Onsite Solution Architect

Centrax Digital UK; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrax Digital UK is seeking a Solution Architect to own end-to-end solution design for finance and actuarial transformation. You will translate business requirements into robust architectures across ERP, actuarial and data platforms, and guide delivery teams through implementation and stabilisation.

Key focus areas include finance data architecture, architectural governance, vendor evaluation, and executive stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT solution or technical architecture, with 4+ years in insurance or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution design for finance and actuarial transformation spanning ERP, actuarial and data platforms.
• Translate business requirements into robust, scalable and secure architectures.
• Define target-state architecture for the finance operating model and present designs to architecture review boards.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance to delivery teams through to implementation and stabilisation.
• Lead cross-functional design workshops and architecture forums.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Architecture governance

Cloud architecture

Security by design

Delivery guidance

Tools

Oracle Fusion

SAP S/4HANA

Workday

OneStream

Anaplan

MS Dynamics 365 F&O

Coupa

Blackline

Visio

Jira

Job description

Our client, a leading financial services and insurance group, is seeking a Solution Architect to own the end-to-end solution design for their finance and actuarial transformation. Reporting to the Head: Centre IT, you will translate business requirements into robust, scalable and secure architectures spanning ERP, actuarial and data platforms, integration and cloud. You will define target-state architecture for the finance operating model, present designs to architecture review boards, and provide hands-on technical guidance to delivery teams through to implementation and stabilisation.

Key focus areas: solution and integration design, finance data architecture, architectural governance and assurance, vendor technical evaluation, and executive stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

Our client, a leading financial services and insurance group, is seeking a Solution Architect to own the end-to-end solution design for their finance and actuarial transformation. Reporting to the Head: Centre IT, you will translate business requirements into robust, scalable and secure architectures spanning ERP, actuarial and data platforms, integration and cloud. You will define target-state architecture for the finance operating model, present designs to architecture review boards, and provide hands-on technical guidance to delivery teams through to implementation and stabilisation.

Key focus areas: solution and integration design, finance data architecture, architectural governance and assurance, vendor technical evaluation, and executive stakeholder engagement.

• 8+ years in IT solution or technical architecture, with 4+ years in insurance or financial services
• Proven delivery of finance ERP and reporting solutions at group/enterprise scale
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion, SAP S/4HANA or Workday, plus point solutions such as OneStream, Anaplan, MS Dynamics 365 F&O, Coupa or Blackline
• Strong integration architecture across APIs, EDI, ESB, event streaming and batch patterns
• Data architecture background: Data Mesh, MDM, finance data lakes/warehouses, ETL (Informatica), SQL
• Cloud architecture on Azure, AWS or GCP, including migration and hybrid patterns
• Exposure to AI, RPA and ML in finance contexts
• Working knowledge of security, IAM and data privacy by design
• Experience leading cross-functional design workshops and architecture forums
• Visio or equivalent modelling tools, Jira, MS Office; Agile and Waterfall

Benefits

Market related salary and benefits