At a Glance
- Tasks: Define and design end-to-end solutions in Collateral Management for a major transformation programme.
- Company: Join one of Europe's leading financial market infrastructure organisations.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, flexible remote work, and long-term contract.
- Other info: Engage with both business and tech stakeholders in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Shape impactful technology solutions while collaborating with diverse teams.
- Qualifications: Strong background in Collateral Management and experience in Capital Markets.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
I'm currently supporting one of Europe's leading financial market infrastructure organisations on the appointment of an experienced Solution Architect with a strong background in Collateral Management and Capital Markets. This is an opportunity to join a major transformation programme where you'll work closely with business stakeholders, product teams and engineering teams to shape end-to-end technology solutions across the Collateral Management domain.
The role would suit someone who understands how collateral processes work from a business perspective and can translate those requirements into pragmatic technology solutions.
What you'll be doing:
- Define end-to-end solution architectures across the Collateral Management domain.
- Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Domain Architects and Engineering teams.
- Translate business requirements into scalable solution designs.
- Produce target-state architectures and solution roadmaps.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards.
- Define integration patterns across multiple business applications.
- Participate in architecture governance and design reviews.
- Help shape reusable architecture patterns and best practices.
- Work across both strategic architecture and delivery.
What we're looking for:
We're looking for someone with a strong understanding of Collateral Management rather than purely technical architecture experience. You'll ideally have experience across several of the following:
- Collateral Management
- Settlement
- Custody
- Capital Markets
- Post-Trade Processing
- Securities Services
- Margin Management
- Securities Financing
- Repo
You'll also have experience in one or more of the following roles:
- Solution Architect
- Business Architect
- Domain Architect
- Application Architect
Technical experience:
Experience with some of the following would be beneficial:
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Microservices
- REST APIs
- Integration Architecture
- Mainframe environments
- Cloud technologies
- Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF or similar)
About you:
You'll be someone who can comfortably engage with both business and technology stakeholders, understands how enterprise applications fit together, and can design practical, end-to-end solutions that support large-scale business transformation. Previous experience within Capital Markets, Post-Trade, Settlement, Custody or Collateral Management environments is essential.
Contract Details:
- 12-month initial contract
- 8 days per month on-site in London / Brussels or Paris
- The remainder of the contract is remote
- Long-term transformation programme
- Excellent opportunity to work within one of Europe's leading financial market infrastructure organisations.
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