Solution Architect Finance IS / Corporate Finance (M/F)

Company Description

CITECH is recruiting!👌*

CITECH is a human-sized ESN specializing in IT and digital transformation.

We support our clients on strategic projects involving architecture, development, Data, Cloud, and information systems transformation.

Our consultants work in complex environments requiring technical expertise, understanding of business challenges, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders.

We prioritize close support and missions that allow everyone to sustainably develop their skills.

Innovation, sharing expertise, and the quality of missions are at the heart of our approach.

Job Description

Do you wish to intervene at the heart of the transformation of a Corporate Finance information system and contribute to the architecture choices of solutions used by the financial functions of a large international group?

We are looking for a Solution Architect Finance IS to strengthen a Corporate architecture team and support evolution, rationalization, and modernization projects for financial applications.

You will work at the crossroads of Finance, Architecture, IT teams, and technological partners.

Your main missions will be to:

• Lead the mapping of the Finance information system and contribute to its evolution trajectory.
• Analyze existing architectures and identify opportunities for rationalization, simplification, and modernization.
• Design solution architectures covering application, Data, integration, and infrastructure dimensions.
• Document existing and target architectures through architecture files, models, and diagrams.
• Maintain the repository of Finance IS applications and components in the enterprise architecture tool.
• Define architecture standards and principles to ensure consistency between different Finance projects.
• Gather requirements from financial departments and translate them into architecture orientations.
• Participate in consultations with integrators and Finance SaaS solution publishers.
• Evaluate the impacts of regulatory changes, particularly regarding electronic invoicing.
• Monitor application obsolescence and propose trajectories to reduce technical debt.
• Support the study of new solutions and innovations in the fields of FinTech, automation, and AI applied to Finance.

Technical Environment

• SAP LeanIX
• API
• Middleware
• ETL
• iPaaS
• ERP
• Finance SaaS Solutions
• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – OCI
• TOGAF
• ArchiMate

Qualifications

You have a higher education degree in computer science or equivalent.

You have approximately 10 years of experience or more in IT architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture, with significant experience in Finance environments.

You particularly master:

• solution and information system architecture;
• Finance processes and applications;
• integration issues via API, Middleware, ETL, or iPaaS;
• design of application, Data, and Cloud architectures;
• mapping and documentation of architectures;
• Enterprise Architecture tools, ideally SAP LeanIX;
• AWS, Azure, or OCI Cloud environments.

Knowledge of the main families of Finance solutions is expected: ERP, invoicing, consolidation, financial reporting, expense management, or Procure-to-Pay.

Certifications or knowledge of TOGAF / ArchiMate are a plus, as is experience in Agile, Scrum, or SAFe environments.

Your ability to communicate effectively with both IT teams and Finance departments will be essential.

Professional English is indispensable.

The pluses of the position

• Strong exposure to enterprise architecture and IS transformation issues
• Strategic Corporate Finance domain

• Transversal vision of the information system
• Cloud and SaaS technological environment

• Direct interaction with Finance business units
• Rationalization and application modernization challenges

• Current topics around e-invoicing, FinTech, and AI applied to Finance

Additional Information

Why join Citech? 🤔

• A friendly working atmosphere with regularly organized afterworks! 🤗
• Long-term missions

• Training adapted to your desires and aspirations
• Mobility only if you want it 🚗

• Personalized support with regular follow-ups (over a coffee or tea, your choice 😉)
• Advantageous health insurance for you and your family members 😃

• Flexibility in managing your meals 🍱
• Executive status (Cadre) and SYNTEC collective agreement

So what are you waiting for to join us? 🌟

Position located in PARIS

Salary: 65 K€ - 90 K€ Gross/year

Freelance: 650 - 900 € excl. tax/day