Solution Architect - Finance & Operations Practice (Contract or Perm)

Reporting to: F&O Practice Director

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30

Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + 10% Bonus

OR

Day Rate: Up to £800 per day (Outside)

Benefits: 25 days' annual leave plus 4 Work-Life Balance Days, Private Medical Insurance, Group Life Assurance, Bonus Scheme

Location: Hybrid - Homeworking with travel to offices and client sites

Role Purpose:

The Solution Architect is responsible for leading the overall solution design and architecture for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations transformation programmes. This role provides strategic direction across functional and technical workstreams, ensuring scalable, integrated, and best-practice solutions are delivered to clients.

The Solution Architect acts as the bridge between business stakeholders, delivery teams, and technical resources, ensuring solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, and delivery governance.

You'll join a collaborative, supportive team where curiosity is encouraged, ownership is valued, and your growth is a priority.

We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where fresh perspectives fuel innovation. No matter your background - your voice matters here.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture & Strategy

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture across Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations programmes
• Define scalable enterprise solutions aligned to business objectives and industry best practices
• Provide architectural governance across Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce, Manufacturing, and integrations
• Ensure alignment between business processes, functional design, and technical architecture
• Lead architecture workshops and solution playback sessions
• Review and approve Functional and Technical Design Documents
  • Ensure adherence to architecture standards, security, scalability, and performance requirements
  • Support estimation, solution planning, and delivery governance
  • Identify and mitigate solution and delivery risks
  • Engage with executive stakeholders, programme sponsors, and IT leadership teams
  • Act as a trusted advisor on ERP transformation strategy
  • Support pre-sales activities, solution shaping, and bid responses where required

Delivery Governance Stakeholder Leadership

Team Collaboration

• Mentor consultants, architects, and technical teams
• Support capability development and best-practice adoption across the practice
• Work collaboratively across project management, functional, and technical teams

What You'll Bring: Essential

• 7+ years of ERP implementation experience with significant Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations expertise
• Strong solution architecture experience across enterprise ERP programmes
  • Broad understanding of Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Manufacturing, and integrations
  • Experience designing enterprise-scale solutions and transformation programmes
  • Strong stakeholder management and consulting capability

Technical & Delivery Expertise

• Strong understanding of D365 F&O architecture, integrations, data migration, security, and environments
• Experience with Azure integrations, Power Platform, and Microsoft ecosystem technologies
• Strong governance and solution assurance capability
• Excellent presentation, workshop facilitation, and communication skills
• Ability to lead and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong mentoring and leadership capability

Communication & Leadership

Desirable

• Microsoft Solution Architect certifications
• Experience within consultancy or systems integration environments
• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and Azure services
• Experience supporting pre-sales and solution estimation