Hermès IT Solution Architect — Finance & Data

About Hermès

Hermès Sellier is the iconic Parisian maison renowned for exceptional leather goods and luxury accessories. As part of the Hermès group, the company combines deep artisanal heritage with rigorous operational standards and a long-term approach to product and digital investments, offering a work environment that values craftsmanship, quality and technical excellence.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target architecture vision for all IT solutions in the Finance domain (accounting, management control, indirect procurement, travel & expenses, performance management and reporting).
• Communicate and cascade the architectural vision across IT Finance teams, business stakeholders and the enterprise architecture organisation.
• Ensure compliance with the organisation's functional, application and technical architecture principles and act as guarantor of the Finance domain SI map.
• Support and advise IT Finance project managers during scoping and design; arbitrate solution principles and evaluate alternative architectures in collaboration with application owners and technical architects.
• Present and defend major structural projects to the transverse Architecture Committee and author Technical Architecture Documents (DAT).
• Coordinate Data and AI-related initiatives within the Finance domain and liaise with the enterprise AI governance on use cases and priorities.
• Collaborate closely with cybersecurity, Data Office, IT Operations and other DSI teams to qualify tools and projects from a security and operational standpoint.
• Maintain and promote the solution repository (LeanIX) and act as functional owner of inter-application exchanges according to interface standards.
• Conduct market and technology watch (digital concepts, new functional bricks and AI) and produce recommendations to improve SI agility and compliance.
• Occasionally manage external contractors and travel domestically and internationally as required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (Bac +5) from an engineering school or university in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience with at least 5 years in an equivalent Solution Architect role.
• Strong expertise in Finance processes and related solutions (accounting, management control, procure-to-pay, T&E, performance reporting).
• Proven experience in enterprise architecture, SI urbanism, API-first design and end-to-end solution conception.
• Track record of delivering and governing complex projects, including data and AI initiatives, within large organisations.
• Fluent in French and English (spoken and written).

Skills

Experience

At least 7 years of professional IT experience, including a minimum of 5 years serving as a Solution Architect (or equivalent) on large, cross-functional finance and data projects.

Education

Master's degree (Bac+5) in engineering, computer science or equivalent.

Workplace

Culture

Hermès combines a culture of artisanal excellence with disciplined, long-term thinking. Teams operate with high standards of craft, attention to detail and collegial collaboration, while encouraging careful innovation—particularly where digital and data practices support product and operational quality.

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