D365 Finance & Operations Architect

Location: Leavesden Green

This job is with Warner Bros. Discovery, an inclusive employer and a member of my Gwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are…
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From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role  :

As a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (F&O) Architect, you will play a strategic, and hands-on role in defining, designing, and governing enterprise-grade ERP and omnichannel commerce solutions that drive Warner Bros. Discovery’s global business transformation. This role will report to the Senior Director of Retail Technology and be based out of Leavesden Park, Watford.

You will lead the end-to-end architectural design and integration of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain, and Commerce within a complex enterprise ecosystem—delivering scalable, compliant, and high-performance solutions that support global retail, e-commerce, and shared services operations.

Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll collaborate with business and technology leaders to define the digital roadmap for the Finance and Retail landscape, leveraging Microsoft’s evolving cloud ecosystem including Azure, Power Platform, Dataverse, AI/Copilot, and Commerce Cloud capabilities.

Your Role Accountabilities:

Architectural Leadership (20%)
Define and govern D365 Finance & Operations solution architecture in alignment with enterprise technology strategy and business objectives.

Lead architecture design decisions balancing scalability, performance, compliance, and total cost of ownership.

Establish design principles, integration patterns, and reference architectures consistent with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework and TOGAF standards.

Serve as the primary architectural authority across Finance, and Operations domains, ensuring consistency of design across global rollouts.

Collaborate with Supply Chain Architect, unlocking the design of new retail new initiatives.

Solution Design & Governance (20%)
Lead end-to-end F&O solution design spanning Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Commerce processes.

Facilitate fit-gap analysis, blueprint workshops, and cross-functional design reviews to align global template standards with local regulatory and business requirements.

Translate complex business requirements into scalable, compliant, and future-ready architectures across functional and technical layers.

Validate architecture across F&O modules and supporting Azure/Power Platform services.

Technology Enablement & Roadmap (20%)

Maintain deep familiarity with Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain & Commerce roadmap, ensuring the solution leverages emerging platform innovations such as:
Business Performance Analytics

Planning Optimization

Intelligent Order Management (IOM)

AI/Copilot for Finance and Commerce

Omnichannel Commerce capabilities

Drive integration of Power BI, Synapse Analytics, and Dataverse to enable real-time reporting, AI-driven forecasting, and intelligent automation.

Define environment management, release strategy, and Dev Sec Ops  practices leveraging Azure Dev Ops.

Finance & Operations Architecture (20%)

Provide domain leadership across core D365 modules including:
Design unified architectures connecting Commerce and F&O Back-Office for end-to-end order orchestration, financial postings, and inventory visibility.

Finance:
General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash & Bank, Fixed Assets, Project Accounting, Budgeting, Expense Management.

Taxation & Compliance: VAT/GST, Withholding, Reverse Charges,…