Business Solutions Architect – Cost Accounting & Integration

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About the position

The Business Solutions Architect – Cost Accounting & Integration (BSA) reports to the Financial Transformation and Systems team and is a key role in leading LM's Business Transformation, Systems Modernization (BTSM) initiative. This role will partner with Value Stream Product Owners (VSPO) and their teams, in a cross value stream capacity, to build the future of how Lockheed Martin will support Cost Accounting business processes, which include Product Costing, Tax, Intercompany transactions and other integration points across Financial processes and systems. Daily responsibilities for this role will include (but not limited to) the following: 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 labor & cost accounting 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 Requires US citizenship for system requirements and testing

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 labor & cost accounting 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

Strong understanding of Operations Finance 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
Requires US citizenship for system requirements and testing

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