Senior Business Architect – Corporate Banking

Maybank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Maybank seeks a Senior Corporate Banking Business Architect to lead the front-to-back corporate, investment, and treasury architecture across ASEAN markets. You will define the target state, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and guide modernization and integration of front, middle, and back-office platforms.

This role requires deep leadership with C-suite and stakeholders, strong assessment skills, and the ability to translate business strategies into actionable architectural roadmaps

Qualifications

• Typically brings 15+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture, including 5+ years leading Corporate Banking architecture within financial services.
• Proven track record shaping front-to-back modernization and large-scale transformations.
• Ability to influence C-suite decisions and align architecture with enterprise transformation objectives.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the Corporate Banking current and target state business architecture aligned to BIAN standards.
• Lead stakeholder discussions to continuously align the roadmap and translate capabilities into architectural designs.
• Maintain architecture roadmaps, heat-maps, and application rationalisation for Corporate Banking.
• Communicate architecture plans and strategies across business and technology stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership presence

C-suite engagement

Strategic thinking

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT

Master’s/chartered qualifications in Accounting, Banking, Finance, or Markets

Tools

TOGAF 9.1/10

BIAN standards

Archimate

Job description

The Senior Corporate Banking Business Architect plays a pivotal role in developing and maintaining the front-to-back business architecture that underpins the Bank’s corporate, investment, and treasury businesses. This role requires a seasoned leader who can engage effectively with C-suite and senior executives, conduct in-depth assessments, and provide clear architecture recommendations that shape strategic decision-making.

As a key focus area, this role will define and steward the target state of the Bank’s corporate banking architecture, leading modernization, modularization, and seamless integration of front, middle, and back-office platforms. It ensures consistency with enterprise standards, multi-jurisdiction regulatory requirements, and the Bank’s strategic transformation programs. Serving as a bridge between business, technology, and delivery, the architect ensures modernization decisions are future-ready, secure, and interoperable across ASEAN markets.

Job Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Architecture Development:

• Define and maintain the Corporate Banking current and target state business architecture aligned to BIAN standards
• Identify opportunities to align technology and business strategies to improve client service, risk transparency, time-to-market, and operational efficiency.
• Experienced in Target Operating Model development for treasury, trade & supply-chain finance, cash management, and capital markets

Leadership in Corporate Banking Capabilities:

• Own the Corporate Banking target state architecture & lead stakeholder discussions to continuously align the roadmap.
• Translate front-to-back Corporate Banking capabilities () into architectural designs that support transformation.
• Maintain architecture roadmaps, capability heat-maps, and application rationalisation for the Corporate Banking segment.
• Effectively communicate architecture plans and strategies across business and technology stakeholders.

Governance and Standards Compliance:

• Ensure initiatives comply with applicable regulatory standards and align with enterprise-wide architectural standards.
• Govern the implementation of domain architecture standards and patterns across programs and projects.

Innovation and Research:

• Stay abreast of industry trends in capital markets technology, treasury platforms, , and transaction banking.
• Produce research on future trends and potential business impacts.

EA & Regulatory Alignment:

• TOGAF 9.1/10, BIAN standards & Archimate
• MAS TRM (Singapore), BNM RMiT (Malaysia), OJK MRTI (Indonesia), BOT (Thailand), BSP (Philippines) – technology risk, outsourcing, cloud, and resilience expectations.

KPI / Success Measures Owned:

• Develop and maintain the Corporate Banking target state architecture, acting as the trusted Enterprise Architect for business and technology leaders to align all digital initiatives with Group strategy
• % of Corporate Banking transformation initiatives delivered against the target state roadmap.
• % of Architecture Review Board submissions approved with no high-risk exceptions.
• Increase in STP (straight-through-processing) rates and reduction in operational breaks across front-to-back flows.
• Reduction of legacy technical debt (% of platforms re-platformed/API-enabled decommissioning of redundant systems).

Job Requirements:

• Typically brings 15+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture, including at least 5 years leading Corporate Banking architecture within financial services.
• We are particularly interested in senior architects who have shaped front-to-back modernization, led large-scale transformations, and influenced C-suite decisions in these domains.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related discipline; Master’s degree or professional chartered qualifications in Accounting, Banking, Finance, or Markets (CA, CB, CFA, CMT) are a strength.
• Demonstrated track record in Corporate Banking, markets/treasury platform modernization, transaction banking & trade digitalization, and large-scale business architecture initiatives aligned to enterprise transformation objectives.
• Understanding of industry trends and corporate banking vendor landscape

Desired Skills and Competencies:

• Demonstrated leadership presence and credibility to lead, influence, and shape architecture discussions with CxO and senior executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities; able to translate complex trading/treasury and transaction-banking challenges into clear architectural strategies.
• Proficiency in TOGAF or equivalent architectural frameworks; certifications in TOGAF and BIAN are highly preferred.

We regret to inform only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.