Salesforce Solution Architect

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group (CC&L); Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group (CC&L) is looking for a Salesforce Solution Architect in Toronto. This role involves leading solutions that enhance user experiences and ensure business value. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in Salesforce architecture and a deep understanding of its platform. The position offers a competitive salary of $140,000 - $165,000 annually, alongside a performance bonus. CC&L values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a Salesforce Solution Architect designing in regulated environments.
• Experience delivering cross-cloud solutions across Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, and others.
• Proven track record of continuous learning and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement with key stakeholders to understand needs and opportunities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to improve user experiences and productivity.
• Own the end-to-end solution design of maintainable Salesforce solutions.
• Lead solution delivery and collaborate with cross-functional team members.

Skills

Communicate and influence across business and technical audiences

Design scalable, secure solutions

Deep understanding of the Salesforce Platform

Hands-on Salesforce platform experience

Experience in Institutional Asset Management

Job description

Interested in joining one of Canada’s top performing asset managers? We are looking for a Salesforce Solution Architect for an existing vacancy in our IS department. Joining as the Salesforce Solution Architect as part of our Salesforce Center of Excellence, you will lead the delivery of ongoing business value by bridging strategy and technical execution. Partnering closely with business leaders, end users and delivery teams, you will lead uncovering unmet needs and be responsible for the design and delivery of Salesforce solutions that enable a great user and client experience. Your expertise designing solutions addressing complex asset management workflows, coupled with a passion for working with cross functional team members to deliver high quality solutions with measurable business impact will serve as a foundation for success in this role. Our offices operate on a hybrid model with three days in-office.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Lead the engagement with key stakeholders and end users to uncover unmet needs and understand pain points, synthesizing insights into clear opportunities for process improvement or new capabilities
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Act as a trusted advisor, shaping outcomes through enablement and recommendations that improve the day-to-day end user experience while increasing productivity and driving adoption
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Lead conversations with a business value first mindset, translating complex solution concepts into tailored end user workflows
• Shaping Unmet Needs & Requirements: Lead solution design feasibility, defining release scope and sequencing to align with business priorities while accounting for dependencies
• Shaping Unmet Needs & Requirements: Own the definition of clear, implementation-ready requirements and acceptance criteria that accelerate development, and enable consistent high-quality delivery
• Shaping Unmet Needs & Requirements: Collaborate with stakeholders across teams to ensure solutions support complete end to end processes that provide business value and an exceptional end user experience
• Solution Design & Architectural Thinking: Own the end-to-end solution design of scalable, secure, maintainable Salesforce solutions that enable business strategy and a positive end user experience
• Solution Design & Architectural Thinking: Apply architectural thinking to ensure solutions reduce rework, technical debt and downstream delivery risk
• Solution Design & Architectural Thinking: Lead hands-on solution configuration, proof-of-concepts, and solution demonstrations to validate design decisions and de-risk delivery
• Enable Delivery & Execution Leadership: Lead solution delivery, working closely with cross functional team members to guide solution implementation and participate in testing to ensure delivery of consistently high-quality solutions that provide an exceptional end user experience
• Enable Delivery & Execution Leadership: Lead agile execution collaborating with project team members on overcoming roadblocks, establishing an environment for team members to do their best work
• Enable Delivery & Execution Leadership: Lead the follow through of successful solution delivery, collaborating on the resolution of complex solution or data issues
• Enable Delivery & Execution Leadership: Develop standards and best practices to accelerate future delivery

Qualifications

• What You Bring: Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence across business and technical audiences, translating complex concepts into clear designs and outcomes
• What You Bring: 8+ years as a Salesforce Solution Architect designing scalable, secure solutions in regulated environments
• What You Bring: Deep implementation based understanding of the Salesforce Platform, including configuration, advanced configuration, use of customization, data models, security models
• What You Bring: Hands on Salesforce platform experience delivering cross-cloud solutions across areas such as Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Account Engagement, Third Party Apps
• What You Bring: Institutional Asset Management domain experience, is an asset
• What You Bring: Proven track record of continuous learning and leadership

The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $165,000. The salary range provided reflects the base salary range for this position as required by legislation. In addition, there is an annual performance bonus which contributes to the total compensation for this position.

Further questions may be directed to the HR team during the interview process.

CC&L Financial Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or expression, disability, or age.

Your application will be reviewed by a member of the hiring team - AI is not used in the screening, assessment or selection of applications at this time.