Solution Architect

Summary

Join insightsoftware as a Solutions Architect and play a key role in successfully implementing our Planning, Budget, and Financial Consolidation platform for new customers. You will design and implement scalable solutions, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure smooth transitions. This role requires strong technical leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and clients to achieve project goals efficiently. The position involves travel to client locations and requires strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into technology solutions
• Define, design, implement and test EPM solutions for clients
• Ensure the successful execution of the implementation plan
• Provide technical leadership and guidance during the implementations
• Work closely with the development team to ensure the successful implementation of the EPM platform
• Conduct post-migration evaluations to ensure successful delivery and to identify areas for improvement
• Prepare, distribute, and present status reports
• Lead status and working meetings
• Communicate changes, risks, actions, issues, and decisions and implement action plans as required
• Hold teams accountable for their commitments and assist in removing project roadblocks
• Identify and champion process improvement opportunities
• Manage customer expectations for deliverables
• Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives and leverage organizational resources to improve efficiency
• Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high levels of quality for the team
• Maintain project documentation and provide feedback for product documentation improvements
• Know and use all key customer resolution tools across all service groups to facilitate rapid resolution of customer concerns
• Assist and participate in Scoping Requirements meetings
• Assist with preparation of PS SOW’s
• Maintain strict confidentiality
• Be mobile and travel to client locations as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics or Business Systems
• Experience with EPM solutions such as SAP BPC, One Stream, Anaplan, CCH Tagetik or similar
• Willingness to travel up to 25%
• Experience in accounting or finance with strong focus on budgeting and forecasting
• In-depth knowledge of accounting processes and financial planning & analysis
• Excellent technology skills related to product implementation
• High proficiency in Excel, along with strong skills in other Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint), and basic computer skill
• Ability to answer intermediate-level product questions on various functionalities
• Excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple competing tasks