The System Architect for SAP HANA Financial Closing is responsible for the end-to-end architectural design, governance, and continuous improvement of SAP HANA-based solutions supporting the financial closing process across Allianz entities. The role acts as the primary technical authority for all closing-relevant HANA workloads and ensures alignment with Allianz Technology's integral architecture standards, regulatory requirements (IFRS 17, Solvency II), and DORA obligations.

What You Do
Architecture & Design

Define, maintain and own the target architecture for SAP HANA-based financial closing solutions, including data models, integration patterns, and performance design.

Lead solution design for period-end close processes (month-end, quarter-end, year-end), ensuring accuracy, traceability, and auditability.

Evaluate and recommend SAP HANA versions, features (e.g., calculation views, smart data access, table partitioning), and upgrade paths.

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture.

Financial Closing Domain

Translate financial close requirements (general ledger,



intercompany reconciliation, consolidation, IFRS 17 reporting) into technical specifications.

Collaborate with Finance, Controlling, and Group Reporting to align system capabilities with business closing timelines and regulatory deadlines.

Drive automation of manual closing steps and reduction of closing cycle time through HANA-native capabilities.

Governance & Standards

Enforce Allianz Technology architecture principles and Allianz Group IT policies across all closing-related HANA landscapes (Dev, QA, Prod).
Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Act as the primary technical interface to SAP and system integration partners for closing-relevant topics.

Provide architectural guidance to project teams, developers, and basis administrators working on the closing landscape.

Technical Skills
What you bring

8+ years of experience with SAP HANA, including data modelling, performance tuning, and landscape

📌 System Architect (Madrid)
🏢 Allianz Technology
📍 Madrid