SAP Solution Architect

SAP S/4HANA Solution Architect – Upgrade

Contract | 12–18+ Months | Primarily Remote | Limited Travel to Michigan

Our client is entering Phase 2 of a global SAP S/4HANA upgrade from 2021 to 2025 and is looking for a hands-on SAP Solution Architect with strong techno-functional experience. This role will focus on evaluating upgrade impacts, assessing technical and functional requirements, and working across SAP teams to address issues and ensure a successful upgrade.

Responsibilities:

• Assess SAP S/4HANA upgrade impacts across technical and functional areas, including end-to-end business processes such as Order-to-Cash (OTC), Procure-to-Pay (PTM), and Record-to-Report (RTR).
• Review and act on SAP Upgrade Readiness Checks, Simplification Items, and related upgrade assessments.
• Evaluate the impact of the S/4HANA 2021-to-2025 upgrade on configurations, custom code, integrations, and business processes.
• Work hands-on with technical and functional teams to analyze issues, determine remediation requirements, and develop solutions.
• Support upgrade planning, testing, defect resolution, cutover, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Coordinate across SAP functional, technical, integration, and business teams to resolve dependencies and ensure end-to-end process continuity.
• Provide technical and functional guidance, document solution decisions, and help drive upgrade readiness and execution.

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience supporting an SAP S/4HANA upgrade, ideally an S/4HANA-to-S/4HANA upgrade rather than an ECC-to-S/4HANA conversion.
• Strong techno-functional SAP experience, with the ability to assess system impacts and work through technical and functional upgrade activities.
• Experience with SAP Upgrade Readiness Checks, Simplification Items, and upgrade impact analysis.
• End-to-end integration experience across SAP business processes such as OTC, PTM, RTR, or similar functional areas.
• Understanding of SAP architecture, integrations, custom code remediation, testing, and upgrade dependencies.
• Ability to work directly with technical and functional teams to troubleshoot issues, evaluate options, and drive solutions.
• Experience with SAP program governance, project planning, or PMO activities is beneficial, but hands-on system experience is the priority.