Director Enterprise Finance Architecture

LSEG; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement plan

Volunteer days

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

LSEG is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect to lead architecture strategy for Finance Engineering. You will partner with Finance leadership to align tech strategy with business goals, and guide multiple programs through lifecycle while ensuring governance and standards are met.

The role focuses on data modernization, OCI migration, and the adoption of AI tools and automation. You will mentor teams and collaborate with vendors to drive innovation and efficiency across global Finance platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle Fusion APIs, Web Services and middleware
• Strong understanding of multi-cloud environments (Oracle, AWS or Azure) with OCI proficiency
• Data architecture knowledge including data integration, AI/ML readiness and governance
• Ability to design scalable, reliable and high-performance enterprise solutions
• Experience leading architecture governance across large programs and teams

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance to drive architecture and solutions for Finance Engineering platforms
• Design migration and modernization strategies for databases to OCI with architecture blueprints
• Define scale, reliability and performance strategies for Finance platforms
• Lead data management improvements and enable data-driven decision making
• Mentor and develop teams while partnering with Finance leadership and vendors

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Oracle Fusion APIs

Multi-cloud architectures

Data governance & AI/ML

Stakeholder management

Tools

Oracle Exadata/ADB

OCI

OICS

SOACS

VBCS

PL/SQL

Apex

BI Publisher

Data integration

Job description

Job Description:

LSEG needs a seasoned Enterprise Architect to work in our Finance Engineering where we are going through a multi-year transformation journey. In this role, you will be accountable for creating strategy, roadmaps and business cases across Finance Systems. You will need to closely work with business to align the tech strategy with business strategy and steer them in the right direction. The role will also provide ongoing architectural guidance to multiple large programs through their lifecycle. Responsible for governance of the applications and solutions under Finance Engineering capability. You need to ensure the overall architecture, design, implementation and integrity of the Finance platforms within Corporate Engineering is sound. Also responsible for ensuring that the solution delivered to business units is engineered according to Enterprise architecture and infrastructure standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance and direction to drive the architecture and solutions for Finance Engineering platforms and systems
• Enhance entire Finance echo systems with AI driven solutions and delivery
• Design data modernization strategies and architecture solutions including Oracle Exadata/ADB and Data integration, Data foundation for AI/ML and GenAI solutions
• Design migration/modernization strategy for transitioning databases to OCI, including creating architecture blueprints and detailed documentation
• Define architecture strategies for scale, reliability and high performance
• Streamline data management across Finance systems
• Enable data driven decision making across organization
• Setting the long-term strategy of architecture to support the Finance Business and Engineering strategic goals
• Manage relationships with the Finance leadership to influence the adoption of tools/technology versus customization
• Maximise relationships with vendors, regulators and industry bodies to seek and adopt industry standard methodologies in enterprise architecture and technology strategy
• Act as trusted advisor and leader across the wider LSEG Engineering
• Leads the solutioning ensuring alignment with the broader Corporate Engineering and Group Engineering strategies
• Facilitate the adoption of Product-led and agile delivery methodology to enable business agility and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provides leadership, mentor and development to their team to drive high performance
• Maintains relationships with key suppliers, setting performance standards and handling the resolution of raised service issues
• Works closely with other Corporate Engineering capability teams with comprehensive interlocking understanding and shared plans/goals/priorities
• Demonstrate the latest emerging & innovative technology and automation and promotes it adoption across the function, to enable business growth, simplification of processes, improved customer experience and cost reduction of delivery & maintenance

Key Experience

• Experience with Oracle Fusion APIs, Web Services, and middleware solutions
• Strong understanding with multi-cloud environments, working with Oracle, AWS, or Azure preferred with proficiency in OCI DI, Data flow, ODI, OML, Apex desired, integration techniques and tools
• Data savvy with knowledge of various aspects of technology architecture like integration, network & security practices and compliance requirements.
• Influence the design, capacity planning tuning and the actual build out and operation of customer solutions leveraging Oracle technologies such as Exadata DB instances on Oracle Cloud infrastructure including OCI Storage and Network, Play a key role in the design of DR solutions around OCI cloud service.
• Architect technical solutions for Oracle Cloud integrations, reports, custom enhancements, customizations, and workflows using technologies including OICS, SOACS, VBCS, PLSQL, OTBI, BI Publisher, JavaScript and APEX.
• Implementation experience of AI tools and technologies and AI platform enablement
• Modern engineering practices, agile practices, automation and deployment pipelines
• Engineering balanced solutions and processes for the long term.
• Experience handling products on different solution models (SaaS, PaaS, managed service etc.)
• Experience of the developing and executing strategy and governance across several fields including Product Engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, Change Management, and delivering the agreed strategy to completion
• Experience of demonstrating deep and broad knowledge of emerging technology to promote innovation across the organisation to deliver services and solve business problems
• A strong knowledge of data quality and lineage from source to output
• Experience of building and leading a scaled agile function
• Proven track record of using industry standard processes and frameworks and promoting innovation across the organisation in the use of technology to solve business problems

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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