SAP Integration Lead

SAP Integration Lead

Initial 3 month contract

Outside IR35 - market rate

Hybrid - 3 days per week working from home, 2 days working in the office

Overall purpose of the role

The Integration Lead gives SAP Futures a single owner for integration.

The programme is moving from ECC and SAP Process Orchestration (PO) to SuccessFactors, Concur and S/4HANA, with SAP Integration Suite on BTP as the target middleware.

The role defines the To-Be integration landscape, works out what can be switched off after go-live, builds one integration catalogue across Finance and turns that into a full SAP Futures integration strategy aligned to the Integration Strategy.

Main duties and responsibilities

The first four pieces of work run in this order. Each builds on the one before.

1. SuccessFactors To-Be integration view

Create the To-Be integration architecture for SuccessFactors, covering Employee Central, Payroll (ECP), Recruitment, Onboarding, Learning, Performance & Goals and People Analytics.

Confirm the integration pattern for each interface: SAP Integration Suite (CPI), point-to-point or Integration Centre. Agree where each one should sit.

Work with NTT DATA to check their designs against the To-Be view. Track the custom interfaces and how the contingency allowance is used.

Drive open items to closure with People Services, Finance and D&T. These include pension and benefits automation, Worktribe, SWP/timetabling, Key Travel, HESA staff returns and the OpenText IDM identity interfaces.

2. Decommissioning after go-live

Compare the To-Be landscape with today's ECC, PO and Gateway interfaces. Identify what can be switched off after SuccessFactors go-live.

Produce a decommissioning plan with dependencies, owners, retirement dates and checks, including for manual file transfers and reports that new integrations replace.

Flag interfaces that must stay until the S/4HANA conversion, such as Agent Portal and the remaining PO interfaces.

3. Integration catalogue for Finance, Student and People Services

Build and own one integration catalogue across Finance, Student and People Services. Use the existing SAP interface inventory and the ECC/PO/Gateway extract as the start point.

Record for each interface: source, target, middleware, direction, data, frequency, owner, standard or custom, and status (current, To-Be, retire).

Set up a process to keep the catalogue current, so ownership does not lapse again.

Essential experience

Proven SAP integration lead or architect experience on a major transformation programme.

Hands-on knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors integration, especially Employee Central to ECC/ECP, using Integration Centre and standard packaged integrations.

Strong SAP Integration Suite (CPI) and SAP PO/PI experience, including migration from PO to Integration Suite.

Track record of producing To-Be integration architectures and decommissioning plans.

Experience building and maintaining integration catalogues across several business areas.

Ability to write an integration strategy covering principles, patterns, governance and support model.

Confident working with a systems integrator (SI), reviewing designs and holding them to scope.

Clear communicator with HR, Finance, Student and D&T stakeholders.

Desirable experience

HESA data returns and regulatory reporting.

Identity integrations (SAP IAS/IPS, OpenText IDM or similar).

SAP Concur and S/4HANA integration.

Integration with pension, benefits and payroll third parties.

Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks or design authorities.

Candidate profile

The right candidate is a hands-on SAP integration specialist who can also think at strategy level. They can pick up a partly documented landscape, establish the facts, and give a clear current and target picture quickly