Principal, Process Architect - Strategic Programs

Requisition ID :    108810

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About American Water

American Water (NYSE : AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $40 to $42 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.

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Primary Role

The Finance Process Architect leads the design, governance, and optimization of finance processes within the AW2030 SAP S / 4HANA transformation. Partnering with business and IT stakeholders, this role ensures alignment between finance objectives, value stream outcomes, and technology solutions while driving standardization, simplification, and automation. As a finance process subject matter expert, the architect validates key deliverables, guides integration across systems, and supports deployment to enable the successful delivery of the AW2030 roadmap.

The [ Value  Stream] Process Architect  plays a pivotal role in designing and governing scalable, efficient, and integrated business processes that enable business transformation and operational excellence within a designated value stream for the American Water2030 (AW2030) program. This role ensures strategic alignment between business objectives, value streams, and technology solutions, supporting successful implementation of the AW2030 roadmap initiative waves. Key requirements include :

• Lead the end-to-end business process architecture across key enterprise systems and initiatives within a designated value stream.
• Ensure alignment between business processes, value stream outcomes, and enterprise objectives.
• Guide process owners and leads to maintain consistency with defined value stream models.
• Partner with value stream leaders and Subject Matter Advisors (SMAs) to align process decisions with organizational priorities.
• Validate and govern key process artifacts, including : Process Hierarchies, Business Process Documents (BPDs), Functional and Configuration Design Documents, Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTMs), and RICEFWs (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Workflows, Inventories).
• Participate in technology and solution architecture discussions to ensure business process compatibility and alignment.

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Competencies

Champions safety

Customer obsessed

Cultivates innovation

Nimble learning

Drives Results

Collaborates

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