Solution Architect - FS Technology Consulting - Banking - Senior Manager

Solution Architect – Financial Services – Senior Manager level- Dublin - Banking

EY is the only major professional services firm with an integrated Financial Services practice across Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa (EMEIA). We connect our Asset Management, Banking and Capital Markets and Insurance clients to 6,500 talented people from 12 countries and 35,000 Financial Services colleagues around the world.

In EY FS Ireland, we are expanding our Consulting practice and building our Technology Consulting team as a key component of our NextWave Strategy. NextWave is EY’s global strategy and ambition to deliver long-term value to clients, people, and society. It is inspired by the way innovations spread through society. We are actively recruiting high achieving individuals with Solution Architecture expertise on technology-enabled transformation projects/programmes within Financial Services. 

The opportunity

Join EY FS Ireland you will be working with the best people on the most complex financial services issues, helping to shape the future of financial services.

By joining the Technology Consulting Team, you will work in high-performing teams that deliver exceptional client service, enabling organizations to grow, innovate, protect, and optimise their business performance – playing your part in building a better working world.

Your key responsibilities

• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into a comprehensive solution design, ensuring alignment to target architectures, principles, patterns, and standards.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and translate retail banking objectives into implementable solutions, driving digital evolution.

• Design seamless and scalable digital banking experiences that integrate both legacy and modern systems for enhanced functionality and customer ease.

• Ensure that all designed solutions adhere to regulatory standards while optimizing customer experiences. Compliance and customer satisfaction will be your dual guiding stars.

• Guide the selection and integration of fintech innovations that elevate and enhance banking services, thus remaining in step with the industry’s technological advancements.

• Oversee the complete cycle of technological implementation, ensuring alignment with the bank's transformation vision and our architectural principles and patterns.

• Leverage process redesign and technological advancements to optimize service delivery, ultimately enhancing product functionality and customer experience.

• Assist clients to align project outcomes effectively with their strategy by acting as a pivotal intermediary between business and technology stakeholders to ensure coordinated efforts.

• Develop intricate technical architecture blueprints and designs for complex, multipronged projects.

• Collaborate with technical staff across organization verticals in solution design and delivery, ensuring that products are optimally integrated within customer's systems. Your focus will center around extending the evolution of the product set.

• Stay committed to producing high-quality, robust architectures and develop software within agreed time estimates.

People Responsibilities:

• Supervise, coach, and mentor junior members of the team, imparting requisite industry knowledge, and refining skills.

• Actively prioritize self-development via educational programs, maintaining personal networks, participating in professional organizations, and continually developing personal skills.

To qualify for the role, you must:

• Have a minimum of 8 years of experience in solution design and architecture.

• Have broad exposure to multiple architecture domains and extensive experience in the financial services industry.

• Possess detailed knowledge of Retail Banking Products and experience in Detailed Solution Design including Service Blueprinting.

• Have a proven track record in Programme Management and Delivery, besides demonstrating competence in Operating Model.

• Appreciate and be capable of implementing Microservices/APIs, Business Process Management (BPM), and Data Streaming.

• Excellent communication skills with experience at all levels from the executive team to operational level.

• A strong academic record in IT or a relevant field and be certified in relevant architecture certifications, e.g., TOGAF.

• Experience of leading diverse teams and independently engaging with and influencing C-Suite clients.

• Capable of designing and delivering a program with clear planning, reporting, governance, etc.

What we look for

If you have a keen interest in Technology Consulting and you are a team player with excellent communication and presentations skills with an analytical mind with problem-solving skills and experience with various systems and data bases, then the EY FSO Technology Consulting team could be exactly the right place for you.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

•             Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

•             Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

•             The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

Additionally, EY is now one of the first global companies to offer our employees access to an externally accredited Technology MBA – a truly unique opportunity to develop yourself and others.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions and Consulting services, we are using the finance products, expertise, and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2023 a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

Apply now.