Americas Tax Technology Group - Solutions Architect - Manager

EY • Atlanta, GA

2d • $84,400 - $219,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Solutions Architect is part of EY’s Americas Tax Technology Group (ATTG), a technology organization that develops and maintains innovative solutions for client-serving Tax professionals. ATTG partners with Tax professionals to create digital and mobile tools and capabilities in data-driven management, workflow, analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence. This role belongs to the Architecture and Standards pillar, which architects market-differentiating solutions and sets standards for ATTG.

The role is accountable for solution architecture across the SSL portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational technology and business strategy and that implementation remains true to approved designs. The Solutions Architect helps guide portfolio decisions, assesses build-versus-buy options, aligns purchasing and solution designs with required processes and standards, and works with stakeholders to shape solution delivery strategies. The position also develops architectural standards and reusable components, supports governance and automation, and promotes practices such as cloud architecture, AI, Agile/DevOps, big data and analytics, microservices, and micro-frontends.

The position follows EY’s team-led, leader-enabled hybrid model. For most external, client-serving roles, EY expects people to work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project, or year. Locations listed are Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Dallas, New York, and Iselin.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer science, engineering, accounting, or finance, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 10 years of experience.
• Approved technical certification.
• Ability to clearly articulate problems and proposed solutions.
• Proactive approach to identifying issues, presenting solutions and options, and leading resolution when appropriate.
• Ability to understand long-term business objectives and suggest technical strategies that meet them through technology innovation.
• Experience with various architectural styles and patterns.
• Ability to communicate architecture to all levels of management and customers.
• Ability to adjust product architecture in response to customer requirements, market conditions, and technology evolution.
• Excellent knowledge of software development methodologies and processes.
• Track record designing and releasing high-quality, high-performance, enterprise-level software products or applications.
• Excellent decision-making skills and ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, prioritization, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong leadership skills and experience successfully managing teams.
• Ability to work and communicate internally and with customers at all levels, from engineers and end users to C-suite.
• Experience designing and implementing hybrid cloud solutions.
• Architectural experience, including use of UML and other CASE tools.
• Strong ability to document concepts and designs for C-level consumption.
• Working experience in Business Architecture.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Management experience.
• Ability to understand and learn tax law and its technology implications at a high level.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills and ability to multitask across projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work and team effectively with clients and senior leadership and influence team members.

Responsibilities

• Ensure solution architecture aligns with organizational technology direction and business strategy.
• Drive effective decision-making to steer, harmonize, and accelerate efforts within the Portfolio.
• Be accountable for solution architecture for all products within the SSL portfolio.
• Ensure solution direction and implementation adhere to the design, and appropriately manage required changes.
• Make informed build-versus-buy decisions by following the NTI process and systematically evaluating technology.
• Route technology purchase requests through appropriate channels to align with Global Procurement requirements.
• Ensure solution designs specify technologies and tools approved by Tax Quality, Risk Management, and Independence.
• Collaborate with SDL and BTL to devise the Solution Delivery Strategy.
• Help map business technology strategy to solution strategy.
• Participate in rationalizing market trends and ATTG and EY Fabric capabilities and offerings.
• Facilitate preparation of potential technical solutions and advise SDL and BTL on their technical and business value.
• Promote growth, innovation, and long-term profitability.
• Develop architectural standards informed by best practices and help accelerate solution development through repeatable actions and reusable components.
• Identify programs that deliver architectural leverage and scale through reusable components.
• Work with ATTG governance bodies as part of the organization’s overall governance framework.
• Design products and services to minimize human intervention in deployment and operation.
• Support governance through automation and policy enforcement to reduce manual process gates.
• Ensure compliance with solution architecture standards and integration of available building blocks.
• Define robust architectures for new applications and releases, leveraging and enhancing existing building blocks or creating reusable components.
• Promote best practices and technologies including cloud architecture, AI, Agile/DevOps, big data and analytics, microservices, and micro-frontends.
• Partner with stakeholders inside and outside SSL and ATTG to gather requirements and formulate appropriate architectures, balancing advocacy and compromise to reach acceptable solutions.
• Work with Studio teams to translate efforts into value.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Pension plans.
• 401(k) plans.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Paid holidays.
• Winter and summer breaks.
• Time off for personal and family care.
• Other leaves of absence to support physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager