Finance Enterprise Architect in Didsbury

Responsibilities

• Maintain core knowledge of Finance and Engagement Management (FEM) platforms, wider technology trends and the KPMG technology ecosystem; build FEM roadmaps and solutions; govern relevant technology choices within the Firm.
• In addition to the FEM domain, you will be expected to cover other business and/or technology domains as and when required.

Core knowledge:

• Maintain a high level of technical knowledge including current, emerging and future technology market trends and their impact on the business.
• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of KPMG's technology ecosystem, including the main applications and technologies that interact with FEM technologies.
• Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs and specific projects to analyze and translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible.
• If required, provide advice to and/or seek to learn from other Member Firms, client teams and/or clients that are seeking to implement or improve their use of FEM applications.

Application Portfolio Management:

• Manage and maintain the application inventory for your assigned domains.
• Work with stakeholders to assign application categories.
• Manage the roadmap for phasing in and out applications based on their lifecycle dates.
• Look to consolidate, decommission redundant and/or duplication application functionality for efficiency and cost savings.

Roadmaps & solutions:

• Build and maintain the FEM technology roadmap and architecture for KPMG assets, working with Capability CTOs, and business and technical SMEs where relevant.
• Work together with Capability CTO to ensure applications data is complete and up to date in the EA tooling.
• Ensure that Capability roadmaps are aligned to the FEM strategy, and coherent with those of other Capabilities and technology domain roadmaps.
• Ensure that Solution Architects produce designs that are fit for purpose, adhere to relevant standards and patterns, leverage reusable components, and are coherent with wider KPMG technology domains.
• Contribute to the selection of specific FEM technologies.
• Influence business and technology stakeholders to adopt the right technology solutions.
• Support the design and implementation of operating models that improve the design and delivery of successful FEM deployments.
• Escalate risks, issues and critical dependencies to the appropriate leaders as required to ensure the successful delivery of the strategy.

Technology governance:

• Help to establish, and participate in, the technology assurance process, building reference models and ensuring that standards, patterns and reusable components are enforced.
• Ensure that legacy technology is decommissioned to manage and reduce technical debt.
• Support the selection and implementation of enterprise architecture tools that help to accelerate and govern technology initiatives.

Qualifications

Essential (FEM)

• Expert knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Cloud including, but not limited to SAP Finance, SAP Concur, SAP Professional Services, SAP Treasury Platform, SAP Financial Compliance Management.
• Understanding of SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Good knowledge of Finance and Professional Services Engagement Management processes, e.g. Record to Report, Order to Cash, Acquire to Retire, Plan to Perform, Engage to Staff.
• Ability to clearly articulate and communicate technology concepts to different audiences (from senior to technical teams).
• Must have experience in Solution Architecture (or equivalent technology) roles.
• Good knowledge of EA governance including steps required, e.g. Info Sec approval, conceptual and solution architecture, reviews, security assessments, and service acceptance criteria.
• Good understanding of technical debt, including its causes, how to measure it, and remedial actions including decommissioning.

Essential (Other)

• Experience of working with Agile SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle Management) methods.
• Good understanding of Enterprise architecture modelling tool e.g. Alfabet, Aris.
• Understanding of common business analysis techniques and approaches.
• Able to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience in a way that is relevant, easy to consume and compelling.
• A high level of general, technical knowledge including current, emerging and future technology market trends and their impact on business.
• Good understanding of project management concepts, including Gantt charts/plans, risks, assumptions and dependencies, etc.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to leverage networks in KPMG, e.g. to tap into additional expertise if required.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity at the beginning of projects, with ability to provide clarity of direction despite this.

Desirable

• Good knowledge of Business Architecture, including business and technology strategies, operating models, process models, business and technology capability models and taxonomies.
• Good knowledge and experience of modelling languages, e.g. UML, ArchiMate and BPMN.
• Experience of leading offshore teams.
• Practical understanding of GDPR and ISO 27001.
• Qualified in ITIL and TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

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