Salesforce Solution Architect - Financial Services

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 30 days leave + 3 volunteering

Family-friendly policies

Private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development

Parental Leave

Job summary

Accenture Song, part of the Salesforce Business Group, seeks a Salesforce Solution Architect for Financial Services to deliver scalable, secure cloud solutions across wealth management, banking and investments. You will engage senior stakeholders, shape architecture, and lead client engagements with a focus on delivering measurable value.

Based in London / Manchester / Leeds / Birmingham, the role blends consulting discipline with hands-on technical leadership, staying abreight of Salesforce

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Salesforce Industries or Financial Services Cloud.
• Certifications such as Salesforce Application Architect, Platform Developer, or related credentials.
• Proven hands-on leadership of technical engagements and architecting integrated Salesforce solutions.

Responsibilities

• Clearly articulate the solution to senior stakeholders and demonstrate objective handling.
• Design and implement Salesforce solutions using FSC for wealth management, banking and investment clients.
• Lead client stakeholders to gather processes and translate them into technical solutions.
• Develop leadership and consulting skills while delivering Salesforce at scale to deliver measurable client value.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with industry best practices.
• Keep informed about Salesforce Financial Services features and updates.

Skills

Salesforce expertise

Solution architecture

Stakeholder management

Consulting experience

Leadership skills

Education

Salesforce Architect certifications

Related degree

Tools

Salesforce FSC

Agentforce / Vlocity skill

Pre-sales tooling

Job description

Role Title: Salesforce Solution Architect - Financial Services

Location: London / Manchester / Leeds / Birmingham

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Associate Manager

Join Accenture Song, a fast-growing division dedicated to crafting transformative digital experiences at scale. As part of the Salesforce Business Group, you’ll support a portfolio of clients and help leading organisations thrive by combining creativity, data-driven insights, and cutting-edge technology.

Grow alongside our global network of talent, and help drive impactful change for some of the world’s most mission-driven institutions.

About the Accenture Salesforce Business Group:

Accenture has established a global commitment to Salesforce called the Salesforce Business Group (SFBG); a focused executive-level effort between Salesforce and Accenture, to turbo-charge our joint business and deliver outstanding customer experiences for our clients.

You will be part of an exciting environment – we have the energy and pace of a start-up, merged with the stability of a well- established Salesforce capability (Accenture has been delivering Salesforce-powered transformation for over 15 years).

The Accenture Salesforce Business Group exists to help our clients create the best customer and employee experiences on the planet. We do this through leveraging the best aspects of our deep knowledge of how to modernise organisations selling, service and operational functions across all key industries.

With deep knowledge in the power of Salesforce’s multiple cloud offerings we help clients transform their employee and customer experiences. We believe that for organisations to be digital on the outside they must first optimise how they run their business with a clean digital core on which to conduct their operations. As a major global user of Salesforce ourselves we lead by example and are a great example of how we have modernised our sales, forecasting and commercial governance with Salesforce tools.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

As a Solution Architect, you will:

• Clearly articulate the solution to senior stakeholders and demonstrate effective objective handling.
• Design and implement Salesforce solutions using Industries & Financial Services Cloud (FSC) for wealth management, Banking and investment clients.
• Lead client stakeholders to gather process and translate them into technical solutions.
• Develop your leadership and consulting skills whilst delivering Salesforce at scale, to deliver measurable client value in some of the most dynamic and challenging environments
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with industry best practices.
• Keep informed about the latest Salesforce Financial Services features and updates by engaging with Salesforce.
• Gain additional skills in solutioning, project management and client engagement through practical experience and training.
• Embed AI into your thinking when building out industry solutions

We are looking for you to have:

• Extensive experience and knowledge of Salesforce Industries or Financial Services Cloud
• Relevant Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce Application Architect, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer, former Vlocity certifications, Agentforce Specialist).
• Proven hands‑on experience leading technical engagements through architecting, designing, building, and delivering integrated solutions on Salesforce
• Experience addressing key architecture concerns (scalability, performance, security, availability, etc.) in the context of Salesforce.
• Excellent communication (written and oral), presentation skills, interpersonal skills, andmanagement skills.
• A background in consulting or leading teams is required.

Set yourself apart:

• Industry-specific knowledge and experience leveraging leading Salesforce and ecosystem industry solutions
• Understand and articulate how Agentforce and AI is effecting Financial Service and how you’ve used AI to deliver value.
• Salesforce Application Architect, System Architect or equivalent industry Architect certifications
• Pre-sales solution architecture experience (including solution shaping, and delivery estimation and planning) is highly regarded
• Active Salesforce community participation and contributions.

What’s in it for you:

Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:

• Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
• Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
• Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
• Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
• A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

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