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Archer · 21 hours ago

Finance Solution Architect

San Jose, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$190K/yr - $245K/yr

15+ years exp

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. The Principal Solution Architect – Finance Systems will be responsible for defining, leading, and delivering the finance and controlling system architecture and roadmap across the enterprise, ensuring scalable, compliant, and efficient processes. This role involves partnership with Finance, Operations, and IT leadership to shape the financial systems strategy and drive modernization initiatives.

AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Own the Finance Systems architecture vision and roadmap across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Product Costing, Treasury, and Financial Planning & Analysis

Design end-to-end processes for Record-to-Report (R2R), Plan-to-Produce (P2P), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C) — ensuring seamless integration with manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement systems

Evaluate and implement SAP S/4HANA standard capabilities, minimizing customizations while driving standardization and scalability

Align financial systems strategy with enterprise architecture, compliance, and business objectives

Establish design governance through the Finance Architecture Review Board, ensuring consistency and cross-functional alignment

Lead the design, configuration, and integration of SAP FICO modules — FI, CO, PS, FSCM, BCS, and Group Reporting — with internal and external systems

Oversee process design for costing, intercompany, capitalization, variance analysis, and profitability reporting (COPA)

Architect integration between SAP and non-SAP platforms including Concur, Coupa, Workday, OpenText, VIM, Treasury Management Systems, and Snowflake/Palantir analytics

Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process automation, AI-based financial insights, and intelligent spend management

Develop and maintain Business Process Documentation (BPDs), configuration standards, and integration blueprints

Ensure all Finance system designs and implementations adhere to GAAP, SOX, and ITGC compliance standards

Define and monitor control frameworks across master data, transactional flows, and intercompany operations

Partner with internal audit, FP&A, and external consultants to support quarterly and annual reviews

Drive consistent use of financial master data (cost centers, GL accounts, profit centers) through robust data governance

Partner with senior Finance and IT leaders to define financial transformation goals and execution strategy

Lead cross-functional architecture design sessions spanning Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Corporate Finance

Provide guidance to analysts, developers, and project teams, ensuring alignment to design principles

Work with external vendors and partners (SAP, Accenture, Deloitte, NS2) to deliver roadmap milestones and adopt best practices

Mentor and upskill internal teams on SAP S/4HANA Finance capabilities and data-driven decision support

Qualification

SAP S/4HANA FICOFinance process designCompliance standardsAI in FinanceIntegration with SAPStakeholder managementAgile delivery modelsFinancial acumenLeadership skills