SAP S/4 Application Security Architect

We Are

Accenture Security helps organizations prepare, protect, detect, respond, and recover along all points of the security lifecycle. Cybersecurity challenges are different for every business in every industry. Leveraging our global resources and advanced technologies, we create integrated, turnkey solutions tailored to our clients’ needs across their entire value chain. Whether we’re defending against known cyberattacks, detecting and responding to the unknown, or running an entire security operations center, we help companies build cyber resilience to grow with confidence.

Our team of the security sector’s brightest people uses the coolest tech to out‑hack the hackers and help clients build resilience from within. We blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security, and managed service solutions to rethink the entire security lifecycle.

You Are

Passionate about security and driven to help organizations modernize safely. You bring deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA application security and thrive in fast‑paced, complex transformation programs. You are a confident leader who can analyze a client’s security posture, anticipate risk, and design right‑sized solutions aligned to industry‑leading practices.

You are a creative, analytical problem solver with strong documentation and communication skills, able to translate technical security concepts into clear business language. You apply your security expertise to design, build, and protect enterprise systems, applications, data, and identities-helping clients embed security into every stage of their SAP transformation journey.

The Work

As an SAP S/4 Application Security Architect - Manager within Accenture’s Platform Security Practice, you will lead SAP security transformation initiatives for public and private sector clients. You will manage end‑to‑end delivery, oversee cross‑functional teams, and act as a trusted advisor on SAP security strategy, architecture, and risk management.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead and deliver SAP security transformation initiatives, including S/4HANA upgrades, greenfield implementations, and cloud/hybrid SAP landscapes

• Define and execute SAP S/4HANA security and access management strategies, including role design, authorization concepts, and business role alignment

• Design, build, and test SAP single and composite roles, including transaction codes and Fiori applications

• Lead Segregation of Duties (SoD) analysis, identify conflicts, and define remediation strategies using SAP GRC and related tools

• Assess, implement, and govern SAP security controls across user provisioning, IAM integration, and compliance requirements

• Collaborate closely with Change Management, Internal Controls, Information Security, PMO, and Business Process teams to ensure security is embedded across the program lifecycle

• Review business process designs and align security considerations with functional and technical teams

• Define integration approaches for role management across SAP and connected systems

• Communicate SAP security risks, priorities, and recommendations to senior client stakeholders in clear business terms

• Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and risks across one or more SAP security workstreams

• Coach and mentor SAP security practitioners and support their professional development

• Support sales pursuits, proposals, and solution shaping for SAP security engagements

• Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, assets, and delivery excellence