<br><p><strong>DESIGN SCOPE:</strong></p><p>The Banking & Treasury Architect's advisory scope will encompass the end-to-end corporate treasury and banking operations landscape, including payment processing, bank connectivity, cash and liquidity management, financial risk management, and in-house banking.</p><p>Solution scope for current release S/4HANA PCE 2023: APM-IHB (Advanced Payment Management / In-House Banking), MBC Connector (for integration with Multibank Connectivity & SWIFT network), Cash Management, BCM (Bank Communication Management), and TRM (Treasury and Risk Management).</p><p>The Banking & Treasury Architect's advisory scope spans two tiers of engagement. In the leading tier, the Architect will influence end-to-end design - driving process design decisions, Clean Core guidance, SAP point-of-view, and Design Authority alignment. In the supporting tier, the Banking & Treasury Architect actively contributes to the following cross-functional design elements while primary ownership resides with other workstream leads. In both tiers, delivery and implementation remain the responsibility of customer and the System Integrator.</p><p><strong>KEY CONTRIBUTIONS WITHIN THE DESIGN AUTHORITY MODEL</strong></p><ul><li>Trusted Advisory to All Three Parties</li><li>Serve as the SAP Services Banking & Treasury point of contact for Customer Business and IT leads as well as System Integrator counterparts.</li><li>Advise on business risk, trade-off decisions, and strategic implications of key Banking & Treasury design choices.</li><li>Facilitate access to SAP Line of Business experts (including MaxAttention) when specialist depth is required beyond the Banking & Treasury Architect's scope.</li></ul><p><strong>Design Quality and Clean-Core Governance</strong></p><ul><li>Attend and contribute to Banking & Treasury design workshops and cross-functional integration sessions — providing the SAP point-of-view on process best practices, solution options, and clean-core compliance across APM-IHB, Cash Management, BCM, MBC Connector, and TRM.</li><li>Articulate SAP's position at Design Authority on key Banking & Treasury decisions.</li><li>Advise on trade-off decisions, deployment sequencing, and Big Rock planning to protect the long-term scalability, regulatory compliance, and supportability of the solution.</li></ul><p><strong>Product Roadmap and Innovation Alignment</strong></p><ul><li>Provide guidance on the SAP product roadmap across APM-IHB, Cash Management, BCM, MBC Connector (SWIFT integration), and TRM — ensuring customer's design decisions are aligned with the direction of S/4HANA PCE and adjacent SAP capabilities.</li><li>Lead the integration of AI-powered capabilities within the treasury domain and identify automation opportunities within the Banking & Treasury process landscape.</li><li>Identify opportunities to adopt upcoming standard capabilities ahead of subsequent waves, avoiding design decisions that conflict with delivered SAP innovation in areas.</li></ul><p><strong>Product Gap Facilitation and Escalation</strong></p><ul><li>Identify, document, and prioritize Banking & Treasury product gaps encountered during design.</li><li>Facilitate communication of perceived product gaps to SAP Product Engineering through appropriate channels, with clear documentation of business impact, affected scope items, and desired resolution.</li><li>Advise the program on interim workarounds and risk mitigations while product gaps are being resolved, ensuring program delivery timelines are protected.<br></li></ul>
