Solutions Architect - Finance & Accounting Domain

Company is growing solution architecture team, and looking for an experienced Solution architect to join team.

- Produces (or ensures production of) all Architectural deliverables under our development methodology.

- Identify all areas of risk, including Architectural, Technical and Security, and to manage with the cooperation of the appropriate Stakeholders, defining appropriate work to address these or escalation as necessary.

- Ensures that the Architecture, any Divergences and Risks are both clearly communicated and agreed by all Stakeholders.

- Provides Technical Leadership to other solution architects.

- Drives alignment of Company landscape with the enterprise target picture, including system retirement.

- Provides Design Assurance for Solution Architecture to ensure they are implemented as designed, and to the correct standards and quality.

Skills & Experience:

- Experience defining, documenting, and architecting solutions across a hybrid and on-premise cloud estate, potentially requiring integration with legacy technologies and products for large projects/programmes.

- Experience of providing architectural support and assurance to DevOps team and an application of Agile practices would be advantageous.

- Experience with Technical Selection and RFI/RFP processes and undertaking supplier assurance of third party products.

- Experience leading architectural design authorities for projects and working within Enterprise Architectural Governance and Enterprise Portfolio Management frameworks.

- Stakeholder management and the ability to influence at varying levels (e. C-Suite, Developers, Testers, Project Managers, etc).

- Ability to convey Architecture decisions through the use of a variety of communication techniques to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Broad knowledge of IT technologies and architectural styles/patterns.

- Applied Knowledge of the Open Agile Framework (Open.org) would be desirable but not necessary.

- Knowledge of Finance and Accounting business processes.

- Experience in SAP ERP implementations (S/4 HANA preferable) and Oracle E-business suite as an advantage.

- Experience in leading Finance Solution Architecture function in complex large-scale Finance Transformation programmes.