Enterprise Architect

FalconSmartIT; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services technology firm is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead finance transformation efforts with a secondary focus on SAP. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in solution architecture within Treasury Management Systems. This hybrid role requires strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex business needs into technical solutions. You will collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery while adhering to industry standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in solution architecture across Treasury Management Systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience with Finastra Summit and related financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Bank's IT Architecture Team to deliver the transformation agenda.
• Participate in workshops for quality assurance and gathering requirements.
• Document project artifacts including design principles and technical requirements.

Skills

Experience working with financial services

Excellent communication in written and verbal form

Extensive experience in solution architecture for Treasury Management Systems

Understanding of financial processes

Proven ability to transform business requirements

Good formal modeling skills including UML

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Tools

Finastra Summit

Integration technologies

Python

Java

SQL

Job description

Job Title: Enterprise Architect

Job Location: London, UK / Hybrid

Job Type: Permanent

Job Description: Enterprise architect, Finance transformation with secondary focus on SAP transformation.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Bank's IT Architecture Team aligned to an IT Delivery Capability that delivers the transformation agenda and outcomes.
• Participate in workshops, providing quality assurance and gathering requirements to shape project deliverables.
• Understand the Bank's As-Is Architecture components including processes, capabilities, applications, technologies and integration.
• Formulate and document project artefacts including:
  • Design principles and policies
  • Technical Requirements (Functional and Non-Functional)
  • Technical standards
  • Key Decisions
  • Solution briefs and high-level designs
• Contribute to required procurement processes such as RFx, vendor selection and workshops.
• Oversee and assure the work of in-house and external design and delivery resources.
• Challenge delivery partner proposals where necessary to protect the Bank's interests and needs.
• Act as the key technical point of contact for partners and engage with internal teams.
• Support implementation arrangements and report to Service / Software Delivery Manager and the Chief Architect.
• Maintain solution architecture for the Treasury & Operations transformation, covering loan booking, payments, guarantees management, exotic trade pricing and booking, and market data management.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to identify and analyse solution options, providing technical steer for projects and BAU teams.
• Document and deliver solution architecture artifacts throughout the project delivery lifecycle.
• Align architectures, applications, and data across programmes to ensure consistency and quality.
• Build and maintain catalogues and models at appropriate abstraction levels.
• Identify and resolve issues and risks related to architectural activities.
• Propose appropriate technologies and techniques to meet programme challenges.
• Present and explain architecture matters in governance and other forums.

Qualifications

Essential

• Experience working with financial services.
• Excellent communication in written and verbal form.
• Extensive experience in solution architecture across Treasury Management Systems (TMS) and Commercial Lending solutions, with mandatory Finastra Summit experience.
• Understanding of financial processes including cash management, forecasting, risk management, payments, accounting, compliance.
• Extensive experience in solution architecture methodology and frameworks, demonstrating As-Is and To-Be patterns.
• Proven ability to transform business requirements and strategic aspirations into concise solution options within technical constraints.
• Awareness of leading industry trends in the architectural domain.
• Good formal modelling skills, including UML.
• Active engagement with current developments in architecture and related disciplines, tools, and markets.

Desired

• Experience in trade lifecycle management technical transformation, including Finastra Summit, integration of treasury systems with finance systems (e.g., S/4HANA), ActiveViam Atoti, and QuantLib.
• Knowledge of API integration and interfacing technologies.
• Programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, SQL.
• Experience in payment systems, including SWIFT.
• Ability to work across various technologies within the specific domain.
• Understanding of different project delivery lifecycle frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to develop deep business knowledge and offer cross‑functional advice.
• Experience in large IT and business change programmes.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple cross‑functional teams in an Agile delivery model.
• Experience documenting and presenting architectural artefacts to senior stakeholders and in governance processes.
• Experience operating in a mid‑sized corporate environment with legacy technology.
• Experience shaping architecture in an agile environment.
• Proven experience collaborating with challenging stakeholders.
• Demonstrable facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and transparency.
• Capacity to make decisions under uncertainty with clear articulation of assumptions and risks.

Track Record

• Working collaboratively within a team to achieve common goals.
• Helping the team to succeed at all times and continuously improve.
• Managing time to deliver working solutions of acceptable quality.
• Adapting to change and challenging the team to deliver the best results.
• Working closely with the customer so that business value is first and foremost in all decisions.
• Negotiating and networking.
• Being dynamic and self‑motivated.
• Handling complex and fluid situations in a measured and collaborative way.
• Being persistent and resilient.
• Proactively communicating and collaborating with external and internal customers.
• Working in a diverse environment.