Job Description

About Syngenta

At Syngenta Group, we're a global community of 56,000 innovators across 90 countries, united by a 250-year legacy of agricultural excellence. As the world's most local agricultural technology partner, we create tailor-made solutions that transform farming while protecting our planet, driven by our commitment to innovation, ethics, and integrity. Through our inclusive environment and diverse perspectives, we pioneer breakthrough solutions for farmers, society, and future generations. Join our worldwide teams of agricultural pioneers in creating a more resilient and equitable food system for all.

We are looking for a Finance Solution Architect to sit at the heart of our SAP transformation - bridging enterprise architecture with the finance domain as we accelerate our move to S/4HANA and modernise our wider ERP ecosystem.

This is not a purely advisory role. You will be hands-on, embedded within the SAP ERP team, acting as the trusted architectural authority for Finance. You will shape and deliver real solutions - from roadmap through to production - while keeping pace with innovations in AI, data, and cloud finance platforms.

If you thrive in complex, high-stakes environments and want your architectural decisions to have global impact, this is the role for you.

Key Accountabilities

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Serve as the go-to Finance Architect for the embedded business function, guiding initiatives from concept through to live delivery
• Define and evolve architecture blueprints, standards, and platforms - grounded in real-world experience, not just theory
• Apply enterprise data, ML, and AI architecture principles pragmatically to generate measurable business value

Solution Design

• Partner with IT Finance leaders and SAP teams to understand business constraints and design end-to-end solutions
• Drive architecture across Finance master data, domain-oriented data products, and AI-aligned data flows
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise standards while remaining practical and delivery-focused

Collaboration & Strategic Influence

• Work closely with domain leadership to shape Finance process, data, and AI strategy and roadmaps
• Provide structured, experience-based feedback to evolve enterprise governance models
• Act as a bridge between technical depth and business language - translating complex architecture into clear decisions

Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities

Core Technical Expertise

• Deep hands-on knowledge of S/4HANA Finance - including Central Finance (CFIN), Master Data Governance (MDG), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and product costing
• Strong understanding of SAP BTP and its role in extending and connecting the finance ecosystem
• Experience with modern data architecture - including Databricks, SAP Datasphere, BW/4HANA, and embedded analytics
• Familiarity with Lean IX (enterprise architecture tooling) and Signavio (process modelling) is a plus

Data & AI Acumen

• Solid grasp of data modelling paradigms - analytical, domain-oriented, and event-driven - applied in large, multi-domain landscapes
• Genuine enthusiasm and growing knowledge of embedded AI, SAP Joule, and agentic AI - and how they reshape Finance processes

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Confident engaging with both business leaders and technical teams - credible, clear, and direct
• Comfortable holding a position and influencing decisions without direct authority
• Able to manage ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and adapt quickly in a fast-moving environment
• Customer-centric mindset - you understand what your stakeholders are trying to achieve and architect around that

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field Or

A degree specialising in Finance with IT knowledge/experience

Additional Information

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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