Senior AI Technical Architect for Financial Services

EY UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

EY UK is seeking a Senior Manager to architect and deliver secure, scalable Microsoft AI solutions for financial services clients. You will own the solution from discovery through deployment, guiding cross‑functional teams and coordinating with Microsoft partners.

You will translate business needs into practical architectures, drive governance and ensure performance, security and compliance across platforms like Copilot Studio, Power Platform and Azure AI Foundry.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering Microsoft AI-based architectures for financial services.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and client engagements.
• Strong knowledge of security, governance, and responsible AI practices.
• Experience with integration of AI solutions into enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture discovery and translate requirements into practical designs.
• Define platform choices across Cowork, Copilot Studio, Power Platform and Azure AI Foundry.
• Ensure secure, scalable and compliant integration with enterprise systems.
• Guide engineering teams from prototype to production readiness.
• Collaborate with Microsoft teams for validation, co-sell and co-build.
• Lead governance and risk discussions with security and privacy teams.

Skills

Microsoft AI

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Azure

Security & governance

Enterprise integration

Cloud platforms

Client engagement

Tools

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Azure OpenAI Service

Dataverse

Microsoft Graph

Job description

EY UK is seeking a Senior Manager to architect and deliver secure, scalable Microsoft AI solutions for financial services clients. You will own the solution from discovery through deployment, guiding cross‑functional teams and coordinating with Microsoft partners.

You will translate business needs into practical architectures, drive governance and ensure performance, security and compliance across platforms like Copilot Studio, Power Platform and Azure AI Foundry.