Our client, a leading financial services and insurance group, is seeking a Solution Architect to own the end-to-end solution design for their finance and actuarial transformation. Reporting to the Head: Centre IT, you will translate business requirements into robust, scalable and secure architectures spanning ERP, actuarial and data platforms, integration and cloud. You will define target-state architecture for the finance operating model, present designs to architecture review boards, and provide hands-on technical guidance to delivery teams through to implementation and stabilisation.
Key focus areas: solution and integration design, finance data architecture, architectural governance and assurance, vendor technical evaluation, and executive stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
8+ years in IT solution or technical architecture, with 4+ years in insurance or financial servicesProven delivery of finance ERP and reporting solutions at group/enterprise scaleHands-on experience with Oracle Fusion, SAP S/4HANA or Workday, plus point solutions such as OneStream, Anaplan, MS Dynamics 365 F&O, Coupa or BlacklineStrong integration architecture across APIs, EDI, ESB, event streaming and batch patternsData architecture background: Data Mesh, MDM, finance data lakes/warehouses, ETL (Informatica), SQLCloud architecture on Azure, AWS or GCP, including migration and hybrid patternsExposure to AI, RPA and ML in finance contextsWorking knowledge of security, IAM and data privacy by designExperience leading cross-functional design workshops and architecture forumsVisio or equivalent modelling tools, Jira, MS Office; Agile and WaterfallBenefits
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