Solution Architect - Investment Banking - Payments - Accounting Services - SDLC - Contract

Scope AT Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Solution Architect with deep domain knowledge in Payments and Accounting services. The role focuses on defining solution intents, leading architectural vision, and enhancing product development through best practices. Ideal candidates have relevant IT experience with SDLC methodologies and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders. This contract role, inside IR35, requires the candidate to be based in Birmingham or other specified cities, with a flexible hybrid work structure.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Liquidity Management, Receivables, Trade & Supply Chain Finance is preferred.
• Experience in driving best practices for continuous improvement.
• Ability to articulate architectural views for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define solution intent and operating environment.
• Evaluate impacts of strategic design decisions.
• Lead the creation of the high-level architecture.

Skills

Domain knowledge of Payments

Accounting Services knowledge

IT experience (SDLC - Waterfall/Agile)

Lead automation and causal analysis

Ability to translate complex concepts

Broad based IT knowledge

Job description

Solution Architect - Investment Banking - Payments - Accounting services - SDLC - Contract (Initial 12 months, to be extended further)

Responsibilities

• Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determines the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non‑functional requirements.
• Ensures the solution is fit for purpose by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers. In parallel, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions.
• Working with both business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision.
• Leads rapid shaping of a high level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensures architecture is flexible and modular and designed to adapt easily.
• Utilizes the defined best practices, templates and documentation to create architectural designs.
• Works with Product Manager/Owner to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway.
• Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any impediments.

Required Skills

• Domain knowledge of Payments, Accounting Services, Liquidity Management, Receivables, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Commercial Card domains (some or all preferred).
• Driving a shared service strategy and performance culture.
• Drives best practices approach to the continuous improvement of our products, processes and tools.
• Relevant IT experience (SDLC- Waterfall/Agile).
• Able to lead and contribute to automation, causal analysis and development of shared/common solutions.
• Translating complex concepts into multiple architectural views aimed at varying audiences.
• Broad based IT knowledge and experience. (Financial Software, Middleware, Databases).

Contract role - inside IR35 - 3 days a week in office - candidate can be based in Manchester/Liverpool/Stoke/Birmingham

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