Enterprise Architect

Mattioli Woods plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Life assurance 4x

Income protection

Health cash plan

25 days holiday

CPD support

CIO/ExCo access

Benenden Healthcare

Pension matching 5%

Job summary

Mattioli Woods is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define the group’s technical direction across multiple acquisitions. You will own the target architecture for the Group, shape multi-million-pound platform decisions and bring coherence to a landscape built through 7+ acquisitions.

This senior role requires hands-on leadership with engineers, technology partners and vendors to deliver architectural intent, embed standards, and communicate decisions to the CIO, ExCo and senior

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading architecture in acquisitions-led groups.
• Ability to balance long-term strategy with delivery credibility.
• Broad capability across business, application, data, infrastructure and AI.
• Experience in regulated financial services or similar environment.
• Understanding of modern AI architecture (APIs, agents, data access, security).
• Pragmatic, decisive approach delivering concrete results.

Responsibilities

• Define the single target enterprise architecture for the Group and a practical roadmap to rationalise a technology landscape created through 7+ acquisitions
• Shape major strategic technology decisions, including the future client portal, SIPP SaaS platform and the long-term future of core platforms such as Xplan
• Establish architectural patterns and integration standards that allow AI - including emerging agentic capabilities - to work safely with core systems, data and business workflows
• Define and embed pragmatic architecture principles, governance and technology standards adopted consistently across the Group
• Work hands-on with engineering teams, technology partners and strategic vendors to guide implementation and ensure delivery follows architectural intent
• Communicate complex technology choices clearly to the CIO, ExCo and senior business leaders, including supporting technology due diligence for future acquisitions

Skills

Architectural leadership

Enterprise Architecture

Acquisitions

AI architecture

Regulated finance

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Xplan

APIs

Job description

Enterprise Architect

Mattioli Woods Group | Full time | Hybrid

Mattioli Woods is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define the technical direction of a growing, acquisition-led wealth management group. This is a senior appointment with real strategic weight - you will own the target architecture for the Group, shape multi-million-pound platform decisions, and bring coherence to a technology landscape built across more than seven acquisitions.

This is not a governance or advisory role. We are looking for someone who combines architectural vision with the credibility to work alongside engineers, technology teams and strategic vendors to see decisions through to delivery. If you thrive on simplifying complexity, making consequential choices and building something that endures, we would welcome a conversation.

What you’ll be doing

• Define the single target enterprise architecture for the Group and a practical roadmap to rationalise a technology landscape created through 7+ acquisitions
• Shape major strategic technology decisions, including the future client portal, SIPP SaaS platform and the long-term future of core platforms such as Xplan
• Establish architectural patterns and integration standards that allow AI - including emerging agentic capabilities - to work safely with core systems, data and business workflows
• Define and embed pragmatic architecture principles, governance and technology standards adopted consistently across the Group
• Work hands-on with engineering teams, technology partners and strategic vendors to guide implementation and ensure delivery follows architectural intent
• Communicate complex technology choices clearly to the CIO, ExCo and senior business leaders, including supporting technology due diligence for future acquisitions

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience leading meaningful architecture and simplification in a complex organisation, ideally one shaped by acquisitions
• The ability to combine long-term strategic direction with delivery credibility - equally comfortable setting a multi-year roadmap and getting into a platform or integration discussion when needed
• Strong capability across business, application, integration, data, infrastructure and AI architecture, with the breadth to make good decisions across each domain
• Experience in regulated financial services or another complex regulated environment; wealth management background is advantageous but not essential
• Sufficient understanding of modern AI architecture - including APIs, agents, data access, security and vendor landscape - to make sound enterprise architecture decisions
• A pragmatic, decisive approach: someone who simplifies rather than elaborates, makes clear recommendations and drives them through to completion

Why join us

Mattioli Woods presents a genuinely unusual architecture challenge: a business with real scale, continued acquisition activity and a clear mandate from the CIO and ExCo to rationalise and modernise. You will not be maintaining someone else’s blueprint - you will be defining one from the ground up, with the authority and sponsorship to make it stick.

The scope of the role is broad by design. From AI integration standards to platform strategy to acquisition architecture, you will be involved in the decisions that shape the Group’s future operating model. As the business grows, so does the opportunity to build an architecture capability around you and develop the practice beyond your own individual contribution.

Perks and benefits

• competitive salary
• full-time hybrid working
• 4x salary life assurance and group income protection
• health cash plan (Core Level 1)
• 25 days' holiday plus statutory (increasing with service)
• ongoing CPD support and training
• a senior technology leadership environment with direct access to the CIO and ExCo
• Benenden Healthcare (company-funded; includes 24/7 GP access, mental health support,medical diagnostics, and access to selected surgical treatments)
• 5% Employer and 5% Employee minimum Group Pension contribution (if you choose to contribute 6%, we will match this)