Associate Senior Solutions Architect

The Associate Senior Solutions Architect leads the design and implementation of integrated, AI-ready technology solutions for corporate budget and planning systems at the World Bank Group. This role involves synthesizing business, information, and technical perspectives to create scalable architectures aligned with enterprise principles, ensuring interoperability and high availability across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of strategic business requirements by designing integrated, AI-ready technology solutions and guiding their implementation across software, data, and cloud infrastructure.
• Translate budget policy changes and new WBP requirements into functional and technical specifications for planning models, allocation rules, workflows, and approval routing.
• Define integration patterns between planning tools, SAP ERP/FM, HR position data, and the enterprise data platform to maintain consistent budget and actuals data.
• Design, configure, and support planning applications in Jedox including cubes, rules, Integrator jobs, and web reports and forms alongside other peripheral enterprise tools.
• Serve as subject matter expert for SAP BW on HANA data models and planning functions.
• Partner with data engineering teams to integrate budget, actuals, and commitment data into enterprise reporting tools such as Azure Databricks.
• Deliver trusted budget-versus-actual, trajectory, and performance reporting for WBP, VPU budget teams, and senior management.
• Identify and shape AI-enabled opportunities such as anomaly detection in budget submissions, forecasting support, and natural-language access to budget data with responsible AI and human oversight.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, or a related field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; OR a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise planning, budgeting systems, or SAP BI; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced expertise in Data Analysis, Data Engineering, Reporting and Planning.
• Required Certifications: Scaled Agile certification (SAFe Architect, SAFe POPM, or SAFe Agilist); Any of the data technology such as Azure Synapse, Databricks or SAP BW/4HANA or SAP BW on HANA (or equivalent SAP BI/HANA certification); Any of the data engineering such as Databricks, Azure, GCP.
• Recommended: Jedox Certified Modeler or Jedox Certified Consultant.
• Optional: TOGAF, or a public financial management credential (e.g., CIPFA, IPSAS certificate).
• Demonstrated experience leading the modernization of corporate budget and planning systems including end to end implementation of planning applications across large, multi-stakeholder organizations with complex financial planning structures.
• Strong ability to translate organizational budget priorities and financial planning requirements into practical Jedox implementation strategies, phased rollout roadmaps, configuration decisions, and measurable planning outcomes.
• Advanced expertise in at least two relevant disciplines such as financial planning and analysis (FP&A), budget system architecture, Jedox model design, reporting, process redesign for planning cycles, organizational change management, or performance management frameworks.
• Proven systems-thinking skills applied to budget and planning environments including ability to identify cross-functional data dependencies, resolve model integrity issues, and address root causes of planning inefficiencies within Jedox or connected systems.
• Strong advisory and facilitation skills with experience building trust among finance leads, budget owners, IT teams, and senior management to drive adoption of Jedox-based planning processes and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong grasp of modern data technologies including relational, columnar in-memory (e.g., SAP HANA), MPP warehouse, file-based (Parquet/Delta on cloud storage), and distributed processing platforms (e.g., Apache Spark, Databricks).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise reporting tools such as Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects, and Analysis for Office.
• Understanding of AI-enabled forecasting, predictive analytics, and emerging automation capabilities within modern planning platforms – Planning and Reporting.

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Data Engineering
• Reporting and Planning
• Scaled Agile certification
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Databricks
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP BW on HANA
• SAP BI
• Azure
• GCP
• Jedox Model Design
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Budget System Architecture
• Process Redesign for Planning Cycles
• Organizational Change Management
• Performance Measurement Frameworks
• Systems Thinking
• Enterprise reporting
• Power BI
• SAP Business Objects
• Analysis for Office
• AI-enabled Forecasting
• Predictive Analysis
• Automation in Planning Platforms

Languages

English