Business Solutions Architect – Financial Accounting

Lockheed Martin is a leading aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking a Business Solutions Architect – Financial Accounting. This role is essential for leading business transformation and systems modernization initiatives, focusing on enhancing financial accounting processes and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with business transformation leads/product owners, IT solution architects and data architects to support KCD authoring, system configuration, Functional Specification, Integration/Test defect evaluation/resolution, and scope change approvals
• Leading Key Business Decision (KBD), Key Configuration Decisions (KCD), Cross Value Stream Integration (CVSI) closure, functional requirements management/clarification, and scope change assessment
• Engaging with Business Area representatives to understand pain points, integration points, and future implementation requirements
• Integrating with other Business Solution Architects so the ‘To Be’ process is cohesive from an ‘End to End’ perspective and cross team impacts are understood during the Build and Deployment phases
• Integrating the manufacturing financial processes by way of the digital thread
• Understanding the impact of North Star objectives on business process design and support/encourage change to meet requirements and transformation objectives for LM
• Empowered to make BA or Corporate decisions and recommendations
• Defines the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision
• Providing input into and sign-off on financial system solution architecture decisions based on enterprise business strategy, capabilities, and requirements
• Identifying technology issues or misalignment with business requirements, and works with implementation team to propose solutions

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of Financial Accounting Business Processes
• Forward thinker, growth mindset, change agent with ability to lead cross functional teams to effective financial solutions
• Understand transformation objectives and how to align future state processes to achieve business outcomes
• Ability to multi-task in a collaborative, deadline driven environment
• Ability to execute assigned responsibilities with minimal supervision & direction
• Experience supporting multiple financial organizations spanning multiple business areas
• Ability to think strategically and design new processes and ways of working
• Experience with business process architecture and requirements identification
• Financial Systems (SAP) implementation experience is preferred