Business Architecture Solutions Lead, Firmwide Planning & Analysis

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London seeks an Analytics Solution Vice President to design and modernize how we forecast and budget.

You will connect finance, data, and process design to deliver scalable solutions for the finance community while working hands-on across advisory, architecture, development, and delivery. You will translate opportunities into actionable plans, lead cross-functional initiatives, and help transform the finance operating model within a fast-paced environment that values

Qualifications

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with ability to work independently and bring structure to ambiguous problems.
• Strong experience in financial planning, forecasting, and modeling, including analysis of a variety of finance and workforce datasets.
• Deeply data-driven. Hands-on experience working with detailed data, evaluating quantified trade-offs, and validating new approaches against current-state.
• Experience designing scalable solutions and rearchitecting business processes across multiple functions.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence global teams in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
• Strong communication skills to articulate complex concepts to varied audiences, including product demonstrations.
• Experience working in a product environment, with knowledge of product management, agile methodologies, and the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Rearchitect and streamline end-to-end forecasting and budgeting business processes.
• Translate business needs into designs, prototypes, and production-ready solutions.
• Hands on build of working proofs of concept to validate approaches and accelerate delivery of new tools.
• Contribute to the design and architecture of forecasting and budgeting capabilities, from data sourcing through downstream consumption.
• Analyse complex, cross-functional problems, define, validate and deliver actionable solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance and Technology to develop strategic solutions and support transformation objectives.
• Drive delivery of projects that span multiple teams and functions.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Independent work

Ambiguity management

Communication

Product management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile

Financial planning

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Join a dynamic team where your architectural thinking and product experience help shape the future of planning and analysis. You will help modernize how we forecast and budget while contributing tobroader finance operating model transformation. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, bring structure to ambiguity, and are passionate about continuous improvement. You will partner closely with Finance and Technology to deliver scalable, lasting change.

Job summary

As an Analytics Solution Vice President in the Business Architecture team, you help design and modernize how we forecast and budget. You use your finance, data, and process design expertise to streamline planning and analysis and translate opportunities into scalable solutions for the finance community. You work hands-on across advisory, architecture, development, and delivery to connect processes, data products, and models into a cohesive experience.

Job responsibilities

• Rearchitect and streamline end-to-end forecasting and budgeting business processes
• Translate business needs into designs, prototypes, and production-ready solutions
• Hands on build of working proofs of concept to validate approaches and accelerate delivery of new tools
• Contribute to the design and architecture of forecasting and budgeting capabilities, from data sourcing through downstream consumption
• Analyse complex, cross-functional problems, define, validate and deliveractionable solutions,
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance and Technology to develop strategic solutions and support transformation objectives
• Drive delivery of projects that span multiple teams and functions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with ability to work independently and bring structure to ambiguous problems
• Strong experience in financial planning, forecasting, and modeling, including analysis of a variety of finance and workforce datasets
• Deeply data-driven. Hands-on experience working with detailed data, evaluating quantified trade-offs, and validating new approaches against current-state
• Experience designing scalable solutions and rearchitecting business processes across multiple functions
• Ability to collaborate with and influence global teams in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
• Strong communication skills to articulate complex concepts to varied audiences, including product demonstrations
• Experience working in a product environment, with knowledge of product management, agile methodologies, and the software development life cycle

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience defining or evolving forecasting and budgeting methodologies in the financial services sector
• Understanding of data models and experience working with large datasets
• Experience with SQL or Python