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 general 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

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