Business Architect - Affinity Reply - Reply

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Job summary

A leading consultancy in London seeks a Business Architect to design and implement solutions aligning with client strategies. You will engage with senior stakeholders, driving business transformation and operational efficiency. Candidates must hold a relevant bachelor’s degree and a Business Architecture certification, along with strong analytical and communication skills. This role offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a 2.1 bachelor's degree in business, information technology, or related field.
• Experience in Business Architecture with relevant tools, frameworks, and models.
• Ability to engage with clients at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
• Lead design and development of business architecture frameworks.
• Provide actionable insights to enhance operational efficiency.

Skills

Client engagement

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business transformation

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or IT

Business Architecture certification (CBA, BCS, TOGAF)

Tools

Business architecture frameworks

Project management tools

Job description

Job Description

Business Architect

About Affinity Reply:

Affinity Reply is a leading UK-based architecture consultancy focused exclusively on optimising IT/Business alignment and minimising the cost of business and technology change. We distinguish ourselves by fostering trusted client relationships, ensuring successful outcomes through our proactive and insightful approach. To meet the growing demands of our clients, we are looking for exceptional individuals passionate about driving digital transformation and delivering outstanding results.

Role overview:

As a Business Architect, you will play a crucial role in helping clients design and implement business solutions that align with their strategic objectives. You will work directly with senior client stakeholders, providing strategic guidance and thought leadership to transform business processes, capabilities, and systems. Your expertise will be key in bridging the gap between business needs and technological solutions, ensuring clients achieve sustainable business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

1. Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders, understanding their business goals, challenges, and opportunities, and delivering tailored architectural solutions that meet their needs.
2. Lead the design and development of business architecture frameworks and strategies that drive clients' business transformation efforts, aligning business processes and technology solutions with long-term strategic objectives.
3. Analyse and optimise business processes, providing clients with actionable insights and recommendations to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, project management, and delivery teams, to design and deliver business architecture solutions that meet client requirements and drive value.
5. Establish and promote governance frameworks, methodologies, and best practices to ensure that business architecture initiatives are successfully implemented and maintained across client organisations.
6. Lead and support clients through organisational change, ensuring that business architecture changes are effectively planned and smoothly implemented, tracking realisation of agreed benefits across the delivery lifecycle.
7. Proactively identify and mitigate business risks related to business architecture initiatives, ensuring minimal disruption to client operations.
8. Provide guidance and mentorship to junior consultants, fostering the development of business architecture expertise within the consultancy.
9. Stay up to date with industry trends, new methodologies, and tools, and leverage this knowledge to continuously improve our consulting offerings and deliver maximum value to clients.

About the candidate:

• A minimum of a 2.1 bachelor's degree in business, information technology, or a related field is required.
• A formally recognised Business Architecture certification (CBA, BCS, TOGAF).
• Demonstrable experience in Business Architecture including utilisation of relevant tools, frameworks and models.
• Proven track record in managing business change and leading teams, including a mature understanding of project management and delivery methodologies.
• Strong ability to engage with clients at all levels, build rapport quickly, understand their business needs, and develop customised solutions that consistently exceed expectations.
• Expertise in aligning business processes, technology, and capabilities with clients' long-term business strategies to drive growth and transformation.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to solve complex business challenges, recommend innovative solutions, work with a high degree of autonomy and lead client engagements, influence senior stakeholders, and guide decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences. A collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, fostering positive relationships and aligning efforts towards common goals.
• The capacity to adapt to changing business needs, technologies, and methodologies, coupled with a continuous learning mindset to stay abreast of industry trends and best practices.

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