Managing Consultant - Architecture within Financial Services

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative consultancy is seeking a Managing Consultant specializing in Architecture within Financial Services. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise to lead transformative projects, driving strategic insights that shape the future of the industry. Collaborating with top-tier clients, you will utilize your technical leadership to design and implement advanced solutions, ensuring a genuine impact on business outcomes. With a commitment to professional growth, the firm offers access to extensive training and certifications in leading technologies. Join a diverse team dedicated to fostering ingenuity and making a meaningful difference in the financial services landscape.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

25 Days Annual Leave

Generous Pension Scheme

Community and Charity Initiatives

Annual Performance-Based Bonus

Share Ownership

Tax Efficient Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in leading development and architecture teams.
• Deep knowledge of financial services and architecture domains.

Responsibilities

• Transform financial services through strategic architectural insights.
• Design and deliver cutting-edge business solutions.

Skills

Team Leadership

Consultancy Sales

Financial Services Knowledge

Technical Leadership

Architecture Roadmaps

Emerging Technologies Awareness

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Azure

UML

ArchiMate

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Managing Consultant - Architecture within Financial Services, London

Client:

PA Consulting

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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72

Posted:

10.04.2025

Expiry Date:

25.05.2025

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Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 4000 specialists in various sectors including financial services. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life

Job Description

Are you ready to transform the landscape of financial services through strategic architectural insights? Join us at PA and embark on a journey where your expertise will shape the future of the industry. As an Architect at PA, you will work on leading programmes and use your passion for leading technologies to make genuine real-world impact. You will bring hands-on experience to design and deliver cutting-edge business solutions, working end-to-end from CXO through to delivery. Working for PA will put you as a technical leader and you will utilise your knowledge of production software development to support and lead FTSE 100 clients. You will have access to the latest training and certifications including AWS, Azure and GCP plus access to our own extensive courses and mentoring programme.

Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

Qualifications

You will have:

• Experience in leading teams, particularly development and architecture teams
• Experience selling professional services, for example, consultancy and system integration
• Experience across financial services, notably one or more of banking, insurance, wealth management, payments and financial infrastructure
• A consistent track record in providing technical leadership in areas including application, business, and integration architectures.
• Comfort across all architecture domains and specialisation in at least one of: Business domain (CRM, eCommerce)
• Experience of performing solution options assessment, including product selection and analysis of patterns and sourcing approaches
• The ability to deliver strategic thinking to stakeholders through Architecture Roadmaps, mentoring and technical thought leadership.
• Working knowledge of architecture modelling tools and frameworks, UML, ArchiMate, etc.
• An appreciation of the commercial, people and organisational aspects of your work

Candidates should have a deep knowledge of the technologies you have worked with and an appreciation of or exposure to emerging technologies and architectural trends, including:

• Microservices vs Packaged Solutions
• Cloud architectures, with experience of AWS, Google Cloud Platform or Azure
• Broad span of vendors: IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, etc.
• The architects’ role in agile delivery
• Internet of Things

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people, growth opportunities and purpose-led meaningful work. We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life. We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people.

Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)