Chief Technology Architect

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• The Global Chief Architect is responsible for overseeing the architectural integrity of Apex’s systems on a global scale, ensuring that technology aligns with business objectives and strategic goals.
• This role requires a visionary leader who can innovate and guide the architecture team to create scalable, sustainable, and efficient systems.
• The successful candidate will create a culture oriented towards customer satisfaction, with appropriate controls and governance to maintain confidence with our regulators.
• Through the provision and matrix management of people, teams, skills, capabilities and partnering with associated suppliers and vendors you will bring your expertise to coach and lead the practice.
• You will have excellent business acumen, be results driven, comfortable leading others, as well as being proactive in education, promotion and reporting on key performance indicators for Architecture expected of a financial services company.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement architectural strategies that support the organization's goals.
• Technology Oversight: Evaluate and select appropriate technology solutions to meet business needs.
• Cost Management: Drive consolidation and optimisation, reducing technical debt and staying aligned with the optimum Product Model.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that architectural standards, governance and best practices are followed, maintaining high quality of deliverables.
• Management: Ability to establish and present key performance indicators, and provide appropriate reporting, and insights on opportunities and risks.
• Innovation: Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends, encouraging controlled innovation and improvement in the technology, systems and ways of working.
• Security: Promote interoperability, standardisation and simplification.

Skills Required:

• Proven track record with 10+ years of experience in Enterprise, Domain and solution architecture roles, including 5+ years in a leadership position.
• A track record of working in B2B environment providing services and technology products.
• A history of exemplary delivery, with demonstrable management and leadership in transforming and scaling up Business outcomes, capabilities and value, through Technology.
• Proficiency in architectural frameworks, methodologies, and tools such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, or similar.
• Strong leadership, manage, lead, mentor, upskill and support global teams using excellent interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strategic mindset.
• Familiar with corporate governance and controls; SOC, EU DORA, ITIL, NIST, Regulator Requirements, COBIT, ITGC.
• A true people partner, with matrix management experience in a global environment.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing objectives, working well under pressure.
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.

What you will get in return:

• A high level of visibility within a large organisation on an upwards trajectory.
• The ability to define technology processes to drive innovation and have a tangible impact on the business.
• Be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team that makes a genuine impact on revenue and sales pipeline.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross-jurisdiction and to working with senior management directly.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse, agile and global technology team.
• The opportunity to innovate, bring discipline with pragmatism to Enterprise Architecture and really make a difference.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.