Sr Solutions Architect-Record to Report

Lyondell Basell North America • Houston, TX

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About The Position

LyondellBasell
is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year
legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary
MoReTec
recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come.
LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're
addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.Come Join an Inclusive TeamReporting to the Global Enterprise Architect, as a Solutions Architect you are responsible for collaborating with various LYB Record to Report areas ( Finance & Accounting , Tax & Treasury) to architect sustainable solutions to meet business and customer needs. You are an expert on the product, lean on existing processes and find solutions for any gaps. Your communication skills are one of your best qualities and find yourself seamlessly communicating with team members and functional teams. Solutions should be in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards. This includes designing and developing technical specifications for both high-level and low level application and data integration patterns and styles.A Day in the Life
Drives the solutioning for large complex projects, collaborating with other Solutions Architects and business area teams to build detailed technical design and specification documents, to meet business needs for large complex projects, considering capabilities, risks, system dependencies
Liaise with peers to ensure support, adherence to standards and consistency in solution designs
Understand the SAP roadmap for S/4 HANA and provide consulting and advisory to customer business and IT team for their S/4 HANA adoption
Provide strategic leadership and creative thinking to help the technical delivery team through the project lifecycle
Create conceptual architecture views, Architecture Technical designs, collect and document architecture significant decisions and architecture key constraints
Analyze architecture alternatives and provide recommendations on best options, considering input from the development teams
Make sure that provided solutions meet overall non-functional requirements (supportability, performance, security, availability, scalability, manageability, usability, and such)
High-level code review in integration development to ensure the design and best practices have been followed
Work on multiple concurrent projects, meet business expectations, influence outcomes and maintain stated timelines
Mentor developers to grow skills in LYB' best practices and standards
Keep up to date on industry architectural standards and trends

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• At least 10 years of hands on experience in application solution architectures, integration patterns and best practices
• Minimum 5 years’ experience on platforms like SAP and other R2R related platforms.
• Should have experience in all FICO modules including Product Costing, Material Ledger, CO-PA, etc. and strong knowledge of integration with Sales Distribution, Production, Materials Mgmt, Project Systems, etc.
• Good knowledge and experience with Finance core processes (Accounting, Budget, Close, Indirect and Direct Tax, Treasury and Payments) is required
• Non-functional requirements gathering and solutioning experience
• Ability to develop successful relationships with external and internal partners
• At least 3 S/4 Hana Implementation project experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated problem solving, multi-tasking, troubleshooting skills with a high degree of flexibility
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) / Agile development / DevOps
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand key business processes and related issues
• Strong self-leadership and ability to work independently and manage conflict
• Demonstrated competency in accurately identifying the scope of work and preparing thorough, accurate and detailed schedule estimates

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a team lead capacity
• Experience designing/building APIs
• Experience with OneStream platform
• API management configuration and best practices
• Hands-on experience or certification in TOGAF a plus

Responsibilities

• Drives the solutioning for large complex projects, collaborating with other Solutions Architects and business area teams to build detailed technical design and specification documents, to meet business needs for large complex projects, considering capabilities, risks, system dependencies
• Liaise with peers to ensure support, adherence to standards and consistency in solution designs
• Understand the SAP roadmap for S/4 HANA and provide consulting and advisory to customer business and IT team for their S/4 HANA adoption
• Provide strategic leadership and creative thinking to help the technical delivery team through the project lifecycle
• Create conceptual architecture views, Architecture Technical designs, collect and document architecture significant decisions and architecture key constraints
• Analyze architecture alternatives and provide recommendations on best options, considering input from the development teams
• Make sure that provided solutions meet overall non-functional requirements (supportability, performance, security, availability, scalability, manageability, usability, and such)
• High-level code review in integration development to ensure the design and best practices have been followed
• Work on multiple concurrent projects, meet business expectations, influence outcomes and maintain stated timelines
• Mentor developers to grow skills in LYB' best practices and standards
• Keep up to date on industry architectural standards and trends

Benefits

• Benefits/Health & Welfare

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees