Principal Solution Architect, Sap Data & Analytics

Job Description
The Principal Solution Architect, Data and Analytics will play a significant role in the definition and implementation of an over-arching data and analytics solution architecture covering Source to Pay, Finance and FP&
A including application strategy, technical design, and roadmaps.
The successful candidate will perform work that is highly complex, varied in nature, and span multiple functional areas, though being focused in one or two. This individual will also seek to ensure the optimum utilization of existing system platforms and their integration while considering and / or facilitating the justified deployment of new technologies in response to business requirements. As a Principal Architect, this role will be responsible for defining the future of our data and analytics solution strategy in partnership with our business stakeholders, business solutions and enterprise engineering partners. This role will also be responsible for guiding configuration, functional design and managing initiatives relating to Financial Planning, Consolidation, Source to pay and Core Finance.
This is considered a senior role within SAP team. NBCU SAP team has approximately 90 team members and this role is expected to provide solution leadership to the entire team such as help resolve difficult scenarios, decision making under conflicting situations, build relationships with business partners and ensure solutions are feasible as per business needs.
Responsibilities:
Lead the development for our future data and analytics technology strategy and roadmap
Provide guidance on best practices as it relates to leading technologies in the SAP data and analytics space, especially around the use of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere
Lead the development ofour SAP reporting strategy (what goes where), especially around what types of reports can be run out of the core S/4 platform, vs. which reports will need to be run in a datawarehouse etc.
Work with our business solution partners and support with technology assessments
Understand NBCU business processes requirements by engaging with business partners at enterprise and division level.
Craft adaptable, comprehensive, and feasible solutions by creating necessary blueprint documents for functional requirements and technical specifications
Design functional solutions to solve business problems and needs
Ensure agreement on design with process owners
Review and/or participate in solution build and test activities on SAP implementations, rollouts, or upgrade projects;
may be asked to step into conduct project management activities from time to time
Lead end-to-end implementations plus engage as solution architect simultaneously with other SAP projects that are in progress. This requires cross technical/functional team project management.
Effectively delegate responsibilities to team members, provide them with repeatable processes, and verify the quality of their work.
Review work performed by other team members as per established standards
Review current standards and revise to ensure best practices
Ensure architecture diagrams are current
Serve as the conduit between businesses and technology
Facilitate business requirement definition sessions
Review design recommendations to ensure quality and consistency across the footprint
Review all SAP functional specifications with regards to Planning and Consolidation related solutions to ensure quality solutions are proposed and not duplicating existing functionality.
Perform fit-gap analysis via discovery by engaging with business units and SAP team members
Advise on solution roadmap for SAP projects considering current footprint
Conduct comparative research and recommend strategies with regards to SAP technologies relating to Planning and Consolidation Solutions.
Collaborate with peers in the Business Solutions team to apply best practices to integrate SAP applications (ECC, S4, BW, BO and BPC)
Assist in hiring SAP related resources, vendor selection, product selection, strategy related to SAP solutions.