Sr. Staff Solutions Architect - Finance (R6254)

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai . Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .

Shield AI is seeking a senior Solutions Architect – Finance to serve as the functional and technical authority for Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, with deep expertise in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger, and working fluency across enterprise planning and budgeting. This role owns the design, configuration, and continuous improvement of Oracle Fusion Financials capabilities, while maintaining command of how the finance close, reporting, and planning cycles connect across Oracle EPM and Anaplan so that cross-process dependencies are never designed in isolation.

This is a hands-on, business-facing role. The Solutions Architect is expected to be the trusted advisor and go-to resource for Finance business partners on any process change involving Oracle Fusion Financials, EPM, or Anaplan — translating business need into a scalable, well-architected solution, and then configuring and implementing that solution directly for medium-complexity projects. For large, complex initiatives, this person leads solution design and partners with Shield AI’s implementation partner to deliver, while remaining the accountable architect and voice of the Finance organization throughout.

This role is the primary systems owner supporting Finance business partners across Controllership, FP&A, and Treasury, and is responsible for ensuring Oracle Fusion Financials, Oracle EPM, and Anaplan operate as a coherent, well-integrated planning and reporting ecosystem.

What you'll do:

Solution Architecture & Business Partnership

• Designs and delivers technical solutions, creates detailed solution designs, specific integration points, and selects appropriate tools and frameworks. Collaboration with developers and engineers to implement solutions, conducts technical reviews and resolves design challenges.

• Documents architectures, provides technical guidance during development, and ensures solutions adhere to performance, security, and interoperability requirements. Prototypes new approaches and evaluates emerging technologies for project suitability.

• Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for business partners across Controllership, Accounting, FP&A, and Treasury on process design and system capability questions.

• Act as the lead advocate for Finance stakeholders in all ERP, EPM, and planning-related discussions, ensuring their operational needs, controls requirements, and priorities are represented in solution design.

• Become the go-to resource for any proposed Finance process change, evaluating impact, feasibility, and fit within the Oracle Fusion Financials data model, chart of accounts, and integration landscape before implementation.

• Translate business requirements into scalable solution designs that balance standard Oracle Fusion Financials functionality against configuration, extension, or integration needs.

• Maintain a working command of end-to-end finance and planning flows — record-to-report, procure-to-pay (AP), order-to-cash (AR), and enterprise planning/budgeting — to ensure GL, AP, and AR designs do not create downstream conflicts or gaps.

Hands-On Configuration & Delivery

• Directly configure Oracle Fusion Financials — General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, and Fixed Assets — for medium-sized projects, enhancements, period-close changes, and break/fix work.

• Build, test, and deploy configuration changes, including chart of accounts, allocations, subledger accounting rules, approval workflows, tax setup, and data structures related to core financial processes.

• Configure and support Oracle EPM (planning, consolidation, and close modules) and Anaplan models used for budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.

• Author functional design documents, configuration workbooks, test scripts, and process/procedure documentation to support changes made in the environment.

• For large or highly complex initiatives, define solution architecture and requirements, then partner closely with the implementation partner to execute — remaining accountable for solution quality, business fit, and knowledge transfer.

• Participate in and help lead workshops, fit-gap sessions, and design reviews with Finance stakeholders and implementation partner teams.

Planning & EPM Ownership

• Own the functional roadmap, configuration governance, and business alignment for enterprise planning and performance management platforms, including:

– Oracle EPM (Planning, Budgeting, Consolidation, Account Reconciliation, and Narrative Reporting as applicable)

– Anaplan (budgeting, forecasting, and workforce/operational planning models)

• Ensure Oracle Fusion Financials, EPM, and Anaplan remain architecturally aligned, avoiding duplicate data ownership, conflicting chart-of-accounts structures, or reconciliation gaps across systems.

• Define and maintain the target integration and data-flow model between GL/subledgers, EPM, and Anaplan to support a single source of truth for financial reporting and planning.

Integrations

• Design and help implement integrations between Oracle Fusion Financials and adjacent systems (Oracle EPM, Anaplan, banking/payment platforms, expense and procurement systems, and others as needed).

• Define integration requirements, data mappings, and error-handling/reconciliation approaches in partnership with technical/integration teams.

• Evaluate integration patterns (API, middleware, file-based) and recommend approaches appropriate to data volume, latency, close-calendar timing, and criticality.

• Support testing, cutover, and hypercare activities for integration-related changes, including month-end and quarter-end close cycles.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain configuration standards, documentation, and change control discipline for the AP, AR, GL, and planning functional areas, in alignment with internal controls and audit requirements.

• Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and improved data quality across the close, AP/AR, and planning cycles.

• Stay current on Oracle Fusion, EPM, and Anaplan release cycles relevant to Financials and planning, and assess/recommend adoption of new features.

• Mentor junior functional/technical resources and contribute to a growing internal ERP center of excellence.

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise ERP/EPM systems, with significant depth in General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable functions.

• Hands-on experience configuring Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials; comfortable working directly in the application, not solely at a requirements level.