Salesforce Cross Skilled Functional Architect - Financial Services

Accenture•Los Angeles, MS

About The Position

Accenture is seeking a cross-Financial Services skilled Functional Solution Architect for its Financial Services Salesforce Business Group. The role operates between architecture and execution, translating senior architects’ designs into delivery plans and ensuring architecture remains sound throughout the program lifecycle. The architect owns solution design documents, leads technical workstreams, and works across Salesforce Data 360, Agentforce, and Financial Services CRM platforms. The role leads end-to-end solution design across assigned workstreams, including data models, integration patterns, security models, and platform configuration. It also owns technical design and build for Agentforce use cases on Banking, Capital Markets, and Insurance programs; designs and implements integrations among Data Cloud, CRM, external data sources, and Agentforce; and makes architecture tradeoffs among options such as MuleSoft, REST/SOAP, and Salesforce Connect. The architect connects functional requirements to technical delivery, aligns architects, developers, and client stakeholders, and leads design sessions, code reviews, and deployment governance. The role includes managing risks, design gaps, and dependencies; mentoring junior architects; contributing to estimates, scoping, staffing, and RFP responses; and developing reusable accelerators, methodologies, and Financial Services AI use-case patterns. The position requires at least 8 years of progressive Salesforce delivery experience, including significant solution architecture or senior platform leadership; experience delivering large-scale Financial Services Salesforce programs; expertise with Financial Services Cloud or equivalent CRM platforms; program-scale Agile leadership; and experience with AI/ML capabilities. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required. The posting gives location-specific annual salary ranges from $112,900 to $302,400, depending on location, and states that it is anticipated to remain posted until 12/08/2026.

Requirements

At least 8 years of progressive Salesforce delivery experience, including demonstrated tenure in solution architecture or senior platform leadership roles.
At least 5 years architecting and delivering multiple large-scale, complex Salesforce programs in the Financial Services industry.
At least 3 years with Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) or equivalent Financial Services CRM platforms, with expertise in applying these platforms across different use cases.
At least 3 years leading delivery using Agile, hybrid, or scaled Agile frameworks at program scale, such as SAFe or multi-team Scrum, and shaping engagement methodology decisions.
At least 1 year leveraging AI/ML capabilities, such as Salesforce Einstein, Agentforce, or generative AI tools, including advising clients on AI strategy and adoption.
At least 3 years supporting Financial Services clients at a senior delivery or advisory level.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 12 years of work experience; an associate’s degree requires a minimum of 6 years of work experience.
Applicants for US employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Certified Application Architect, System Architect, or CTA designation.
Experience as a functional and technical hybrid, with sufficient depth on both sides to design end-to-end solutions.
Deep integration architecture experience, including MuleSoft, event-driven architectures, or enterprise API strategy.
Pre-sales leadership, including owning the architecture narrative for competitive RFP responses and executive-level solution presentations.
Relationship management experience with Financial Services clients at Director and VP levels, with a record of building trust and repeat engagement.
Experience building and leading high-performing, geographically distributed delivery teams at Senior Manager level or above.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end solution design across assigned workstreams, including data models, integration patterns, security models, and platform configuration.
Maintain solution design documents, architecture decision records, and data flow diagrams throughout delivery.
Own technical design and build for Agentforce use cases across Banking, Capital Markets, and Insurance programs.
Design and implement integrations among Data Cloud, CRM, external data sources, and Agentforce capabilities.
Evaluate architecture tradeoffs among middleware and integration options, including MuleSoft, REST/SOAP, and Salesforce Connect.
Bridge functional requirements and technical delivery, aligning architects, developers, and client stakeholders on design decisions and scope boundaries.
Lead design sessions, code reviews, and deployment governance.
Manage solution risks, design gaps, and cross-workstream dependencies, and escalate proactively.
Guide and mentor junior architects and establish technical standards across the team.
Support pursuit-phase estimation, scoping, and staffing conversations; contribute architecture sections to RFP responses and orals.
Build accelerators, methodology assets, and Financial Services-specific AI use-case patterns for reuse across the practice.