Business Architect, Financial Systems

Company: Venteon
Location: Novi
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

The Finance Systems Business Architect will work with IT Finance Systems and the Business partners to review, develop, document and promote architectural artifacts, strategy and design. They will also understand the corporate business imperatives and IT strategy to be able to determine how corporate standard processes and systems should be adopted and deployed within the Finance function areas.

• Document / confirm requirements, design integration patterns and work with IT Systems and Business partners to implement designed solution.
• Identify and recommend ideas to improve the Corporate Finance functions through a comprehensive understanding of operations, challenges, and external environment factors.
• Work in partnership with the other IT functions to ensure compliance, sustainability, and architectural fit.
• Responsible for facilitating clear understanding of all current business processes, goals, and drivers and analyzing and designing new business processes and functionality.
• Provide guidance for systems design and integrations
• Identifying and defining detailed product requirements and use cases. Will work closely with internal teams to assess current system capabilities and identify high-level customer requirements. Assist in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing. Participate in customer implementation projects to ensure successful integration of new product features and functionality.
• Provide expertise in the implementation of business plans and the achievement of Corporate Finance objectives. As such, they will work as a liaison among the business stakeholders and IT in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of the organization, supplier, and customer, and to provide solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
• Understand the corporate business imperatives and IT strategy to be able to determine how corporate standard processes and systems should be adopted and deployed.
• Collaborate PMO and Enterprise Architecture to facilitate program and project execution, taking an active role in all activities affecting the support area.
• Work with SAP Finance team to assist with the execution of the end-to-end business process. Education Bachelor's Degree, or regional equivalent education required, preferably in a related discipline, such as Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science or Business or 8+ years related professional experience. Additional related certifications are a plus. Masters a plus. Experience 7-10 years of experience with Financial systems, business process improvement or business analyst work; manufacturing industries (automotive, aerospace, etc.). Experience with variety of business processes and working through process change methodologies, i.e. Re-engineering, Six Sigma, etc. Familiarity with SAP, ERP or Accounting/Financial Systems or web based application development and technologies. Experience with software development lifecycle processes. Previous business function, process analysis, and visualization skills. Previous consulting experience (internal or external) highly preferred. Certifications
  • None required
  • CBAP, Six Sigma, APICS, or regional equivalents are a plus.
  • CPA or related certifications are a plus.
  • COBIT and TOGAF are a plus

Keywords: Venteon, Novi , Business Architect, Financial Systems, Accounting, Auditing , Novi, Michigan