Chief Technology Officer for Finance

TechWomen4Boards Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Non-contributory pension

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Life assurance

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits

CSR volunteering leave

Job summary

TechWomen4Boards Ltd. seeks a Chief Technology Officer for CFO CIO responsibilities to shape technology strategy and direction for Finance technology. Work with CIO for CFO to translate Finance needs into scalable platforms and enterprise architecture decisions.

Collaborate with senior leaders to modernise the finance technology estate, enabling responsible AI use, governance and resilient systems across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven leader delivering large-scale software platforms in a global organisation.
• Sets technology strategy and translates business outcomes into pragmatic architectures.
• Experience in financial services, finance technology, regulated environments or architecture functions.

Responsibilities

• Define and articulate the Finance technology strategy with CIO for CFO, aligning to enterprise framework.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies to improve control, resilience, productivity and data quality.
• Influence cross-domain architecture decisions impacting CFO functions and align with wider architects community.
• Own architectural governance across CFO technology ensuring scalable, secure and interoperable solutions.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align initiatives and present clear recommendations to executives.
• Leverage AI tools to improve productivity and processes while upholding ethical data use.

Skills

Software engineering

Technology leadership

Architectural strategy

AI tools usage

Regulated environments

Finance technology

Tools

Cloud platforms

Application security

Data platforms

Job description

As Chief Technology Officer for CFO CIO (Finance Technology), you will shape the technology strategy and technical direction for one of the Bank’s most critical functions. Working closely with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for CFO, you will connect Finance priorities with enterprise technology strategy, translating complex business, regulatory and control needs into scalable, secure and interoperable platforms.

You will partner with senior Finance leaders and colleagues across Technology, Data & Innovation to align investment, architecture and delivery. This is a high-impact opportunity to modernise the Finance technology estate, accelerate responsible adoption of emerging technologies and strengthen engineering excellence.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working – we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Partnering with the CIO for CFO and Head of Architecture to define and articulate the Finance technology strategy, aligning it to Finance priorities and the enterprise technology and architecture framework
• Leading the assessment and responsible adoption of emerging technologies, identifying where they can improve control, resilience, productivity, data quality and business outcomes. Shape technology investment decisions through evidence-based evaluation of value, risk and total cost of ownership, including build, buy, reuse and software-as-a-service choices
• Influencing and aligning cross-domain architecture decisions impacting CFO functions within the broader front-to-back target architecture through collaboration and partnership with wider architects community
• Owning architectural governance across CFO technology, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and interoperable, and comply with internal standards and external obligations, including the Digital Operational Resilience Act
• Working with senior Finance stakeholders and across Technology, Data & Innovation to align business-led initiatives, resolve cross-functional dependencies and present clear recommendations to executive forums
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Your skills and experience

• Software engineering and technology leadership experience, with evidence of delivering complex, large-scale software platforms and transformation programmes in a global organisation
• Demonstrated ability to set technology strategy and translate business outcomes into pragmatic target architectures, roadmaps and investment choices. Strong knowledge of modern software architecture, cloud and data platforms, application security, resilience, integration patterns and engineering lifecycle practices
• Commercial judgement and experience evaluating return on technology investment, total cost of ownership, vendor solutions and build-versus-buy decisions
• Excellent presentation, influencing and communication skills, with the credibility to work with senior business and technology leaders and explain complex technical choices clearly
• Experience in financial services, Finance technology, regulated environments or architecture functions, with awareness of relevant financial regulation and operational resilience expectations
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgement to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs