IFS Solution Architect

SF Partners; Greater London; Remote; GBP 185,000 - 2,214,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners seeks a Global Solution Architect with end-to-end IFS Cloud ERP experience for a remote, international contract. You will own the global solution design and template across a major IFS Cloud transformation programme and lead the architecture across deployment waves with international travel.

You will own Finance solution design, including COA, intercompany, project accounting, assets and close, and oversee integration with Projects, EAM and Service & Maintenance while addressing

Qualifications

• Extensive IFS architecture experience in international business.
• Hands-on IFS Cloud across Finance, Projects and operations.
• Proven track record delivering multi-country ERP implementations.
• Strong understanding of Finance architecture and controls.
• Experience integrating Finance with EAM, work orders and maintenance.
• Ownership of global templates, governance and decisions.
• Experience with legacy data migrations and cutover planning.
• Strong stakeholder management and challenge capability.

Responsibilities

• Own global IFS Cloud solution architecture across three deployment waves.
• Lead design authority and review change requests for global vs local needs.
• Own Finance solution design including COA, intercompany and project accounting.
• Oversee integration between Finance, Projects, EAM and Service & Maintenance.
• Architect legacy finance decommissioning, data migration and cutover.
• Manage statutory localisation, tax and reporting across regions.
• Challenge programme plans to minimise risk and rework.
• Provide architectural oversight through SIT, UAT, go-live and hypercare.

Skills

IFS Cloud architecture

Global solution design

Stakeholder management

Multi-country ERP delivery

Finance architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

IFS Cloud

Job description

Global Solution Architect with end to end IFS Cloud ERP experience is sought on a remote, contract basis (international travel will be required) by a global energy brand to take ownership of the solution design and global template across a major international IFS Cloud transformation programme.

The business is halfway through a global rollout so this role requires someone who can take ownership of the global solution, challenge design decisions and ensure consistency across multiple countries, business functions and deployment phases.

Key responsibilities include:

• Owning the global IFS Cloud solution architecture and ensuring consistency across all three deployment waves.
• Leading design authority, reviewing change requests and determining where local requirements justify changes to the global template.
• Taking ownership of the Finance solution design, including chart of accounts, company structures, intercompany, project accounting, fixed assets, work order costing and financial close.
• Overseeing the integration between Finance, Projects, Enterprise Asset Management and Service & Maintenance, ensuring operational activity flows accurately into financial reporting and billing.
• Leading the architecture for legacy finance system decommissioning, including data migration, opening balances, reconciliation and cutover.
• Managing statutory and fiscal localisation requirements across Europe and the Americas, including tax, electronic invoicing and reporting.
• Challenging programme plans, design decisions and deployment sequencing to minimise risk and avoid unnecessary rework.
• Providing architectural oversight through SIT, UAT, cutover, go-live and hypercare.

Experience required:

• Extensive IFS architecture experience gained in a international business
• Strong hands-on experience with IFS Cloud, particularly across Finance, Projects and associated operational modules.
• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-country ERP implementations through multiple rollout waves.
• Deep understanding of Finance architecture, including financial controls, project accounting, intercompany, costing and statutory requirements.
• Experience integrating Finance with Enterprise Asset Management, work orders, maintenance and service operations.
• Previous ownership of global templates, design governance and architectural decision-making.
• Experience with legacy finance migrations, data reconciliation and cutover planning.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge systems integrators, senior stakeholders and local business teams.

We're looking for someone who has genuinely owned the architecture of a complex international ERP programme, understands the relationship between Finance and operational processes, and can maintain control of a global solution through multiple deployments.

You must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to travel internationally.

This contract is paying £1000- £12000 per day outside of IR35.