Solutions Architect - Emerging Solutions

Posted 12 Days Ago
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London, Greater London, England
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Fintech • Professional Services • Software • Analytics • Financial Services
Workiva is the world's leading cloud platform for transparent reporting.
The Role
The Solutions Architect collaborates with clients to deliver tailored solutions, lead strategic service delivery, and ensure successful integration into the Workiva Platform. Responsibilities include conducting discovery sessions, mentoring peers, and fostering client relationships while continuously improving service processes.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Solutions Architect role works hand-in-hand with clients and partners, transforming our products into tailored solutions for our customers. Collaborate across teams, fuel innovation, and leave your mark on both our products and customer satisfaction. Your expertise will guide internal resources and directly impact product evolution.
What You'll Do

  • Lead the strategic delivery of contracted services to customers and partners
  • Conduct comprehensive discovery sessions to understand business needs and requirements
  • Architect solution designs tailored to seamlessly integrate within the Workiva Platform, resulting in the fulfillment of impactful outcomes
  • Forge direct and positive interactions with clients and partners, executing standardized solutions that align with their distinctive requirements
  • Foster continuous professional growth through dedicated training, ensuring a sustained mastery of financial, risk, and operational reporting on the Workiva Platform
  • Assume a leadership role, exemplifying best practices, and mentor peers and Associates, thereby facilitating seamless onboarding and contributing positively to our continuous development endeavors


What You'll Need
Minimum Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field; an advanced degree may be considered in lieu of professional experience
  • 4 years of experience in service delivery, finance, accounting, audit, or a related field


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with enterprise risk, financial planning or analytics & reporting solutions and their related technology platforms
  • Hands-on experience within the Workiva platform, other SaaS and cloud technologies, or data architectures preferred
  • Consultant level at a services company or public accounting preferred
  • Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement
  • Ability to influence and drive change in business processes
  • A strong individual contributor with intellectual curiosity to positively impact the ability to manage multiple services
  • Enhanced technology knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and Google Workspace applications
  • Familiarity with any of the following: SQL, JSON, REST, or Python is a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to curate and maintain customer-first relationships


Travel Requirements and Working Conditions

  • Willingness to travel up to 25% for team and corporate meetings, fostering relationships and representing company interests
  • Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, as we embrace flexible work arrangements


Workiva is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, gender identity, race, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].
Workiva employees are required to undergo comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory standards.
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Workiva simplifies complex work for thousands of organizations around the world, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our cloud technology, the Workiva platform, is a fit-for-purpose, connected reporting and compliance platform that enables our customers to streamline processes, connect data and teams, and ensure consistency—all within a controlled, secure, audit-ready platform. Workiva customers connect critical business data directly from source systems to our cloud platform, seamlessly enabling collaboration and deep integration into existing workstreams. The Workiva platform provides unparalleled trust, transparency, and assurance for all stakeholders. That’s why thousands of enterprises across 170 countries use the Workiva platform.

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Our mission at Workiva—powering transparent reporting for a better world—is driven by company values and principles. They inspire and guide what we do—from how we build our software to how we treat our employees. Here you have the freedom and resources you need—backed by a culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to keep breaking new ground.

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