Senior Solution Architect-Finance

Looking for a Solution Architect with knowledge and experience in Treasury Systems, Regulatory Reporting, supporting Infrastructure and databases to assist in our Finance Portfolio.

Location - West Midlands

Duration - 4 months

Contract - Inside IR35

Senior Solution Architect

Purpose of Role: We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect with knowledge and experience in Treasury Systems, Regulatory Reporting, supporting Infrastructure and databases to assist in our Finance Portfolio. We are on a journey of modernisation of our financial platforms and this role will be an enabler for this transformational work. Knowledge of general ledger, integration/migration, workday as a supplier/data.

Essential Core Skills

• A good honours degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related STEM subject
• Experienced Solution Architect who has held senior architect roles
• Experience of Regulatory reporting solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in stakeholder management
• Excellent knowledge of integrations, infrastructure and databases (SQL Server/Oracle)
• AWS cloud knowledge
• Excellent problem-solving analytical and communications skills
• Strong background in creating architectural artefacts
• Practical experience in management of projects to be the technical capability of the Scrum Master
• Familiarity with computer networks and IT security management and security role profiling
• Ability to understand and challenge technical designs and configurations

Preferred Knowledge / Skills

• AWS Certified Solution Architect with experience of building data platforms in the cloud
• Experience of working in a Scaled Agile Framework or similar
• Knowledge of financial systems (Quantum, QRM, Moody's, Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Azure knowledge
• Understanding of best practices for security of data in a cloud environment
• Integration knowledge (API/batch transfer)
• Experience of Microservices based architectures