Business Architect

oldmutual; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual in Cape Town is seeking a seasoned Business Architect to shape and optimise finance processes, capabilities and operating models across finance, data and systems.

You will collaborate with Product Owners, Business Owners and Platform Owners to define current and target state architectures, drive standardisation, and ensure alignment with Oracle ERP, Oracle EPM/HFM, Workiva and the Finance Data Warehouse.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years in finance business architecture or process improvement.
• Experience with finance systems like Oracle ERP/EPM/HFM or similar.
• Exposure to finance data environments and reporting tools such as Workiva/IDU.
• Proficient in BPMN and cross-functional process modelling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end finance process architectures (record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash).
• Define finance capability models and value streams; establish current/target-state views.
• Identify cross-process inefficiencies and standardisation opportunities; drive alignment.
• Collaborate with Product, Business and Platform Owners to prioritise improvements.
• Govern architecture standards and guide structured demand shaping across domains.

Skills

Business Architecture

Process Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Enterprise Thinking

BPMN

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/IT

Honours in Finance/IS

Postgrad in Analysis/EA

CIMA/CA(SA) or similar (beneficial)

Tools

Oracle ERP

Oracle EPM

Oracle HFM

Workiva

IDU

Finance Data Warehouse

Job description

Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Business Architect to join our Group Finance: Operations & Enablement team in Cape Town. The role is responsible for shaping and optimising finance business processes, capabilities, and operating models to support strategic objectives and drive operational excellence. Working across business, technology, and product teams, the Business Architect will establish and maintain end-to-end process architectures, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure alignment between finance processes, data, and systems.

Key Result Areas / Outputs:

Business Architecture Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end finance process architectures (e.g. record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash)
• Define and manage finance business capability models and value streams
• Establish current-state and target-state process views to guide improvement
• Identify cross-process inefficiencies, control gaps, and standardisation opportunities
• Ensure alignment of finance processes across business units and platforms
• Provide architectural input into prioritisation and sequencing of improvements
• Maintain a holistic view of how processes, data, and systems interact across the finance landscape
• Ensure alignment between finance processes and the application landscape, including Oracle ERP, Oracle EPM, Oracle HFM, Finance Data Warehouse, Accurate, IDU, and Workiva
• Drive standardisation of process frameworks, taxonomy, and modelling approaches

Continuous Improvement & Optimisation

• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance finance processes and operating models
• Shape and structure improvement initiatives before they enter delivery pipelines
• Support prioritisation in collaboration with Product, Business, and Platform Owners
• Promote reuse, simplification, and reduction of process and system complexity

Stakeholder & Operating Model Alignment

• Work closely with: Product Owners - to shape and prioritise demand aligned to business architecture
• Business Owners - to ensure process alignment to operational needs and outcomes
• Platform Owners - to ensure optimal use of system capabilities
• Facilitate alignment across stakeholders on target process and capability direction
• Act as a bridge across business, product, and technology domains

Governance & Standards

• Establish and maintain business architecture standards, frameworks, and artefacts
• Ensure consistency and quality of process and capability definitions
• Provide guidance and guardrails for process and system changes
• Support structured demand shaping and ensure alignment to architectural principles

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Minimum Work Experience:

• At least 6 years' experience in finance business architecture, or process improvement
• Experience working across finance systems, particularly Oracle ERP, Oracle EPM/HFM, or similar platforms
• Exposure to finance data environments (e.g. data warehouses, reporting tools such as Workiva or IDU)
• Experience with process modelling methodologies (e.g. BPMN)

Minimum Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Finance / Accounting, Information Systems / Information Technology, Business Science / Commerce (with finance or systems focus) / Engineering
• Honours degree in Finance, Information Systems, or Business Management
• Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, or Data Analytics
• CIMA, CA(SA), or similar finance qualification (beneficial where role leans more finance-heavy)

Professional certification (advantageous, not required):

• TOGAF (Foundation level or exposure)
• Business Architecture certification (e.g. BIZBOK-aligned)
• IIBA certifications (ECBA / CCBA)

Behavioural Competencies Required:

Technical / Functional

• Strong understanding of finance processes and controls
• Business architecture and process modelling capability
• Ability to think end-to-end across processes, systems, and data
• Strong conceptual and structuring skills

Behavioural

• Strong stakeholder alignment and influencing ability
• Structured, logical, and big-picture thinking
• Self-managed with accountability for outputs
• Curious and improvement-oriented mindset
• Pragmatic and able to balance ideal vs practical

Skills

• Adaptive Mindset, Business Data Modeling, Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Current State Analysis, Data Analysis, Database Reporting, Data Compilation, Define Future State/TO-BE State, Enterprise Readiness Assessment, Governance of Business Analysis Activities, Performance Gap Analysis, Professional Presentation, Project Risk and Issue Management, Requirements Elicitation and Facilitation, Verbal Communications

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Business Insight
• Communicates Effectively
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Manages Complexity