Finance Business Architect - Retail/Investment Banking

What will you be doing?

The Finance Business Architect is accountable for owning specific initiatives as part of the overall finance architecture strategy. This will include:

- Become a trusted advisor to Finance and technology colleagues regarding Finance business architecture strategy.

- Actively drive transformation outcomes for the function, through a strategic lens.

- Pro-actively identify opportunities for improvement, develop the conversation and challenge the status quo.

- Narrating and championing the transformation journey.

- Provide guidance and support to Finance Business Architecture Analyst within the team.

- Presenting and influencing key stakeholders at the Design Authority and other forums.

Key programme responsibilities include:

- Input into business case and benefits measurement.

- Be responsible for specific designs for the program, facilitate design workshops and prepare topics for the programme wide design authority.

- Work closely with Programme Managers and various Business Analysts to understand business requirements and how they translate into system, data and process change.

- Analyse data sources to support the creation of design proposals to drive consistency within Finance.

- Manage stakeholder to agree solutions that meet business requirements in a holistic manner - acknowledging the interplay across teams, systems and data.

What we're looking for:

- Financial services experience, within retail and/or investment banking.

- Knowledge of Finance process, system and technologies, with experience of Financial (e.g. FINREP, Annual Returns), Regulatory (e.g. COREP, Pillar 3) or Liquidity Reporting.

- Appreciation of data principles, including data modelling and data design.

- Strong data manipulation skills including Excel and experience using data manipulation tools (e.g. Qlikview, Business Objects, Lumira, SmartView, SQL, SAS).

- Demonstrate a range of styles and techniques in leadership and communications, including influencing and negotiating with a broad set of stakeholders.

- Excellent Power-point skills, with the ability to storyboard and produce best in class presentations.

- The successful candidate will possess a demonstrable track record, working on a variety of relevant projects.