Solution Architect - SAP Finance at Costco in Issaquah, WA

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Solution Architects create IT architecture & design solutions based on business requirements, industry trends, and technology options. Solution Architects are responsible and accountable for the solution architecture in partnership with enterprise architects, domain architects, and engineering teams. Solution Architects partner with the delivery team for solution planning, delivery, detailed design, and implemented solutions. Solution Architects ensure the implemented solutions are consistent with the approved architecture. Solution Architects communicate, mentor, and lead teams based on program or project needs for solution delivery.

The SAP Finance architect is a key member responsible for the architecture, design, development, configuration, implementation, and testing of all areas of Costco’s SAP Finance application. This role will engage in projects, working with other platform support engineers, architects, software developers, and subject matter experts in the creation of architecture, process, and governance documentation for the application. The Finance Solution Architect is accountable for providing technical leadership within the team, including the design and implementation of a formal development, documentation, and code review processes. The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for the vision and future SAP S/4 Finance conversion and Global roadmap at Costco. Mentoring, coaching, and training of team resources is also a responsibility of this role.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

● Designs, develops, and ensures compliance to architectural standards throughout the lifecycle.

● Partners with Enterprise Architects for domain roadmaps and reference architecture.

● Executes projects and initiatives on the domain roadmap in partnership with Enterprise Architects.

● Consults with application and infrastructure development projects, and identifies when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solution architecture.

● Ensures cohesiveness of solution designs across various projects/solutions.

● Collaborates with Enterprise Architects to balance needs between Solution Architectural Guardrails.

● Designs, develops, and directs solution architectures, design exceptions, and governance activities in compliance with target states, reference architectures, architecture standards, technology guardrails, and security and operational guidelines.

● Identifies the organizational impact (Skills, processes, structures, or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.

● Creates non-functional specs for operational agility, disaster recovery, and support.

● Establishes solution delivery flow for continuous integration, testing and delivery, and operational deployment in partnership with project managers, solution leads, and other stakeholders.

● Conducts design reviews to validate alignment with architecture.

● Modifies solution architecture to support changing business or technology requirements.

● Documents solutions architecture design and analysis work, and communicates architectural decisions that impact solution.

● Defines the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.

● Communicates infrastructure, software, information, and/solution concepts to all levels of management.

● Designs methodology that consistently yields the right level of technical design documentation and develops technical solutions that conform both to customer requirements and information development standards.

● Adheres to Costco’s Architectural Framework and Governance model.

● Analyzes and understands the current business process and workflows to identify gaps and provides solutions to meet business requirements.

● Transforms finance function and process by leveraging SAP applications.

● Defines the technical standards and guidelines of the broader delivery and operations teams.

● Determines scope, estimates work effort, and determines duration of development activities.

● Participates in the global planning and support of Costco’s SAP implementations.

● Understands and adheres to Costco’s Mission Statement and Code of Ethics.

REQUIRED

● 10+ years’ large program experience leading SAP Finance architecture and design.

● 10+ years’ of experience implementing ECC and SAP S/4 Finance applications and solutions.

● 5+ years’ experience in SAP S/4 finance.

● 2+ years’ experience in OneStream financial and operational planning.

● Proven experience in Global S/4 Finance implementations.

● Demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of SAP FICO application with proficiency in all modules of SAP finance (AP, AR, GL, AA, MM), SAP Concur, SAP Ariba, Vistex, OpenText, Fiori applications, EDI processing, SAP Cloud Integration Suite, or SAP PI/PO.

● Proven experience and deep knowledge of wholesale, retail, and manufacturing business processes.

● Proven experience and deep process knowledge in SAP Finance implementations and support.

● Extensive knowledge and experience in implementing and supporting complex business process in SAP.

● Proven experience in integrating SAP S/4 Finance with other non-SAP systems (i.e., purchasing, warehouse management, order management, POS and SaaS applications, data warehouse/business intelligence systems).

● Ability to communicate technical information in business terms.

● Ability to independently plan deliverables and coordinate with team-members.

● Ability to work closely with other departments on projects and problem resolution; actively and effectively participate in technical discussions.

● Excellent trouble-shooting skills and the ability to logically think through problem situations.

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills to create and present documentation or proposals for projects/tasks.

● Technical team leadership experience.

● Proven skills in leadership, relationship building, negotiation, collaboration, advocacy, governance, and consensus building.

● Ability to translate technical ideas/designs to multiple audiences, including Executives.

● Ability to communicate trade-offs and transactional states with technical and business teams.

● Ability to make architecture changes in a dynamic agile environment.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.

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