Solution Architect

River Island

Solution Architect leading architectural direction for ERP and corporate systems in retail. Guiding transformation, ensuring compliance, and uplifting engineering capabilities with a focus on financial processes.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide architectural leadership for ERP and corporate platforms, defining the target-state architecture across Finance, HR, Procurement, Property, Legal, and enterprise back-office systems.
Own and evolve the ERP and corporate platform roadmap, driving a phased approach that delivers incremental modernisation (e.g. upgrades, automation, optimisation) while shaping longer-term transformation direction.
Define future-state architecture leveraging modern patterns such as SaaS solutions, modular architecture, API-led integration, and event-driven design where appropriate.
Translate business strategy, regulatory requirements, and corporate operating needs into scalable, compliant, and resilient architectures.
Define and govern integration patterns, data flows, and technology constraints across the ERP and corporate ecosystem, including finance (reporting, audit, and controls), HR, payroll, procurement, property, and enterprise reporting systems.
Ensure ERP and corporate platforms support accurate financial reporting, auditability, and regulatory compliance, including statutory and management reporting requirements.
Act as the architectural authority for corporate platforms, providing direction and trade-offs to Finance, HR, Technology, and Executive leadership.
Enable ERP and corporate platforms to support modern operating models, improved automation, and timely business insight, while maintaining strong governance and controls.
Identify and manage architectural risk across scalability, security, compliance, resilience, and long-term maintainability.
Uplift architecture and engineering capability through standards, reference architectures, and decision frameworks, enabling consistent and scalable delivery.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems)
Significant experience in Solution Architecture and enterprise engineering, with deep expertise across Finance, HR, Procurement, and corporate platforms
Proven track record delivering large-scale ERP and finance transformation programmes
Strong understanding of end-to-end Finance processes, including Record-to-Report, financial reporting, audit, controls, and regulatory compliance
Experience with modern enterprise architecture patterns, including SaaS ERP, cloud-native platforms, APIs, and DevOps practices
Demonstrated experience operating in agile, product-led delivery environments at enterprise scale
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead architectural decision-making across complex organisations
Experience integrating ERP platforms with broader enterprise ecosystems (HR, payroll, procurement, property, analytics, and operational systems)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site!
Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust.
A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café to fill you needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment support for unique family setups.
Flexible working is a given, on top of payday and summer early finish Fridays.
Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and receive matched funding.
Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications. A succession plan if you want to progress.
A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan.
The choice to opt in for healthcare through provider AXA.
25 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays. With the added option to purchase additional holiday twice a year for whatever the need!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Solution ArchitectureERPSaaSAPI-led integrationevent-driven designcloud-native platformsDevOpsfinancial reportingauditregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

architectural leadershipinfluencing senior stakeholdersdecision-makinggovernancerisk managementcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingorganizational skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeComputer ScienceEngineeringInformation Systems