Chair Global Solution Architecture Design Board’s. Lead & influence on global standardization and local variations.

Global Template Design & Governance

• Establish & own architectural standards, guardrails aligned with SAP S/4HANA best practices.
• Establish and manage design governance, ensuring consistency, scalability, and adherence to global standards.
• Ensure consistency and interoperability of applications across global regions and business units.
• Collaborate with regional SAP business architects and regional process owners to ensure solution integrity across modules and integrations.

Stakeholder Engagement & Strategic Alignment

• Work with and influence executive Leadership including Member Firm COO’s, CFO’s & CIO’s, global and regional business architects, regional solution architects and regional business process owners to translate and align the S/4HANA transformation with business goals and operational realities.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle from concept to deployment.
• Facilitate architecture reviews, design workshops, and functional decision-making sessions.

Technology Strategy

• Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, and tools to improve global application capabilities.
• Develop roadmaps and strategies for continuous improvements
• Evaluate and communicate new functionalities being released in the bi-annual product releases
• Support enterprise initiatives such as data and integration strategies and global AI strategies

Quality, Security & Compliance

• Incorporate cybersecurity, compliance, and data governance requirements into application designs.
• Ensure solutions are reliable, scalable, and aligned with SLAs, performance expectations, and best operational practices.
• Execute global processes designed to assess quality, security and compliance risks and plan mitigations.

Experience / Knowledge / Qualification

Essential

• Significant experience in a senior application architecture, business transformation, process architecture, or enterprise design — ideally within SAP S/4HANA programmes.
• Substantial amount of proven experience defining and governing global process models and application architecture frameworks across multiple geographies.
• Strong expertise in modern application platforms
• Experience designing distributed, global scale systems with high availability and performance.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes
• Demonstrated ability to operate across both strategic and hands-on delivery levels in a global programme context.
• Experience of managing FTE’s, contractors and onshore/offshore resources.
• Managed a domain budget of at least $3m
• Experience within a consulting or advisory environment, preferably within a Big 4 or equivalent.
• Experience working with SAP Activate or similar ERP delivery methodologies.
• Exposure to cloud-enabled business models, intelligent enterprise concepts

Technical Skills, abilities & qualifications:

• Professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, BCS Business Architecture, SAP S/4HANA certification, or equivalent) are advantageous.
• Strong department leader with skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and strategic thinking abilities with a problem-solving aptitude.
• Solid understanding of broad technology trends and the ability to align innovation with business goals.
• Exceptional executive presence, business acumen and presentation skills.
• Broad knowledge of software engineering: languages, frameworks, techniques, and industry trends with emphasis on Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce and ServiceNow technologies
• Able to conduct research and analyses of technology to help build vs buy decisions

• Knowledge of technology trends to help multiyear business strategy

Agile/Flexible Working

At KPMG International, we are supportive of helping you to achieve a balance between your home and work demands. We are happy to discuss individual requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements could be of interest. Please ask to find out more.

KPMG International's commitment to inclusion & diversity

At KPMG International, we recognise that we need inclusion and diversity to be successful. We want to attract, retain and develop diverse talent at all levels. This means recruiting from the widest pool of talent across our network and beyond, removing barriers that can prevent our people from reaching their full potential, and fostering a fully inclusive environment which empowers everyone to bring their whole selves to work.

Applying with a disability

KPMG International is proud to be an inclusive place to work and we are committed to ensuring that you are treated fairly throughout our recruitment process. Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require with your recruitment contact.

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