Salesforce Utilities Senior Architect

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

Role Title: Salesforce Technical Architect

Location: United Kingdom: London / Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Senior Manager/ Associate Director

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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About the Accenture Salesforce Business Group:

Accenture has established a global commitment to Salesforce called the Salesforce Business Group (SFBG); a focused executive-level effort between Salesforce and Accenture, to turbo-charge our joint business, and deliver outstanding customer experiences for our clients. You will be part of an exciting environment – we have the energy and pace of a start-up, merged with the stability of a well-established Salesforce capability (Accenture has been delivering Salesforce-powered transformation for over 15 years).

The Accenture Salesforce Business Group exists to help our clients create the best customer and employee experiences on the planet. We do this by leveraging the best aspects of our deep knowledge of how to modernise organisations' selling, service and operational functions across all key industries. With deep knowledge of the power of Salesforce’s multiple cloud offerings, we help clients transform their employee and customer experiences. We believe that for organisations to be digital on the outside they must first optimise how they run their business with a clean digital core on which to conduct their operations. As a major global user of Salesforce ourselves we lead by example and are a great example of how we have modernised our sales, forecasting and commercial governance with Salesforce tools.

You will learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success and diverse ways of thinking. It is in that way that we believe that our customers will get the best results from their partnership with us. If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be your role. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

As a Salesforce Utilities Technical Architect, you will:

Work as part of an integrated Accenture and client team, defining, architecting, designing, delivering and deploying leading Salesforce-based solutions to our Utilities clients

Develop your leadership and consulting skills whilst delivering Salesforce at scale, to deliver measurable client value in some of the most dynamic and challenging environments

Drive creativity and innovation in solutions to deliver value for clients and Accenture

Support pre-sales activities including shaping and presenting solutions, and estimating and planning for delivery

Develop further skills in Salesforce, solutions, project management, and client engagement through hands-on experience and training.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

Direct client-facing Salesforce Utilities Industry technical consulting experience.

Proven hands-on experience architecting, designing, building, and delivering integrated solutions based on Salesforce clouds and leading ecosystem products, including Field Service & Workforce Management.

Multiple Salesforce certifications, with progress toward Technical Architect and/or Solution Architect certifications.

Ability to architect robust Salesforce solutions from high-level application landscapes down to specific features and functionality.

Proven ability to identify and assess solution options, and make recommendations to clients based on structured approaches and leading practices, while navigating complex stakeholder environments.

Experience addressing key architecture concerns (scalability, performance, security, availability, etc.) in the context of Salesforce.

Set yourself apart :

Utilities Industry-specific knowledge and experience leveraging leading Salesforce and ecosystem industry solutions, including deep expertise in related platforms such as Asset Management systems

Evidence of bringing emerging solutions and innovations – such as Agentforce – to deliver value for clients

Salesforce Application Architect, System Architect, Technical Architect (CTA) and/or Solution Architect certifications

Pre-sales solution architecture experience (including solution shaping, and delivery estimation and planning)

What’s In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package.

Closing Date for Applications 31/02/2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role before this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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