Hybrid Solution Architect

at Perk

• Job title: Solution Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ERP, Oracle, SOAP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Zurich, Switzerland

About the role

• Solution Architect providing technical authority in ERP integration for finance-led organizations. Engage with clients to shape integration strategies for expense/spend management solutions.

Responsibilities

• Run ERP/finance discovery, conceptualise and design integration approaches or options
• Reduce risk before signature, accelerate deal confidence and ensure seamless handover to Professional Services.
• You do not implement the integration, but you shape it, scope it, and make it credible.
• Lead deep-dive ERP discovery across SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Sage, Datev etc.
• Translate financial processes into clean integration narratives (master data, approvals, posting, tax, reconciliation).
• Produce “solution architecture” diagrams customers can trust.
• Rapidly assess feasibility, constraints, risks, and viable workarounds.
• Serve as the go-to integration expert within the deal team
• Communicate clearly how our solution integrates via APIs, export files, middleware, and native connectors.
• Explain posting logic, chart of accounts, multi-entity setups, VAT workflows, project codes, and reconciliation cycles.
• Create prototypes that confirm the feasibility of our suggested implementation
• Facilitate validation steps: connector walkthroughs, sample data tests, architectural reviews.
• Align with Professional Services early to ensure accurate scoping and predictable go-live expectations.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to improve integration capabilities and documentation.
• Provide structured feedback on connector gaps, common customer patterns, and technical blockers.
• Help build reusable integration playbooks for global scale.

Requirements

• Hands-on ERP integration experience with at least one major system: SAP (ECC/S4) preferred, NetSuite, MS Dynamics 365 F&O, Business Central, Xero, or similar.
• Strong pre-sales, solution architecture, or technical consulting background - SaaS or Systems Integrator (SI).
• Background in expense, AP, or financial automation is preferred
• Ability to sketch architectures live and explain complex flows in simple language.
• Excellent customer-facing presence with finance + IT stakeholders.
• Skilled in API concepts, SCIM/SSO, middleware patterns, and secure data flows (REST, SOAP, sFTP).
• Experience with iPaaS platforms (Workato, Boomi, MuleSoft).
• Business level spoken German and English, other languages are a great advantage.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working hours