Solutions Architect - Corporate Finance

Job Summary

The Solutions Architect provides architectural leadership on multiple business technologies, complex solutions, and projects. This role will strategize with business and technology stakeholders to define future-state business capabilities.  The role will also develop and promote technology-ecosystem roadmaps to modernize and enhance the solutions enabling finance, financial operations, accounting, tax, treasury, financial planning and analysis, and financial reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners to understand business needs and establish a technical vision for the application set supporting their business partners
• Own and be responsible for a cohesive technology landscape of the finance insurance business domain
• Research current and emerging technology, engaging with other architects and Enterprise Architecture to innovate, in a risk appropriate manner, to accelerate corporate growth
• Engaged at all levels of the SDLC to oversee and guide technology processes and implementation of solutions
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance to IT and business teams, either formally or informally, in support of a defined set of applications
• Develop concepts, ideas and requirements into transitional and target state architectures
• Maintain a close relationship with Enterprise Architecture and ensure Solution Delivery teams are adhering to Enterprise Architecture framework and governance
• Support technical architecture design and implementation support to IT, business stakeholders and third-party vendors
• Serve as the architecture lead on large projects identifying gaps and designing solution components such as user interfaces, middleware, data and integration, and infrastructure
• Assure solutions are fit for purpose and aligned with the organization’s standards and technology ecosystem
• Support and promote technical consistency by following Enterprise Architecture’s guiding principles
• Participate in F&G’s Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions and present solution designs for approval
• Oversee technical builds ensuring quality, timeliness, adherence to business and security requirements
• Communicate technical decisions, issues and risks to program leadership and manage technical dependencies within or external to the program
• Exhibit ownership of technical deliverables from external resources, providing review of deliverables and actively manage an effective feedback cycle
• Support IT leadership in financial planning and timing of solution delivery
• Mentor and coach others and provide input on performance evaluations

Experience and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar
• 10+ years of application development domain experience
• 5+ years of experience leading teams (formally or informally)
• 5+ years designing and integrating large complex solutions
• Experience with Life/Annuity insurance industry solutions, systems and operations
• Hands on architecture and technical leadership with finance, accounting, tax, treasury, and financial operations solutions
• Demonstrated understanding of business capabilities for financial planning, billing, payments, general accounting, financial management and reporting,
• Demonstrated understanding of data transmissions and exchanges required to support financial operations, planning and analysis, and management reporting
• Ability to effectively operate in support of a complex ecosystem of technology platforms managed by internal resources and vendor partners
• Strong knowledge of API concepts, and working knowledge of one or more API integration platforms
• Strong knowledge and experience with Oracle systems and databases
• Understanding of secure system design principles, patterns, and practices
• Excellent development and analytical skills
• Experience with a cloud ecosystems and platforms such as Azure and AWS

Preferred Experience

• MBA, Master of Computer Science, or similar
• Experience in a multi-vendor, TPA environment with multi-day data exchanges and complex integrations
• Experience with finance platforms such as Oracle E-Business Suite, Hyperion, General Ledger, and AP
• Experience with modern cloud-based application development and integration solutions

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