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# Lead Solution Architect- Senior Vice President

- **Company:** Citi
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,720.0 - $265,080.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Process Modeling, Software as a Service, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Oracle (Applications), SAP (Applications), Data Streaming
- **Published:** July 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e8674d6284c344d7

## About the Role

* Extensive Experience: Proven track record as a Business Architect, Process Architect, or in a similar strategic role within the financial services industry.
 * Deep Subject Matter Expertise: Deep functional knowledge of core finance and accounting processes, including General Ledger, sub-ledger accounting, financial close and consolidation, data substantiation, and multi-system reconciliation.
 * Business Process Modeling: Demonstrated ability to model business capabilities and design complex, end-to-end business processes at scale within a global organization.
 * Financial Data Acumen: Strong understanding of financial data flows, data governance principles, and the critical data elements required for financial control and reporting in a regulated environment.
 * Transformation Experience: Significant experience in large-scale business transformation programs, preferably involving a migration to a SaaS-based ERP or accounting platform (e.g., Oracle, SAP).
 * Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to influence senior leaders and articulate complex business concepts to diverse audiences.
 * Strategic Mindset: A strategic thinker who can connect detailed process design to broader business outcomes and long-term objectives, * 10+ years relevant experience in Solutions Architecture with true end to end business processes hands on experience
 * Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
 * Management and prioritization skills
 * Ability to develop working relationships
 * Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
 * Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly
 * Education:
 * Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

## Description

The Finance Technology Transformation program is a strategic, multi-year initiative to modernize our core finance platforms by migrating to Oracle SaaS. This transformation is fundamentally redesigning our finance operating model, impacting accounting engines, end-to-end data flows, and enterprise-wide financial reporting.

The Lead Business Architect is a senior, independent leader responsible for defining the target state business architecture for critical domains within this program. This role is not technology-focused; it is centered on shaping the future of our finance function by defining business capabilities, end-to-end processes, data flows, and controls. You will be the primary driver in translating strategic goals into a coherent business blueprint that will guide the transformation.

Reporting to the Principal Architect, you will lead a small team of business architects and work with senior stakeholders across Finance, Operations, and Technology to ensure the program's success from a business process and functional perspective., * Define Target State Architecture: Lead the definition and modeling of the target state business architecture for key finance domains, including Accounting Engines, General Ledger, Financial Close, Data Substantiation, and Reconciliation.

 * Process Mapping & Analysis: Map and critically analyze current state business processes to identify gaps, pain points, and opportunities for simplification, standardization, and automation.
 * Design Business Blueprints: Develop detailed business process models, functional designs, and data flow diagrams that articulate the future state, ensuring they align with strategic objectives and regulatory requirements.
 * Champion Data & Controls: Champion the design of robust reconciliation and substantiation frameworks from a business process and data integrity perspective, ensuring data is complete, accurate, and timely.
 * Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with senior business stakeholders across Finance, Front Office, and Operations to gather requirements, build consensus, and ensure the target architecture meets critical business needs.
 * Bridge to Technology: Partner with Technology teams to translate the business architecture into functional requirements, ensuring the delivered solutions are fit-for-purpose and solve the right business problems.
 * Lead & Mentor: Lead and mentor a team of Senior Business Architects, fostering a culture of business process excellence, strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of the finance function., * This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.


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