Solution Design Architect

at  Bank of America

THE TEAM:

GCIBT EMEA is looking for a Solution Design Architect to join an existing analysis and design team located in the UK. The team work with business and technology partners to deliver projects covering Payments, Accounting, Liquidity, Credit, Loans, and Regulatory change, spanning EMEA, APAC, Canada and LATAM regions.

SKILLS THAT WILL HELP:

• Knowledge of,
• Payments, such as SWIFT, ACH, CHAPS, Faster Payments, SEPA, TARGET2, ISO 20022
• Demand Deposit Accounting,
• Treasury and Cash Management Systems,
• Banking Regulations, such as OFAC, FTR, PSD2, AML,
• Trade Finance and Loans
• Experience with Agile project methodologies
• TOGAF certification

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The Solution design Architect will be responsible for the earlier engagement with the business, supporting the business analysis, documenting conceptual solutions and defining high level estimates. The Solution Design Archiect will be responsible for developing the High Level Design include the functional requirements and then supporting the technology teams as the solutions are develop and tested. They will be expected to influence senior leaders in the business and technology and provide guidance to junior team members.
The functional designer will have excellent treasury business knowledge and experience of designing solutions using multiple technologies. They will be experienced at working with vendors and technically leading offshore team members. They will be expected to help set the process and standards for the design function and supporting continual improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and articulate their needs and problem statements.
• Understanding the product vision and roadmap and help project in PI Planning.
• Assess the scope of change and impact to technology and stakeholders.
• Liaise between the business units, technology teams, delivery, and support teams to arrive at optimal solutions based on scope.
• Collaborating with multiple stakeholder for defining the E2E solution.
• Developing High Level/E2E Solution Design for GTST EMEA projects.
• Facilitate walkthroughs for requirement and solution assessments.
• Supporting the delivery teams throughout the agile project lifecycle
• Performing initial engagement with the business to determine concept designs and project estimates and provide technology guidance.
• Determining the impact of change initiated in other technology teams on the EMEA Treasury environment (technology, people, process)
• Reviewing project designs for adherence to the organisation design standards and technology stack like Cloud, security, change governance.
• Set the technology strategy (technology and design standards) for the department.
• Working closely with the enterprise architecture team to build out the treasury platform.
• Support the build out of the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Technology strategy through development of blueprints in the treasury space.
• Ensuring timely quality deliverables.
• Regular status reporting to Senior Management in technology and the business