Enterprise Business Architect

Financial Conduct Authority; London; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regulatory body in the UK is seeking an Enterprise Business Architect to lead strategic initiatives within their Central Architecture team. This senior role involves shaping enterprise architecture, aligning with organizational goals, and influencing transformation at high levels. The position offers the chance to mentor junior architects and drive significant business improvements while collaborating with senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the FCA's operating model and capabilities, contributing to a transformative 5-year strategy.

Benefits

28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

Hybrid working (up to 60% from home)

Private healthcare with Bupa

Non-contributory pension of at least 8%

Life assurance of eight times your basic salary

Income protection as standard

Qualifications

• Experience as a business architect or analyst in regulated environments.
• Proven ability to conduct market assessments.
• Experience designing target operating models.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic business architecture across the organization.
• Shape and deliver enterprise business architecture aligned to FCA’s goals.
• Advise stakeholders by translating strategy into actionable plans.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Facilitation

Communication

Market Assessment

Business Analysis

Education

CBA/BCS Qualification

Tools

BizBoK

TOGAF

Archimate

Job description

Enterprise Business Architect

Division – Data, Technology & Innovation

Department - Strategy & Architecture

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £117,100 and London from £79,300 to £128,800 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA .

What will you be doing?

The Enterprise Business Architect role is a senior position within the Central Architecture team, part of the Strategy & Architecture department at the FCA. This role leads strategic business architecture across the organisation, working on high-complexity products, programs and initiatives. The focus is on proactive enterprise business architecture, alongside some initiative and project-based work to support FCA’s transformational needs. The role ensures that products and services align with enterprise standards, meet customer needs and maintain integrity across divisions. As part of a central team of architects, this position offers opportunities to influence broad organisational transformation at senior levels.

• Shape and deliver enterprise business architecture aligned to FCA’s strategic goals, including roadmaps, capability models, and target operating models.

• Advise and influence stakeholders by translating strategy into actionable architectural plans, identifying innovation opportunities, and driving business improvements.

• Support capability building by mentoring associate architects and contributing to the growth and maturity of the architecture function within the Technology Division.

• Join the FCA at a pivotal moment where architectural decisions directly influence the success of a new 5-year strategy.

• Be at the forefront of large-scale, high-impact transformation initiatives, with strong business appetite and leadership backing.

• Contribute to a growing, high-visibility capability that’s gaining traction and recognition across the organisation.

• Seize a rare opportunity to help define architectural standards, influence strategic execution, and leave a meaningful legacy.

What will you get from the role?

• Gain experience shaping and executing the FCA’s business enterprise architecture to drive strategic business goals

• Opportunity to collaborate closely with senior business and technology stakeholders across the organisation

• Develop expertise in creating and delivering key architecture products, including business architecture roadmaps and Target Operating Models

• Influence business innovation and transformation within a highly impactful, regulated environment

• Build coaching skills by mentoring and guiding associate business architects and contributing to thought mentoring

• Play a central role in shaping the FCA’s operating model and business capabilities, impacting the broader organisational transformation

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Experience working as a business architect or business analyst in professional services, financial services, or a regulated public sector environment

• Proven ability to conduct market, customer and value assessments, using insights to shape business architecture that supports business strategies

• Experience designing target operating models for large organisations and leading business areas through strategy development and execution via business architecture

Essential

• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to view architectural challenges, business issues and interdependencies across the enterprise, considering strategy, value, capabilities, processes, technologies and governance

• Ability to assess business issues and understand their impact on business architecture, quickly assimilating knowledge of the enterprise and making informed decisions

• Broad knowledge of technology, trends and standards in delivering IT products as services

• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, able to translate technical information for business audiences, build trust and gain stakeholder buy-in with credibility and gravitas

Desirable

• CBA/BCS qualified, with experience using formal methodologies such as BizBoK, TOGAF, or Archimate

• Strong understanding of business divisions, their functions and how they align with FCA strategy and objectives

• Commercially and politically aware, with the ability to assess supplier proposals, promote cost-effective solutions and navigate conflicting priorities

• Experience in financial services or regulatory/government bodies, with insight into how people, processes, data and systems enable business change; line management experience is an advantage

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• Private healthcare with Bupa as standard

• A non-contributory pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary

• Income protection as standard

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA - Life at the FCA

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded as Technical Specialist - Regulatory

• Advert Closing Date:Midnight 02 June (please submit your application no later than 11.59pm on Sunday 01 June)

• Shortlist: w/c 02 June

• 30-min MS Teams Interview: w/c 09 June

• Case Study Release: w/c 16 June

• Final Interview (90 mins including case Study): w/c 23 June

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact:

Recruiter – [e-mail]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.