Financial Solution Architect

What Do You Need to Start?

To succeed in this role, you should bring deep finance domain knowledge, strong solutioning experience, and a consultative mindset:

Core Skills & Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in finance operations, transformation, or consulting roles.

• Strong functional expertise across:

• Order to Cash (O2C)

• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Record to Report (R2R)

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Demonstrated experience in designing solutions for RFPs, RFIs, and client pursuits in the finance domain.

• Familiarity with finance operating models, shared services, global delivery, and transformation levers.
• Understanding of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics) from a functional perspective.
• Ability to assess client pain points and propose process improvements, automation opportunities, and value realization strategies.

Leadership & Communication:

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, especially with CFOs, Finance Directors, and transformation leaders.
• Proven ability to lead solutioning discussions, workshops, and client presentations.
• Experience in building solution narratives, transformation roadmaps, and value propositions.
• Collaborative approach to working with delivery, sales, and capability teams.

Roles and Responsibilities

As a Finance Solution Architect, you will:

• Lead the functional solutioning for RFPs and client pursuits across finance domains.
• Translate client requirements into solution blueprints, process flows, and transformation strategies.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop pricing models, delivery frameworks, and implementation plans.
• Participate in client workshops, diagnostics, and due diligence to shape solution strategy.
• Support the creation of proposal content, case studies, and client presentations.
• Ensure alignment with Capgeminis global solution standards and delivery models.
• Monitor and communicate the latest offering and trends to ensure our relevance and credibility of solutions
• Actively engage with partner ecosystem to generate market presence and create opportunities
• Shape business opportunities and offerings through application of new technologies for client delivery and Capgemini services (accelerators)
• Shape and own the end-to-end solution to ensure overall quality, integrity and sustainability
• Actively manage the solution scope and technology risks throughout the delivery
• Be a partner to the Engagement Manager/s and Analytics Leadership taking joint responsibility of solution responses on time
• Establish and operate the Design Authority for the engagement

General Responsibilities / Accountabilities

• Act as the functional authority for finance solutions in pursuits and client engagements.
• Stay updated on industry benchmarks, best practices, and transformation trends in finance.
• Mentor junior solution architects and contribute to knowledge assets and accelerators.
• Support the development of reusable solution components and frameworks for finance domains.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with client expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in finance operations, transformation, or solutioning roles.
• Proven experience in responding to RFPs and designing functional finance solutions.
• Strong understanding of finance KPIs, process maturity models, and transformation levers.
• Exposure to digital enablers such as automation, analytics, and workflow tools (functional understanding only).