Lead, Solution Architecture, Finance

This role will serve as the Solution Architect for Group Finance within Group Functions TTO. The Solution Architect will be part of the wider Functions Architecture Team and work closely with the various Domain Technology Teams to drive architecture strategy, roadmap, governance and provide architecture guidance. The role is expected to bring together business understanding and technology thought leadership to drive solution and design excellence in the respective domains.

Strategy

• Responsible for Solution Architecture for Group Finance within Group Functions TTO.

• Work with other Solution Architects across Functions Architecture and Group Architecture to ensure that Group and Functions Architecture Strategies are executed within the area of responsibility.

• Collaborate with Application Architects and Project Team to ensure that solutions are aligned to wider Functions/Group Architecture Strategy, Policy and Standards.

• Work with Application Architects, Project Team and Vendors to ensure that Patterns and Best Practices are being considered and applied appropriately.

• Review Vendor product architecture and capabilities.

Business

• Collaborate with Business and Technology stakeholders (such as Technology Domain Heads and Global Heads, Domain Architect and Chief Architect) to drive alignment between Business, Architecture and Technology Strategies.

• Drive tech simplification to simplify technology estate, identify opportunities to rationalise to a fewer best of breed platforms, and aggressively decommission redundant applications.

• Contribute to investment planning/prioritisation with the businesses and T&I.

• Drive cloud adoption and modernisation of technology landscape across respective domains while balancing regulatory requirements like data sovereignty and cloud approvals and data security.

Processes

• Review and ensure projects are implemented in line with approved architecture/target architecture.

• Work with Application Architects and Project teams on evaluations and Proof of Concepts for new technologies and other strategic technology initiatives.

• Contribute to development of architecture strategy and standards for the organization.

• Create, maintain or review Domain/Sub-Domain level architecture documentation.

• Review Application / Project level architecture documentation from Application Architect/Project Team.

• Ensure compliance with architecture processes and related deliverables or artifacts at the Domain/Sub-domain level.

People & Talent

• Report to Head Architect/Domain Architect for Group Finance.

• Collaborate closely with Application Architect and Project team to provide guidance and drive architecture direction.

Risk Management

• Proactively seek regular assurance that function is performing to an acceptable risk and control standards.

• Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and escalated as necessary.

• Balance business performance delivery and cost management with risk and control matters to ensure that it does not materially threaten the Group, remaining within risk appetite.

• Collaborate with risk and control teams.

Governance

• Participate in domain architecture governance forums to govern emerging data architecture decisions, in alignment with Functions and wider Enterprise architecture.

• Accountable for governance of all architecture decisions and directions across relevant domains as part of Architecture Review Forums and Technology Councils.

• Ensure compliance with SCB data governance frameworks where there are direct touchpoints or downstream influence for Group Functions.

• Ensure compliance with the highest standards of regulatory and business conduct and compliance practices as defined by internal and external requirements.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.

• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank.

• Lead the team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.

• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Group Finance COO

• Domain Heads of Group Finance

• Application Architects and Development Managers/Leads, Project Teams in Finance

• Group Finance Product Owners.

Skills and Experience

• Application Design, Architecture
• IT Architecture
• IT Standards, Procedures & Policies
• Platform Architecture
• IT Governance
• Data Architecture
• Application Development Tools
• Cloud Computing Architecture

Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 15 or more years of total experience.

• More than 10 years of relevant experience in a hands-on role for solution architecture, preferably in banking.

• Experience in large, complex organisations, ability to handle cultural diversity and managing senior stakeholders.

• At least 3 years of experience with Finance Solutions and Platforms.

• At least 3 years of experience developing enterprise applications using modern programming languages.

• Experience in data and advanced analytics is a plus.

About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do.
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well.
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.

What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity.