Principal, Finance Business Architecture & Solution Strategy
$170,000–$278,000 year
HybridMountain View Santa Clara County, California, United States
Job Summary
Define future-state Finance business capabilities across domains like R2R, S2P, O2C, and FP&A by developing architecture frameworks and establishing system interaction principles. Lead buy vs. build assessments and conduct vendor evaluations to prevent solution bias, ensuring decisions align with long-term automation strategy and AI governance guardrails. Translate solution options into investment implications for FY planning and shape ROI narratives for leadership. Act as a trusted advisor to Process Owners and Finance leadership, orchestrating inputs across Delivery, Engineering, and Data teams to drive alignment in a matrixed environment. Provide clear problem framing and decision-ready options before delivery kickoff to reduce rework and improve consistency.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Finance Technology, or Finance transformation
- Experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives across ERP, SaaS, or enterprise Finance technology ecosystems
- Experience across end-to-end Finance processes, such as FP&A, Record-to-Report (R2R), Source-to-Pay (S2P), or Order-to-Cash (O2C)
- Experience in business architecture, solution strategy, or enterprise solution design
Desired Qualifications
- Experience translating complex business problems into structured solution options, evaluating trade-offs, and developing decision frameworks
- Experience with vendor/platform evaluations, business case development, RFPs, POCs, and buy-vs.-build assessments
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, including US GAAP and/or IFRS, and their application within Finance systems and processes
- Experience defining future-state capabilities, architecture frameworks, and scalable solution patterns across Finance
- Experience shaping AI and automation strategies, including business-level governance, scalability, risk, and adoption considerations
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment across Finance, Engineering, Data, and Strategy teams in highly matrixed environments
- Executive-level communication and storytelling skills, including presenting recommendations, decision frameworks, and trade-offs to senior leadership
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