Solution Designer

M&G; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 18%

Share Save Plan

38 days annual leave

Inspiring Families policy

Private Healthcare

Job summary

M&G is seeking a Solution Designer to shape technology solutions for Corporate Functions across Finance, Risk, HR, Legal, Workplace, Audit, and Corporate Affairs. You will translate business needs into robust designs aligned with architecture principles and security standards.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, governance teams, and delivery partners to ensure solutions are fit for purpose, secure, and implementable, while driving design integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience designing technology solutions in complex corporate or enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end solution design, including applications, integrations, and data.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working within structured delivery and governance frameworks.
• Awareness of security, resilience, and regulatory considerations relevant to corporate systems.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with Corporate Function stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into clear solution designs.
• Produce high-quality solution designs covering functional, non-functional, integration, data, and security considerations.
• Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture standards, technology strategy, and governance processes.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, analysts, and delivery teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Identify and manage design risks, assumptions, and dependencies, ensuring appropriate mitigations are in place.
• Assess solution options and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Support delivery teams during implementation to maintain design integrity while responding to change.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of solution design practices, patterns, and standards.

Skills

Enterprise solution design

End-to-end architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Security & compliance

Finance tech experience

Oracle Fusion/EPM

Azure data tooling

Data modeling & governance

Communication skills

Governance frameworks

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Oracle EPM

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Databricks

Azure Synapse

Job description

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.

Job Title: Solution Designer – Corporate Functions Technology

Job Description

The Solution Designer is responsible for shaping and defining technology solutions that support Corporate Functions across the organisation, including Finance, Risk, HR, Legal, Workplace Solutions, Audit, and Corporate Affairs. The role focuses on translating business needs into clear, robust, and sustainable solution designs that align with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and strategic objectives.

Working closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams and technology partners, the Solution Designer ensures solutions are fit for purpose, deliver value and can be effectively implemented and supported.

Main Responsibilities

• Work with Corporate Function stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into clear solution designs.
• Produce high-quality solution designs covering functional, non-functional, integration, data, and security considerations.
• Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture standards, technology strategy, and governance processes.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, analysts, and delivery teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Identify and manage design risks, assumptions, and dependencies, ensuring appropriate mitigations are in place.
• Assess solution options and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Support delivery teams during implementation to maintain design integrity while responding to change.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of solution design practices, patterns, and standards.

Key Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

• Experience designing technology solutions in complex corporate or enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end solution design, including applications, integrations, and data.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working within structured delivery and governance frameworks.
• Awareness of security, resilience, and regulatory considerations relevant to corporate systems.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Have at least 3 years’ experience designing Finance & Data Technology Architecture
• Significant Experience with Oracle Fusion, EPM
• Significant Experience with Azure Data Tooling. ADF, Databricks, Synapse
• Ability to understand Data Modelling & Data Governance
• Experience working within structured delivery and governance frameworks.
• Awareness of security, resilience, data quality, and regulatory considerations relevant to Finance systems.
• Strong understanding of Finance processes and their supporting technology landscapes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.

What we offer:

We’re dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and helping you thrive, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, and financially plan for the future. Our UK benefits include

• A valuable pension scheme of up to 18% (13% made up of employer contributions and 5% employee contributions).
• Access to our Share Save and Share Incentive Plan, alongside financial wellbeing and support services to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days. Our Time Off When You Need It policy gives you the flexibility - to balance work and personal commitments.
• Our market-leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - because supporting families is an important part of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover includes Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with additional family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.

M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you would like to participate in the initiative, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application.

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying. If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: [e-mail]