Managing Consultant - Architecture within Financial Services
PA Consulting
- London
- £105,000-140,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Experienced in leading teams, in particular development and architecture teams
- Experience selling professional services, for example, consultancy and system integrator
- Experience across financial services, notably one or more of banking, insurance, wealth management, payments and financial infrastructure
- A consistent track record in providing technical leadership in areas including application, business, and integration architectures.
- Must be comfortable across all architecture domains and specialise in at least one of:
- Experience of performing solution options assessment, including product selection and analysis of patterns and sourcing approaches
- The ability to deliver strategic thinking to stakeholders through Architecture Roadmaps, mentoring and technical thought leadership.
- Working knowledge of architecture modelling tools and frameworks, e.g. UML, ArchiMate, etc.
- An appreciation of the commercial, people and organisational aspects of your work
- Microservices vs Packaged Solutions
- Cloud vs On-premise • Digital transformation enablement
- Cloud architectures, with experience of AWS, Google Cloud Platform or Azure
- Broad span of vendors: IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, etc.
- The architects’ role in agile delivery • Internet of Things
- Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
- 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
- Generous company pension scheme
- Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
- Annual performance-based bonus
- PA share ownership • Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)