Solutions Architect (Finance Transformation Office) (m/f/d)

What you'll do

The Solutions Architect in the Finance Transformation Office serves as the trusted technical advisor and authority for designing, validating, and articulating scalable technology solutions and architecture landscapes that support the Finance department's digital and operational transformation agenda.

This role sits at the intersection of technology strategy, finance systems architecture, and transformation delivery, translating complex Finance business requirements into practical, high-impact solutions.

The Solutions Architect acts as the technical backbone of the Finance Transformation portfolio, ensuring that every major initiative is designed correctly from the outset, governed according to established architectural standards, and delivered in alignment with the Finance team's target operating model.

This involves driving the overall landscape of finance systems architecture, including supporting technical and process documentation.

Day to day, you will

• Solution design, validation, documentation
• Lead technical discovery and solution design for Finance Transformation Office initiatives, defining scalable architectures that align with business goals and technical constraints.
• Own end-to-end solution architecture for Finance Department systems, as well as for assigned programs, reducing delivery risk, improving system performance, and accelerating implementation timelines.
• Design and document scalable architecture processes for the Finance team's systems and integration patterns.
• Validate the technical, operational, and commercial feasibility of proposed solutions, approving or adjusting designs as required.
• Guarantee compliance with vendor standards, architecture principles, and internal governance requirements.
• Ensure adherence to SLAs for design validation and alignment with governance standards throughout the transformation delivery lifecycle.
• Stakeholder engagement
• Support project and program initiation activities by analyzing business requirements, defining solution approaches, and preparing architecture documentation for senior stakeholder review.
• Engage with the Finance department's business leaders, IT partners, and external vendors to understand requirements and translate them into compelling, value-driven solutions.
• Facilitate technical discovery sessions, solution demonstrations, architecture workshops, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Prepare and present solution proposals and architecture recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, adapting the communication style accordingly.
• Delivery governance and technical leadership
• Establish and oversee architecture standards, technology selection, and developer best practices across transformation programs.
• Guide technical and non-technical teams during transformation delivery by reviewing architecture, resolving complex technical issues, and ensuring adherence to the defined solution architecture.
• Perform hands-on development when required, building proofs-of-concept, reference implementations, or critical components using modern programming languages, APIs, and cloud-native services.
• Provide technical consulting to business teams in the Finance department and project delivery teams, evaluating existing systems and recommending modernization strategies, integration approaches, and performance improvements.
• Act as an escalation point for design disputes, configuration conflicts, and cross-program technical dependencies.
• Functional and cross-functional collaboration
• Collaborate closely with the Finance Transformation Office Lead, the PMO, delivery engineers, and the Finance team's business stakeholders to shape solution proposals and ensure alignment across business and technology teams.
• Work with vendor technical teams to confirm design compliance and get access to the latest product innovations relevant to finance transformation.
• Coordinate with partner-facing roles to support the implementation of joint solutions.
• Provide technical validation for pipeline opportunities and business cases, supporting accurate planning and forecasting.
• Knowledge development and innovation
• Maintain an architecture knowledge base with process, governance, and design documentation and certifications.
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