Job Type: Contract
Work Mode: Onsite (Client)
Role -IT Architect & Solution Architect (Expert 7+ Years)
Background
Operates a large and complex business landscape with SAP S/4HANA at the core, supported by multiple SAP and non-SAP applications across countries and business units. As regulatory requirements, internal control expectations, and audit demands continue to increase, there is a strong need to establish a structured and scalable compliance and risk management framework.
Today, compliance activities, risk assessments, and control monitoring are partly manual and distributed across different teams and tools. This limits transparency, consistency, and traceability across the organisation. To strengthen Business Safeguarding and ensure sustainable compliance, planning to implement and expand the use of SAP GRC Risk Management (RM) and SAP GRC Process Control (PC) as the central platforms for governance, risk, and compliance.
The objective of the assignment is to support the organisation with strong SAP GRC RM & PC solution architecture expertise to define the target compliance architecture, design risk and control frameworks, and guide the implementation in alignment with regulatory and internal policy requirements.
The scope of the consultant services is to assist, Supporting internal and external audit requirements through structured reporting and documentation
o Acting as SAP GRC RM & Process Control Solution Architect
o Designing end-to-end compliance, risk, and internal control architecture
o Defining risk taxonomies, control frameworks, and compliance hierarchies
o Supporting the setup of risk identification, assessment, evaluation, and monitoring processes
o Designing process-level and entity-level controls within SAP GRC PC
o Supporting automated and manual control design and control testing approaches
o Ensuring traceability between business processes, risks, controls, and audit evidence
o Aligning SAP GRC RM & PC with SAP S/4HANA business processes
Desired knowledge, experience, competence, skills etc
Mandatory (Demand):
Ability to work independently and proactively
What 3 things from the box above are most important?
1) Deep SAP GRC RM & Process Control expertise, with proven solution architecture experience
2) Strong understanding of compliance, internal controls, and audit requirements, and ability to translate them into SAP GRC design
3) Ability to connect business processes, risks, and controls into a coherent and traceable compliance framework
o Strong experience as SAP GRC RM & Process Control Solution Architect
o Proven hands-on experience with SAP GRC Risk Management and Process Control modules
o Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (e.g. internal controls, regulatory compliance, policy compliance)
o Experience designing risk and control frameworks across business processes
o Strong knowledge of control lifecycle management (design, assessment, testing, remediation)
o Experience defining automated and manual controls in SAP environments
o Understanding of audit processes and evidence management
o Ability to align business risks with system-based compliance controls
o Experience working in complex, global SAP landscapes
Desired (Nice to have):
o Experience with SAP S/4HANA process-based control design
o Knowledge of continuous control monitoring concepts
o Experience with GRC reporting, dashboards, and compliance KPIs
o Familiarity with ITGC and application control frameworks
o Experience working in global, matrix organisations
Soft skills:
o Strong stakeholder management skills (business, compliance, audit, IT)
o Ability to translate regulatory and compliance requirements into system design
o Structured and methodical working approach
o Strong documentation and facilitation skills