Senior IT Architect

Mazars; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services network is seeking a Senior IT Architect to design and govern its application and integration landscape. This role involves working closely with teams to develop technology systems that align with business strategy and contribute to the mapping of the UK technology estate. Candidates should have experience in architectural governance and the integration of technology platforms, with a strong focus on cloud solutions and data architecture.

Qualifications

• Ownership of integration architecture in alignment with Business and IT Strategy.
• Ensuring efficient, secure integration of technology platforms.
• Delivering high-quality architectural governance and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design technology systems and solutions aligned with the firm's business strategy.
• Contribute to the documented mapping of the UK technology estate.
• Modernise legacy integrations with scalable designs.

Skills

Architectural governance

System integration

Cloud solutions design

Data architecture

Documentation

Job description

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.

You’ll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you’re supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You’ll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, we grow, belong and impact.

About the team

Our Business Services team is a collective of creative, strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together the People & Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations, Finance and Quality & Risk Management teams make it their mission to ensure Mazars has the right tools, technology, strategies and services in place to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business.

About the role

The Senior IT Architect is responsible for designing and governing the firm’s application and integration landscape that supports critical business functions across the UK firm.

The role will work closely with project and change teams, stakeholders, and technical subject matter experts to design technology systems and solutions that are aligned with the firm’s business strategy. They are responsible for ensuring the architecture is aligned to the firm’s technology roadmap.

Forvis Mazars has migrated significant services to the cloud and now requires a lead architect to design and build the next generation of solutions including core finance and HR technology landscape, automating data flows, integrating systems, supporting in the delivery of real-time reporting and analysis, whilst driving a more mature awareness to data architecture and governance across the firm.

What we are looking for

• Ownership of the firm’s integration and application architecture in alignment to Business and IT Strategy.
• Ensuring the firm’s technology platforms integrate efficiently, securely, and consistently.
• Delivering architectural governance, documentation and artefacts, with high-quality design standards to agreed timeframes.
• Contributing to the fully documented mapping of the entire UK technology estate.
• Modernising legacy integrations with repeatable, scalable and well architected designs.
• Contributing to the wider delivery of scalable, secure, technology solutions for 3,700 users in conjunction with the wider IT function.
• Contributing towards the continual maturing of the Architecture function within the firm.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people’s unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio‑economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team.