Business Architect

Michael Page (UK); City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Business Architect in London to design the target state business architecture for a large international bank. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial services, excellent stakeholder management skills, and be adept at aligning business and technology strategies. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from £100,000 to £120,000 along with a strong benefits package and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health and pension schemes

Generous holiday leave

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in designing multi-entity, target state business architecture.
• Ability to gather requirements and build business process designs effectively.
• Evidence of understanding and influencing business strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design the EMEA Target State Business Architecture.
• Develop the Roadmap for Target State Business Architecture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for improvement and effective solutions.

Skills

Business Architecture Design

Business Analysis

Strategic thinking

Senior Stakeholder Management

Communication

Influence

Industry Knowledge

Job description

An opportunity to help shape the Architecture of a large international bank.

Must have strong Business Architecture experience within financial services.

About Our Client

A large international bank based in London.

Job Description

Business Architect Responsibilities:

• Design of the EMEA Target State Business Architecture (capability map, operating model, value streams, business services model etc.). This will be done in collaboration with other departments and functions in EMEA and in collaboration with other regions and will require orchestrating and co-ordinating work across these areas. This is also likely to require assisting departments and functions to clarify their business strategy in order to provide sufficient detail to support the target state design.
• Development of the Roadmap to deliver the Target State Business Architecture.
• Development and maintenance of the Current State Business Architecture to a level of detail sufficient to inform the target state design and the development of the Roadmap.
• Collaboration with the Technology, Data, Compliance and Risk to develop a holistic target state design (encompassing business architecture, technical architecture and data architecture) that enables the business strategy of EMEA.
• Analyse and design business processes to align with strategic objectives within the financial services sector.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify areas for improvement and deliver effective solutions.
• Develop and maintain business architecture models to support organisational goals.
• Ensure alignment of business strategies with operational processes and technology frameworks.

The Successful Applicant

Business Architect Knowledge, skills, experience & qualifications:

• Business Architecture Design. Experience of designing organisation-wide, multi-entity, target state business architecture (capability map, operating model, value streams, business services model etc.) that is informed by, and aligned with, macro business strategy.
• Business Analysis. Experience of how to best gather requirements and build business process designs to support lower level design and delivery activities.
• Strategic thinking. Evidence of the ability to understand and influence business strategy and the ability to create strategic transformation strategies and design target state business architecture. Experience of doing this in Financial Services (ideally at a significant, multi-entity, wholesale/universal bank).
• Senior Stakeholder Management. Proven ability to build positive working relationships with senior stakeholders and capable of influencing to gain agreement and resolve conflicting priorities in ambiguous environments.
• Communication. Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation. Able to convey complex topics simply and to articulate issues in a way that eases decision making and drives action.
• Influence. Able to influence at all levels of the organisation. Able to mobilise and align resources across the organisation- especially in teams outside of the direct reporting line.
• Industry Knowledge. In-depth knowledge of best practice across the financial services industry (and beyond) and an ability to utilise that knowledge to enhance the capability at the bank.

What's on Offer

• A competitive salary in the range of £100,000 to £120,000, dependent on experience.
• Standard benefits package, including comprehensive health and pension schemes.
• Generous holiday leave to support work-life balance.
• Potential for career progression within a large organisation.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career as a Business Architect in London, we encourage you to apply today!