SATIC - Microsoft Business Central - Solution Architect at PwC South Africa

Experience required:

• Experience of MSFT Business Central project / programme delivery as a Solutions Architect, covering Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain
• Experience as Solutions Architect on projects with multiple integrations
• Experience in deployment of the technology across multiple countries / locations / business units

Responsibilities of role:

• Lead the design and development of business processes that enhance the Application
• Responsible for technology architecture and lead projects, including roadmap, high level design, and solution design.
• Work with business and technology leads to make sure architecture is robust, optimised and aligns with the organisation's existing infrastructure and long term goals. 
• Plan, oversee and conduct design, implementation, and support activities. Provide guidance where necessary.
• Plan and design the integration of different components to ensure data flows smoothly and efficiently between systems.
• Ensure that solution architecture designs meet security, scalability, performance, integration, resilience, usability and maintainability requirements while considering outcomes, needs, cost, and quality.
• Identify architectural constraints and document controls to minimise risks in solution architecture designs.
• Provide cost estimation by considering factors such as hardware, software, licensing, development efforts, and maintenance expenses.
• Provide design leadership and guidance to delivery teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and architecture standards.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure timely delivery of architectural work as part of the solution backlog, aligned with agreed priorities.

Desirable skill sets include:

• Strong communicator
• Strong analysis and documentation capability (process maps and flows, using tools such as Visio)