Dynamics 365 Business Central Solution Architect

What you'll be doing:

Lead end-to-end solution architecture centred on Dynamics 365 Business Central, covering system design, solution boundaries, and integration intent
Define how Business Central operates as the core ERP platform, with clear boundaries to Dynamics 365 CE, Power Platform, and external systems
Work directly with senior stakeholders to understand business outcomes and operating models, not just requirements
Translate complex environments into clear, scalable BC-led architecture and solution blueprints
Shape solutions that prioritise standard BC capability, supported by ISVs, Power Platform, and controlled customisation
Own the integration landscape at a solution level, including:
• What integrates
• What data flows
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• Key non-functional requirements (frequency, latency, volumes, criticality) (with Technical Architects owning detailed design and implementation)
• Be the accountable solution design authority and own key decisions and trade-offs, ensuring alignment to architecture and disciplined change control
• Define and enforce a strong change control approach, ensuring impacts to scope, integrations, and non-functional requirements are understood and made explicit
• Support pre-sales and shaping activities, including:
• Leading or contributing to solution definition during bids and discovery
• Translating high-level requirements into credible solution approaches and architecture
• Supporting estimation through structured assumptions and solution breakdown
• Contribute to commercial confidence, ensuring proposed solutions are deliverable, scalable, and aligned to BC best practice
• Perform peer review of solution designs, estimates, and architectural decisions to maintain consistency and quality across the practice
• Collaborate with Technical Architects and delivery teams to ensure alignment between solution intent and technical execution
• Contribute to the evolution of architecture standards, design governance, and BC delivery methodology
• Lead and mentor Functional Consultants, driving capability, consistency, and delivery across projects and the team.

The kind of problems you’ll solve

You’ll work across:

Different sectors with completely different operating models

Clients at varying levels of digital maturity

Businesses with legacy complexity, fragmented processes, or scaling challenges

You’ll need to quickly understand:

How a business actually runs (not how it thinks it runs)

Where BC fits - and where it needs extending

How to design something that works both technically and commercially

What sets you apart

Deep, hands-on expertise in Dynamics 365 Business Central (core focus)
Strong working knowledge of Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform, and how they complement BC in a controlled, intentional way
Proven experience designing BC-led solution architecture across complex, multi-system landscapes
Strong understanding of integration strategy and non-functional design, with the ability to define integration intent without owning technical implementation
Experience working alongside Technical Architects in a clear SA / TA separation of responsibilities
Strong domain understanding of manufacturing and warehousing in Business Central, including:
• Production models (make-to-stock, make-to-order, assembly)
• Planning (MRP/MPS)
• Warehouse configurations
• Inventory flows, traceability, and operational constraints
Ability to design solutions that correctly position BC manufacturing and warehousing capabilities, avoiding over-extension into custom or external systems unless justified
Strong track record of owning architecture on complex ERP implementations
Ability to translate business problems into clear architectural models, system boundaries, and solution blueprints
Strong judgement on when to use standard BC vs ISVs vs Power Platform vs custom development
Confidence leading senior stakeholder workshops, shaping thinking and challenging assumptions
A pragmatic mindset — balancing architecture integrity, delivery constraints, and commercial reality
A strong change control mindset, with the ability to:
• Challenge and control scope evolution that undermines solution design or MVP clarity
• Assess change requests against architecture, integration impact, and commercial outcomes
• Prevent “silent scope creep” by making impacts and trade-offs explicit to stakeholders
• Maintain design integrity under delivery pressure, rather than incrementally eroding it

Your impact:

• Your solutions will directly influence how clients operate, scale, and grow
• You’ll shape delivery standards and architectural thinking across the practice
• You’ll elevate the capability of consultants around you
• You’ll play a key role in maintaining our position as a top-tier Microsoft partner

What it's like here:

Ambitious, but not political
High standards, but pragmatic
People who care about doing things properly — not just hitting numbers
You’ll get:
Real ownership of how sales evolves
Freedom to change things that don’t work
A team open to being challenged and developed
Direct access to leadership and influence over direction

What you get:

Unlimited annual leave
Private healthcare, life assurance, company shares
Electric car scheme
Flexible / remote working (with access to Tunbridge Wells & Paddington)
Team and company socials, including Illuminate Awards