Functional Architect

AXA UK; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is looking for a Functional Architect to join their Architecture team. In this role, you will capture processes, functions, and feature requirements to contribute to IT strategy. The position supports hybrid working arrangements, allowing a balance between home and office. The ideal candidate will have senior experience in business analysis and a strong understanding of IT strategy in a commercial environment.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Annual company & performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Private health cover

28 days annual leave

Wellbeing services & resources

AXA employee discounts

Qualifications

• Significant experience in IT strategy/architecture in a large commercial organisation.
• Commercial knowledge to integrate business and IT strategies.
• Track record of managing demanding workloads.

Responsibilities

• Gather business requirements during the planning phase.
• Classify requirements and drive user experience improvements.
• Deliver business and IT impact analysis.

Skills

Senior Business Analysis or Business Architecture experience

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to document business requirements

Understanding of systems life cycles

Collaboration in global organisations

Education

TOGAF Certification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our Architecture team as a Functional Architect.

Working as a Functional Architect, you'll capture defined processes, functions and feature requirements based upon business ideas and requirements to contribute to the IT strategy. You'll provide the technical impact analysis to ensure that IT solutions comply with standardised AXA frameworks.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you'll be doing

• Gathering business requirements including objectives, required features and functionality within the plan phase
• Classifying requirements, functions and features that are a must have, important and nice to have that drives the improvement of the user experience
• Delivering business and high-level IT impact analysis to ensure all implications are considered in decision-making
• Providing options and assessment for different routes to market
• Contributing to the development of the business case
• Developing process and requirements analysis to ensure alignment to target enterprise architecture
• Monitoring the delivery of business requirements across the lifecycle, contributing to post-implementation reviews to ensure that mandatory features have been delivered
• Contributing to prioritisation and development of IT plan and budget

What you'll bring

• Previous Senior Business Analysis or Business Architecture experience of which a significant level of experience has been attained in IT strategy/architecture in a large commercial organisation
• Commercial/business knowledge to understand and integrate business and IT strategies
• Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and influencing skills - credible at senior management level
• Ability to document business requirements into technical speak
• Understanding of systems life cycles, methodologies and system integration
• Track record of collaboration and re-use of solutions in global organisations
• Ability to manage a demanding workload
• TOGAF Certified or equivalent desired
• As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer

At AXA UK, we\'re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private health cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

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Who we are

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.