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This is more than a pre-sales role; you are the technical and value-based conscience of the deal, a trusted advisor to the Office of the CFO, and a mentor to the wider solution consulting team.\nOur Solution Consulting team is driving an evolution toward Forward Deployment strategies: blending consultative discovery with agile, hands-on solutioning, architectural blueprinting, and rapid prototyping to accelerate time-to-value for enterprise finance teams.\nYou'll Get To:\nYou will leverage your deep domain expertise and commercial acumen to architect compelling, enterprise-scale solutions that solve complex business challenges. 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