Remote Financial Systems Architect & Integration Leader

Husch Blackwell; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Husch Blackwell LLP is seeking a Financial Systems Solutions Architect to define, govern, and advance the architecture for the Firm's financial and administrative applications. You will lead design patterns, integration standards, and data governance while partnering with stakeholders, engineering teams, and vendors.

The role requires extensive experience in enterprise architecture, Elite 3E and Intapp ecosystems, API/ETL technologies, and cloud-enabled modernization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience supporting enterprise applications, integrations, or solution architecture.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale application and integration solutions.
• Experience supporting financial, accounting, administrative, or legal technology platforms preferred.
• Experience working within legal, professional services, or financial services organizations preferred.
• Deep knowledge of financial business processes, billing, accounting, procurement, and administrative workflows.
• Experience with Elite 3E and associated financial application ecosystems preferred.
• Familiarity with Intapp products and related business processes preferred.
• Strong understanding of API architecture, REST services, SOAP services, ETL processes, and integration technologies.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and relational database design.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI, SSRS, data modeling, reporting architecture, and analytics platforms.
• Understanding of cloud architecture, SaaS platforms, and enterprise modernization strategies.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define design patterns, standards and design principles for the Firm's Financial and Administrative Applications portfolio.
• Serve as the Firm's primary architecture resource for financial platforms, including Elite 3E and related applications.
• Partner with business leaders to understand current and future-state business requirements.
• Evaluate opportunities for application modernization, process automation, and cloud adoption.
• Support long-term planning activities associated with platform upgrades and transformation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps supporting financial and administrative applications.
• Define standards and best practices governing Financial systems integrations.
• Establish reusable integration patterns utilizing APIs, middleware, ETL processes, and cloud-based services.
• Review and approve integration designs supporting internal and vendor-supported systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure integration solutions align with established architectural standards.
• Collaborate with the firm Enterprise Architecture team to ensure designs are implemented firm-wide.
• Ensure appropriate data governance, security, reliability, and scalability considerations are included.

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic planning

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Tools

Elite 3E

Intapp

Power BI

SQL Server

SSRS

ETL tools

Job description

Husch Blackwell LLP is seeking a Financial Systems Solutions Architect to define, govern, and advance the architecture for the Firm's financial and administrative applications. You will lead design patterns, integration standards, and data governance while partnering with stakeholders, engineering teams, and vendors.

The role requires extensive experience in enterprise architecture, Elite 3E and Intapp ecosystems, API/ETL technologies, and cloud-enabled modernization.