Senior Manager - AI / Automation Architect

Job Overview

Recruiting for this role ends on 09/30/2026.

About the Role

Join us to empower clients to become strategic business partners, manage risk, and unlock new levels of financial and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Technical Vision & Architecture
• Own the end-to-end technical architecture for the Finance Operate Platform
• Define and enforce build-versus-buy decisions across agentic AI, RPA, workflow automation, data/analytics, and alliance integrations
• Lead design of multi-agent AI architectures, LLM/RAG pipelines, and agentic workflow orchestration aligned to Finance Operate use cases
• Establish reusable patterns, technical standards, and guardrails that can be applied consistently across Controllership, Treasury, and FP&A sub-offerings
• Execution Leadership
• Lead internal stakeholder and client conversations on agentic delivery strategy, platform capabilities, and technology roadmap
• Partner with offshore Solution Architect and cross-functional teams to translate platform strategy into executable delivery plans
• Provide technical oversight across concurrent workstreams; identify and resolve architectural dependencies and delivery risks proactively
• Guide Agile/Scaled Agile planning and engineering practices across the Tech Enablement team
• Platform & Innovation
• Evaluate emerging AI/ML, agentic framework, and automation technologies and make recommendations for adoption within the Finance Operate service catalog
• Drive development and operationalization of AI-powered POCs demonstrating value in finance service automation, including journal entry validation, reconciliation, forecasting, and exception management
• Collaborate with Consulting delivery platform team leads on the Agentic Layer roadmap (Phase 1 ETL/data readiness and Phase 2 business process automation)
• Team & Stakeholder Engagement
• Mentor and develop engineers, consultants, and architects across the team
• Present technical strategies and roadmap updates to senior internal and client stakeholders
• Build trusted-advisor relationships with Finance Operate offering leadership and delivery teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field (advanced degree preferred)
• 10+ years of progressive technology delivery experience, including 3+ years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and deploying agentic AI, LLM-driven automation, and multi-agent systems in enterprise environments
• Deep proficiency in Python, AI/ML model development, and workflow orchestration (LangChain, LangGraph, or similar frameworks)
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) for deploying AI and automation workloads
• Strong knowledge of integration architecture, APIs, microservices, and CI/CD practices
• Proven track record leading client-facing technical conversations and executive stakeholder engagement
• Experience with Finance or ERP system contexts (Record to Report, P2P, Treasury, or FP&A) preferred
• Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Benefits

The team provides ongoing operation of the Finance function as an extension of Deloitte’s Finance Transformation Advise and Implement offering portfolio. The team works across finance strategy, process, operations, and technology to help organizations enable scalable finance outcomes. Professionals in this practice support delivery in complex environments while helping clients advance modernization across Finance Operate capabilities.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $163,000 to $322,100.

Schedule

From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.