Infor M3 Finance Functional Solutions Architect

ApTask; New York (NY); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

ApTask is seeking a Solution Architect to provide global functional leadership for Infor M3 across supply chain, manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics. You will translate business needs into scalable M3 designs and guide analysts, developers, and partners through design, testing, deployment, and stabilization.

The role emphasizes governance, regional variation management, and alignment with standard CloudSuite capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading functional solution architecture for Infor M3 platforms.
• Ability to translate business requirements into global design decisions and robust solutions.
• Ability to govern regional variation and customization.
• Experience writing and reviewing functional design documents and specifications.
• Collaborates with analysts, developers, delivery partners, and ERP teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end M3 functional architecture across demand, supply, manufacturing, warehousing, branch ops, and logistics.
• Translate business requirements into solution options, global and regional design decisions, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Draft or approve functional design documents and ensure traceability and knowledge transfer.
• Assess impacts across M3 modules, master data, integrations, reporting, security, and edge applications.
• Lead governance with ERP Technical Architecture and other Functional Solution Architects to maintain standards.

Skills

Infor M3

Solution architecture

Global design decisions

Governance

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

About Client

The client specializes in delivering technology solutions and services to help businesses with digital transformation, software development, and IT consulting. It provides custom software development services across various platforms and technologies, catering to different industries and domains. The client helps businesses modernize their IT systems, adopt new technologies, and transform their operations to stay competitive in the digital age. Client is known for its emphasis on innovation, agility, and a collaborative work culture. The company encourages its employees to explore creative solutions and stay updated with the latest technology trends.

Rate Range

$55-$60/Hr

Job Description

• Provide global functional solution architecture leadership for Infor M3 supply chain, manufacturing, warehousing, branch, and logistics capabilities.
• The Solution Architect converts business requirements into cohesive, scalable, and supportable M3 designs; governs regional variation and customization; and guides analysts, developers, Infor, and delivery partners through design, testing, deployment, and stabilization.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end M3 functional architecture across demand and supply planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, branch operations, fulfillment, shipping, quality, maintenance, and logistics.
• Translate business requirements into solution options, global and regional design decisions, process flows, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Write functional design documents or approve those written by regional analysts.
• Assess impacts across M3 modules, companies and divisions, master data, integrations, reporting, security, documents, controls, and edge applications.
• Define where regional variation is required and where common global design should be maintained.
• Promote standard CloudSuite capabilities and process alternatives before endorsing customization.
• Support design reviews, fit-to-standard decisions, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Ensure regional requirements, compliance initiatives, monthly updates, and approved enhancements remain aligned with the global solution.
• Guide regional analysts and delivery partners and ensure designs are understood, documented, tested, and supportable.
• Design Governance and Customization Control Co-lead the ERP Design Authority with ERP Technical Architecture and other Functional Solution Architects.
• Evaluate proposed solutions for business value, operational efficiency, process fit, complexity, testing burden, support cost, release impact, and lifecycle risk.
• Review Infor and partner designs and require complete documentation, traceability, knowledge transfer, and operational ownership.
• Maintain functional architecture standards, decision records, process and configuration principles, and an inventory of significant regional variations. Operational Support and Continuous Improvement
• Provide retained L3 functional leadership for complex incidents, recurring problems, and high-impact operational issues.
• Partner with Service Operations, regional analysts, ERP Engineering, and Integration Engineering to restore service and define permanent correction.
• Assess CloudSuite updates and planned releases for functional and operational impact to supply-chain, manufacturing, warehousing, branch, and logistics processes.