Finance Enterprise Architect in Manchester

Responsibilities

• Maintain core knowledge of Finance and Engagement Management (FEM) platforms, technology trends, and the KPMG technology ecosystem; build FEM roadmaps and solutions; govern technology choices.
• Maintain a high level of technical knowledge of current, emerging, and future technology market trends and their impact on the business.
• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of KPMG's technology ecosystem, including main applications that interact with FEM technologies.
• Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs, and specific projects to analyse and translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible.
• Provide advice to or learn from other Member Firms, client teams, and/or clients 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.
• Consolidate, decommission redundant and/or duplicate 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 with the Capability CTO to ensure application data is complete and up to date in the EA tooling.
• Define integration concepts and methods.
• Define data architecture and master data management.
• Ensure that Capability roadmaps are aligned with the FEM strategy and coherent with other Capability and technology domain roadmaps.
• Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs, and specific projects to translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible.
• 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 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 accelerate and govern technology initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Essential (FEM)
• Expert knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, including, but not limited to, SAP Finance, SAP Concur, SAP Professional Services, SAP Treasury Platform, and SAP Financial Compliance Management.
• Understanding of SAP BTP and 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 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 such as Info Sec approval, conceptual and solution architecture, reviews, security assessments, and service acceptance criteria.
• Good understanding of technical debt, its causes, measurement, and remedial actions, including decommissioning.
• Essential (Other)
• Experience working with Agile SDLC methods.
• Good understanding of enterprise architecture modelling tools, 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.
• High level of general technical knowledge, including current, emerging, and future technology market trends and their impact on business.
• Understanding of project management concepts, including Gantt charts, plans, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to leverage networks within KPMG, e.g., to tap into additional expertise if required.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity at the beginning of projects, with an ability to provide clarity of direction despite this.
• Desirable
• Good knowledge of Business Architecture, including business and technology strategies, operating models, process models, capability models, and taxonomies.
• Good knowledge and experience of modelling languages, e.g., UML, ArchiMate, and BPMN.
• Experience leading offshore teams.
• Practical understanding of GDPR and ISO 27001.
• Qualified in ITIL and TOGAF.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.