Position Title:  Senior IT Solution Architect - Finance

Senior IT Solution Architect Finance

MAKE HISTORY WITH US!

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. There are unique IT projects here to match all levels of skills and ambitions – from pace-setting global pilot projects to vital local updates. Whether you want to pursue a personal passion or build an international career, there’s space here to develop in any number of directions.

Our IT Corporate Platform work across different locations, we are inviting you to join our Krakow IT Hub. You will be delivering Technology and Consultancy to Tax and beyond, solving difficult business problems, and innovating the future of business at PMI.

To join us you’ll need to be driven and equally happy whether you’re taking the strategic view or diving deep into processes. We'll make sure you're set up to succeed whatever your project is, our culture is agile and collaborative, and we genuinely believe our people are some of the best you’ll ever work with.

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WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are seeking a seasoned Senior IT Solution Architect Finance to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and future-ready finance solutions within our Tax IT team. This role is pivotal in shaping the architecture of financial systems, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory requirements, and enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Drive strategic transformation of the Tax technology landscape by providing architectural guidance on opportunities for modernization, rationalization, and integration.
• Design scalable, secure, and future-ready IT solutions for finance, with a focus on tax-related processes, aligned with enterprise architecture and strategic goals.
• Ensure solution designs promote operational excellence, meet performance standards, and comply with internal and external regulations.
• Provide architectural advisory and oversight for implementation of new solutions, leveraging modern technologies such as APIs, Cloud Computing, S/4HANA, and AI.
• Assess impact of regulatory changes on tax and finance systems, proposing necessary architectural adjustments
• Act as a subject matter expert across the organization, supporting IT initiatives in the tax area.
• Stay current with technological trends and innovations in finance and tax domains.

Collaboration and Leadership

• Lead discussions with central and market-based tax stakeholders to understand business needs, provide consultative guidance and make architectural decisions that best address those needs.
• Partner with the Tax IT Portfolio Manager to ensure architectural alignment in portfolio planning and management, e.g. application upgrades, consolidations, replacements, or decommissioning.
• Collaborate with Service Managers to ensure solution designs support operational excellence, maintainability, and service continuity.
• Provide architectural input into incident, problem, and change management processes to ensure root causes are addressed and future risks mitigated.
• Support the definition of service-level requirements and ensure solutions are designed to meet agreed SLAs and KPIs.
• Partner with the Domain Architect for Finance to ensure tax solutions are aligned with the broader finance architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Collaborate with peer architects across domains (e.g., Records to Report, Plan to Produce, Order 2 Cash, Supply Chain) to ensure end-to-end process integration and architectural consistency.
• Contribute to architectural governance forums and design reviews to promote shared standards and reusable patterns.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• Proven track record of minimum 8-10 years in designing and delivering solutions across platforms such as SAP ECC, SAP DRC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP CFIN with a strong focus on finance and ideally on tax domains
• Deep understanding of finance processes, ideally with Tax focus.
• Experience working in global environments with complex regulatory and compliance requirements, e.g. around SAF-T, E-Invoicing.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to contribute to long-term roadmaps and transformation initiatives.
• A proactive, can-do attitude with a focus on continuous improvement, problem-solving, and driving results in a dynamic environment.
• Relevant SAP Certifications (e.g., Financial Accounting and Management Accounting in ECC or S/4HANA). Certifications in AWS (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect), enterprise architecture (e.g., TOGAF), IT service management (e.g., ITIL) are a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, API integration, data migration strategies and AI knowledge/experience are a plus.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU?

• Private medical and dental care, life insurance

• Lunch card (Sodexo)

• Remote work opportunity? and flexible working arrangements

• Employee pension plan

• Multisport program

• Cafeteria program

• Wide range of trainings, optional language classes, further education and professional qualification support possibility

• Free bike and car parking for all employees