Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities The Team : Global Services Enterprise Architecture Practice The Enterprise Architect (EA) practice is responsible for overall solution design at our largest and most complex projects. The EA is tasked with assuming a Design Authority role in our projects, ensuring a consistent solution design, uniformity of deliverables and maximizing the reuse of available components and packages in the Finastra product portfolio. The Enterprise Architect practice is also responsible for liaising with Finastra’s Product Management organization to ensure client commitments are met within the various projects delivery timeframe. The EA also works with Product Management on the identification of critical and strategic roadmap items to address our client’s needs. Job Title Enterprise Architect The role reports to the Lead Enterprise Architect. The Job Description / Responsibilities As a member of the EA team your responsibilities will include but are not limited to : Pre-Sales Ensuring a viable solution design and implementation approach is communicated during the sales process and providing continuity and understanding into the project delivery. Advocates for Low Risk, Low Customisation Projects Offering a value-add conduit to Product and Product Roadmap Post-Sale Leadership role in project delivery teams with responsibility for developing, communicating and maintaining the integrity of the overall functional and technical solution. Ensuring a Right First Time approach to delivering Client Value through Finastra solutions Maintain the integrity and consistency of the overall solution being deployed by Finastra; Maintain the overall solution architecture, both in terms of the target, final state, of the solution and any interim phases. Establishing program / project overall governance aligned with Finastra’s Best Practice; Overall project / program planning, namely ensuring phasing and roll out considerations are adequately reflected and understood by all stakeholders; Active participation in regular program / project status meetings and, as needed, in program / project steering committees. Solution Governance ensuring Project delivers to commitments Ongoing feedback to Product Management around implementation challenges The Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience Minimum 15 years of experience in the Banking industry in a lead role with exposure to both Retail and Corporate banking operations (Banking) or Capital Markets Experience / exposure to leading Banking Solutions is essential Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-teams to ensure successful delivery of solutions Excellent communication skills with ability to explain functional and technical concepts to lay audiences Some experience of working with board level stakeholders. Strong presentation and organisational skills Self-driven with the ability to appropriately prioritise and plan work in rapid changing environment Strong team and inter-personal skills Strong Conceptual and Analytical skills Willing to travel extensively up to 80 percent