Job Description

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Finance Architecture Lead should be

• Collaborative and pragmatic, able to work across business and IT boundaries.
• Structured thinker with high attention to detail and a strategic mindset.
• Proactive in identifying improvement opportunities and driving change.
• Strong advocate for architectural excellence and governance.

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the architecture for all Finance systems, ensuring coherence, scalability, and alignment with Client's technology and data strategies.
• Oversee all BAU architectural activity for Finance systems provided by Zensar, ensuring architectural integrity, documentation, and governance.
• Take architectural responsibility for Finance-related systems and integrations currently outside the Zensar remit, ensuring they are managed within a consistent framework.
• Partner with the Finance leadership team to translate functional and process needs into sound architecture and system design.
• Lead and govern architectural aspects of major Finance initiatives, with immediate focus on cash matching, reconciliation, and overall process and efficiency improvements.
• Ensure Finance systems and data integrations comply with Client standards for security, performance, and compliance.
• Contribute to strategic planning, roadmaps, and technology selection for the Finance domain.

Coach and guide Finance IT teams in applying architectural best practices
Qualifications:

• Proven experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles focused on Finance systems (ERP, reconciliation, general ledger, cash management, procurement, etc.).
• Strong understanding of Finance business processes and the supporting applications landscape.
• Demonstrable experience working with outsourced or managed service providers, ideally in a partnership model similar to Zensar.
• Hands-on knowledge of systems integration, APIs, data flows, and middleware relevant to finance processing.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical partners.
• Comfortable operating in a hybrid delivery environment with complex vendor and systems landscapes.

TOGAF or equivalent certification desirable but not essential
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