Salesforce Solution Architect

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group

Toronto, ON

Interested in joining one of Canada’s top performing asset managers? We are looking for a Salesforce Solution Architect for an existing vacancy in our IS department. Joining as the Salesforce Solution Architect as part of our Salesforce Center of Excellence, you will lead the delivery of ongoing business value by bridging strategy and technical execution. Partnering closely with business leaders, end users and delivery teams, you will lead uncovering unmet needs and be responsible for the design and delivery of Salesforce solutions that enable a great user and client experience. Your expertise designing solutions addressing complex asset management workflows, coupled with a passion for working with cross functional team members to deliver high quality solutions with measurable business impact will serve as a foundation for success in this role. Our offices operate on a hybrid model with three days in-office.

What You Will Do

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

• Lead the engagement with key stakeholders and end users to uncover unmet needs and understand pain points, synthesizing insights into clear opportunities for process improvement or new capabilities
• Act as a trusted advisor, shaping outcomes through enablement and recommendations that improve the day-to-day end user experience while increasing productivity and driving adoption
• Lead conversations with a business value first mindset, translating complex solution concepts into tailored end user workflows

Shaping Unmet Needs & Requirements

• Lead solution design feasibility, defining release scope and sequencing to align with business priorities while accounting for dependencies
• Own the definition of clear, implementation-ready requirements and acceptance criteria that accelerate development, and enable consistent high-quality delivery
• Collaborate with stakeholders across teams to ensure solutions support complete end to end processes that provide business value and an exceptional end user experience

Solution Design & Architectural Thinking

• Own the end-to-end solution design of scalable, secure, maintainable Salesforce solutions that enable business strategy and a positive end user experience
• Apply architectural thinking to ensure solutions reduce rework, technical debt and downstream delivery risk
• Lead hands-on solution configuration, proof-of-concepts, and solution demonstrations to validate design decisions and de-risk delivery

Enable Delivery & Execution Leadership

• Lead solution delivery, working closely with cross functional team members to guide solution implementation and participate in testing to ensure delivery of consistently high-quality solutions that provide an exceptional end user experience
• Lead agile execution collaborating with project team members on overcoming roadblocks, establishing an environment for team members to do their best work
• Lead the follow through of successful solution delivery, collaborating on the resolution of complex solution or data issues
• Develop standards and best practices to accelerate future delivery

What You Bring

• Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence across business and technical audiences, translating complex concepts into clear designs and outcomes
• 8+ years as a Salesforce Solution Architect designing scalable, secure solutions in regulated environments
• Deep implementation based understanding of the Salesforce Platform, including configuration, advanced configuration, use of customization, data models, security models
• Hands on Salesforce platform experience delivering cross-cloud solutions across areas such as Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Account Engagement, Third Party Apps
• Institutional Asset Management domain experience, is an asset
• Proven track record of continuous learning and leadership

The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $165,000. The salary range provided reflects the base salary range for this position as required by legislation. In addition, there is an annual performance bonus which contributes to the total compensation for this position

Further questions may be directed to the HR team during the interview process.

About Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group

At CC&L Financial Group, we understand the value of opportunity – for our clients and our team. Independent and employee-owned, we partner with investment professionals to grow successful asset management businesses, giving them the space to innovate and truly make an impact.

With more than 40 years of history and offices across Canada and in the US, the UK and India, CC&L Financial Group and our multi-boutique family of affiliate firms collectively manage over CAD$179 billion in client assets, providing a diverse range of traditional and alternative investment products and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and retail clients.

For a closer look at how you can build your career with us, we invite you to explore cclgroup.com.

CC&L Financial Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or expression, disability, or age.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter as one PDF. Your application will be reviewed by a member of the hiring team - AI is not used in the screening, assessment or selection of applications at this time.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, but only those candidates shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls or recruitment agencies will be accepted.

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