FICO Solution Architect

The FICO Solution Architect plays a pivotal role in shaping the evolution and transformation of the ERP and Financial Systems strategy and supporting technology. This includes defining standards, controls, and governance, as well as engaging in Architectural Review Boards. The role also requires day-to-day planning, scheduling, directing, and coordinating dialogue within the SAP organization, suppliers, and with business leadership.

The FICO Solution Architect will lead initiatives and projects, when required, based on scope and requirements, and may also need to manage 3rd party consultants to complete the initiatives and projects.

• Drive innovation by bringing innovative ideas and approaches to the Enterprise Financial organization to drive continuous improvements.
• Define the standards and principles encompassing system design and configuration for the Finance and Controlling modules.
• Lead the Process Standardization across the enterprise to ensure consistent and efficient financial operations for non-standard processes with a goal to optimize the processes.
• Interpret and deliver impactful designs to improve business continuous improvements and the Enterprise transformation/Initiatives.
• Define and ensure the seamless integration with other SAP modules like Material Management (MM) and Sales and Distribution (SD) modules.
• Assist with mapping data flows for the Company Financial Requirements, including migrations from legacy systems to the target system, including Data Lake Data Marts.
• Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications across the FICO workstream.
• Prepare visual diagrams of system architecture, functionality, and process flows.
• Monitor data quality and ensure adherence to data governance policies.
• Lead in the evaluation and recommendation of emerging technologies for Finance and Controlling.
• Ensure compliance by developing controls for new audit requirements.

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related discipline required.
• Deep knowledge and experience with SAP Finance and Controlling solution design and end-to-end implementation with a minimum of 10 years.
• Understanding of US GAAP and IFRS knowledge.
• Must have designed and implemented SAP FICO and 3rd party Finance solutions.
• Strong understanding of Finance Solutions Architecture.
• Meet with business stakeholders to understand their data needs.
• Work with IT teams to implement and maintain financial data architecture.
• Monitor data quality and ensure data governance policies are being followed.
• Collaborate and coordinate with multiple departments, stakeholders, partners, and external vendors.