Finance Architecture Lead: Cloud, AI & Compliance

HUB International; Illinois; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life/disability insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

HUB International seeks a Finance Domain Architect to define and govern technology strategy for finance systems, bridging finance leadership and engineering teams. You will translate complex requirements into scalable, secure architecture and lead modernization across ERP, subledger, and reporting functions.

You will partner with Finance and Technology to drive capability gaps, standards, and multi-year roadmaps, while ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity across SOX/IFRS/GAAP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect, with at least 5 years focused on finance systems.
• Strong business acumen, including financial processes: record-to-report, procure-to-pay, treasury, and financial consolidation and reporting.
• Experience with the finance applications landscape: Oracle Financial ERP, BlackLine, treasury platforms, financial reporting systems.
• Familiarity with AI/ML architecture patterns for finance (anomaly detection, forecasting, close automation, etc.)
• Distributed architecture experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid integration patterns.
• Ability to operate at a conceptual level while remaining hands‑on where it matters.
• Willingness to challenge legacy patterns to drive durable, compliant, long‑term outcomes.
• Demonstrated success modernizing fragmented financial applications into integrated end‑to‑end financial solutions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data governance and integration patterns.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to influence IT development teams, business stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a cohesive target-state architecture across finance technology.
• Partner with Finance, Technology, and other stakeholders to identify capability gaps and deliver architecture solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership for modernization initiatives, ensuring scalable and regulatory-ready solutions.
• Drive application rationalization: define the canonical finance portfolio and lead consolidation decisions.
• Translate finance business needs into clear architectural roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts: maps, reference architectures, solution patterns, best practices.
• Establish data integration standards, data lineage, and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) to present finance domain architecture.
• Review designs with delivery teams and guide implementation decisions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including cloud migration and AI/ML in finance.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Finance systems

Cloud platforms

AI/ML in finance

Data governance

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder communication

SOX/IFRS/GAAP

Education

Bachelors degree in CS/IS

Tools

Oracle Financial ERP

BlackLine

Treasury platforms

Financial reporting systems

Job description

HUB International seeks a Finance Domain Architect to define and govern technology strategy for finance systems, bridging finance leadership and engineering teams. You will translate complex requirements into scalable, secure architecture and lead modernization across ERP, subledger, and reporting functions.

You will partner with Finance and Technology to drive capability gaps, standards, and multi-year roadmaps, while ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity across SOX/IFRS/GAAP.