Associate Director - Technology, Vision & Architecture (Financial Services - Banking & Capital ...

DELOITTE LLP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Associate Director to lead client engagements in technology and architecture. This role focuses on delivering high-quality consultative services across financial services sectors. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in core banking and capital markets, with a proven ability to drive transformation through innovative technology solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Enterprise Architect in Banking and Capital Markets.
• Strong background in core banking architecture.
• Expertise in front and middle office processing in Capital Markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead large client engagements and architecture teams.
• Drive large, complex transformation programmes.
• Create propositions driving business development.

Skills

Understanding of financial services

Sales opportunity identification

SDLC proficiency

Experience in transformation programmes

Advising C-suite stakeholders

Tech stacks for banking operations

Use of new technologies

Thought leadership

Job description

Overview

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester

Business Line: Deloitte TV&A (Technology, Vision & Architecture) is positioned at the intersection of business, technology, and industry to help global clients reimagine their business through the latest technological advancements, solving complex business and technology problems and accelerating IT modernization and digital transformation journeys.

TV&A is responsible for assisting global clients in answering their most challenging problems using five key pillars:

• Innovation & Tech Futures: Explore the latest technologies and build practical use cases in a hands-on approach.
• Enterprise & Business Architecture: Translate business vision into technology strategy to ensure foundational capabilities are in place.
• Transformation & Programme Architecture: Set the strategic vision and blueprint for change across programmes with complex interdependencies.
• Solution Architecture: Develop blueprints to implement tailored solutions with technical assurance, linking to Cloud, cyber, integration and more.
• Architecture Acceleration & Transition: Establish, run and transition the Enterprise Architecture function by developing an Agile Architecture PoV and Architecture function in a Box.

We are responsible for formulating clients' vision, strategy, technology perspectives, and outputs. Our recent perspectives and outputs include:

We Deloitte drives progress. Using our expertise, we help clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. We invest in outstanding people, build teams of future thinkers, empower them to achieve more, and foster inclusion with measurable impact. Our values guide every decision and action: lead with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact.

Connect to your opportunity

Our Tech Vision & Architecture (TV&A) operating unit in the UK is growing. We are hiring experienced individuals to deliver high-quality consultative services in a dynamic marketplace. You will become a key member of this team, working with global companies and entrepreneurial businesses alike.

Responsibilities

• Lead large client engagements with strong market awareness of architecture, digital technologies, and cloud platforms.
• Lead architecture teams that deliver Enterprise Architecture or technology strategies.
• Lead definition and delivery of the clientrchitecture vision and options analysis & design decisions.
• Lead definition and execution of the clientrchitecture management, governance, and assurance process.
• Lead the development of architecture methods and collateral to build architecture community and capability.
• Use architecture knowledge to support business development, build external eminence, and lead architecture learning and development initiatives.
• Communicate to CTOs/CIOs and board stakeholders on next-generation digital and innovative technology solutions. Drive large, complex, innovative transformation programmes through architecture development and delivery.
• Create propositions driving business development in Banking, Capital Markets, and Investment Management industry.
• Provide mentorship and build competence in TV&A in Banking, Capital Markets and Investment Management domains.

Qualifications

For Associate Director grade, you must demonstrate experience in:

• Strong understanding of financial services businesses, evolving market trends, architecture for enablement, and regulatory requirements.
• Identifying, leading, closing, and supporting sales opportunities in financial services technology with a broad network of contacts.
• Proficiency in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with depth in at least 6 domains: Applications, Data, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, ML/AI, Platforms, Security, Integration, Business Architecture or equivalent.
• Experience in large-scale transformation programmes in Banking and Capital Markets.
• Experience advising boards and C-suite stakeholders.
• Experience with financial services applications (e.g., Core Banking, DMS, CRM, BPM, Financial applications) and supporting tech stacks for banking operations.
• Experience with treasury, trading, and market research applications; use of new technologies for digital banking (e.g., AI onboarding), cloud (Banking-as-a-Service), data analytics for risk and customer insights; blockchain/DLT and zero-trust security architecture.
• Ability to build external and internal eminence through thought leadership.

While the role requires Enterprise Architect capabilities across Banking and Capital Markets, candidates should have a depth of expertise in one of the following specialisms to function as a programme delivery architect as well as an enterprise-wide architect.

Specialisms

Banking – core banking specialism

• Core banking architecture for retail banking (accounts, deposits, savings, loans, payments, cards).
• Architecture for retail lending products (mortgages, personal loans).
• Architecture for corporate lending products (term loans, revolving credit, trade finance, asset finance).
• Architecture for loan origination and credit processing for retail and corporate products.
• Experience with core banking vendors (Thought Machine, FIS, Finastra, Oracle, Mambu, 10x) or equivalents.
• Architecture for origination products (nCino, Trade Ledger).

Capital Markets – front and middle office processing

• Broad product understanding across equities, derivatives, rates, and swaps.
• Trading and Portfolio Management expertise, including ESG-related product changes.
• Front office solutions for trade lifecycle, pricing, and fees; middle office for tenor, counterparty, limits and P&L.
• Post-trade processing, messaging, and workflow management; actions leading to accounting solutions.
• Experience integrating or architecting trading risk solutions.
• Understanding of trade research architectures.
• Experience architecting Capital Markets solutions from vendors like Murex or Adenza (Calypso).

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaboration. If you want to help solve significant tech and transformational challenges, join us. Together, we make an impact that matters.

Enterprise, Technology and Performance

Our clients seek maximum value from digital transformation in Finance, Supply Chain, and IT operations. We support performance improvement across strategy, process design, and technology enablement.

Personal Independence

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