System Architect - SAP HANA Financial Closing

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 global architecture standards, regulatory requirements (IFRS 17, Solvency II), and DORA obligations.

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).
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide sign-off for changes with material impact on the closing landscape.
• Ensure compliance with DORA operational resilience requirements for Critical and Important Functions supported by the closing platform.

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

• 8+ years of experience with SAP HANA, including data modelling, performance tuning, and landscape administration.
• Deep expertise in SAP HANA and SAP analytic cloud (SAC)
• Proven track record delivering or architecting financial closing solutions in large, multinational environments.
• Strong understanding of HANA-native development (CDS views, AMDP, calculation views, stored procedures).

Domain Knowledge

• Solid understanding of financial close processes, period-end reporting, and consolidation under IFRS.
• Familiarity with Solvency II and IFRS 17 data and reporting requirements for insurance entities.
• Understanding of data governance, audit trail requirements, and segregation of duties in a regulated financial environment.

Soft Skills & Other

• Excellent communication skills – able to bridge technical architecture and business/finance stakeholders.
• Experience working in a globally distributed, multi-OE technology organisation.
• Fluent in English; German or Spanish is an advantage.
• TOGAF, SAP certification (e.g., SAP Certified Technology Associate – SAP HANA), or equivalent is desirable.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teac

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies:

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