Procurement / Finance Technical Solution Architect, L6
Location: Remote, East Coast Preferred
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The Procurement / Finance Technical Solution Architect will support our BPS Sales and Solutioning Team as the responsible Technical Solution Architect in pre-sales / RFP processes involving Procurement, Supply Chain and Industry X sales opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
Support our Sales Team as Technical Solution Architect in pre-sales / RFP processes involving multiple technologies:
Manage/ Coordinate involved technology teams in on- and offshore locations across all aspects of technology relevant to the opportunity
Develop technical solution design and work with assigned technical architects and cost architects to create corresponding cost estimates
Present and discuss solutions with client executives
Present technology solution to internal executive approvers
Align technology solution components to business standards (including, but not limited to, SynOps, third party platforms and client technology)
Assess the business impact/return on investment for the more complex components of the technology solution
Facilitate client workshops, document business requirements and develop them into a proposed solution design
Act as customers' key contact on the proposed technology solution
Work closely with other Accenture technology teams such as Insights and Intelligence, Automation and Technology Consulting to create a holistic technology approach and cost estimate that captures all details, dependencies and assumptions of the technology landscape
Transitioning the solution to the Transition team for implementation upon contract signature.
Establishing oneself as a leader in cross-technology issues and risk mitigation
Establish relationships among key Sales and Solutioning, Technical Factory, Product Management, BPS Operations Capability / Offering, Transition and Delivery teams and other groups (as applicable)
Work with Product Management and Initiative Leads to support new technology assets and capabilities
The role may be expected to execute some of these responsibilities: Mentoring, Staffing, Budgeting and Capacity Management
Travel up to 25%
Skill Requirements:
Demonstrated Procurement or Core Finance and/or Solution Architect Experience - leadership in prescribing or delivering technology driven transformation in Procurement or Core Finance
Demonstrated Technology Delivery Experience - Sales or Delivery experience with core technologies supporting Procurement or Core Finance
Experience with outsourcing applications such as ERPs (SAP, Oracle, Workday), eProcurement platforms (Ariba, Coupa), Finance applications such as Tradeshift, Trintech, Cadency, Blackline, High Radius
Experience with Procurement or Finance organizations understanding primary group objectives, key value propositions, and alignment to the wider enterprise.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (10 years) work experience (If an, Associate's Degree with 6 years of work experience)
Minimum of 5 years of experience leading and delivering technology driven transformation
Minimum of 5 years of experience solutioning, estimating and developing technical proposal responses
Preferred Qualifications:
Business function process knowledge in one of the following two areas 1) Procurement (Procure to Order) or 2) Core Finance (Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Order to Cash)
Familiarity with BPS Operations technology solutions and functions
Experience with supply chain enterprise applications supporting supply chain functions such as demand planning, master data management, transportation management, carrier management or freight bill audit
Experience with multiple connectivity solutions (B2B Network Connectivity, Application Delivery / VDI, Voice and Call Center Capabilities)
Experience in automation activities
Language skills in a major non-English language
IT Operations experiences
Experience as a solution architect or business consultant in a client-facing capacity.
Previous experience working with offshore teams.
Technology Architect related certifications preferred.
Self-motivated ability to work with remote resources and teams
Strong project management skills
Well-developed risk analysis and mitigation skills
Strong problem solving, analysis, and design skills
Strong analytical skills
Strong communication skills and experienced in communication at executive level
Client-facing presentation skills
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