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Enterprise Architect - Finance Platforms
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The Senior Enterprise Architect will report into the Director of Technology for finance platforms and maintain a dotted line to the Global Architecture Director as part of the Global Architecture team. The Global Architecture team play a key role in the delivery of the technology strategy and key programmes on a day to day basis. The Senior Enterprise Architect will work day-to-day under the direction of the Global Technology Director of Finance Platforms, building an integrated vision of the current environment, change programmes in flight, and supporting the creation and delivery of the strategy to delivery global finance capabilities using fit-for-purpose sets of solutions. This role will be initially responsible for the overall enterprise architecture of our Finance and Procurement platforms, with the ability to grow and adjust their remit once the the finance & procurement architecture matures. They will also review progress against the standards, principles and benefits set for the programmes, as well as provide day-to-day oversight of solution architecture and engineering work across the platform Job Title: Enterprise Architect - Finance Platforms Job Description: This is an exciting time to join Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) as we focus on becoming a globally integrated organisation, bringing the best of our capabilities to service our customers. We are well placed to build capability, scale and sustainable growth as a high-performance business. Our strategy is driven by our unique culture with one vision (to innovate the way brands are built), one set of values and a unique operating model which drives collaboration, client focus and attention to detail. The Global Technology operating model is based around a set of principles and a clear alignment to the Business strategy. Those core themes are underpinned by building scalable, compliant and agile solutions, and propagating a significant move to cloud. Within the newly formed Innovation, Engineering and Architecture function at DAN there are many key initiatives that will drive technology strategy, rationalisation and impact: * DAN will transform the way that it operates across markets and brands, to achieve more commonality in process and systems and to allow greater collaboration and drive client value; * Data and analytics platforms will be delivered to a highly scalable, robust, cloud agnostic and modularspecification, enabling the platforms to grow in a manageable and cost-effective way with DevOps, Data Governance and Security forming vital ingredients. * The DAN Software Engineering Blueprint will create a set of standard technology, tools, patterns and practices to drive cloud first, applications / platforms with a fast time to market. It will help to define and kick start associated Software Engineering Centres of Excellence around Technology domains across the Global DAN footprint. Additionally, it will deliver a set of standards, technology and processes to support Data Governance, Security and Policy by design. Role Overview The Senior Enterprise Architect will report into the Director of Technology for finance platforms and maintain a dotted line to the Global Architecture Director as part of the Global Architecture team. The Global Architecture team play a key role in the delivery of the technology strategy and key programmes on a day to day basis. The Senior Enterprise Architect will work day-to-day under the direction of the Global Technology Director of Finance Platforms, building an integrated vision of the current environment, change programmes in flight, and supporting the creation and delivery of the strategy to delivery global finance capabilities using fit-for-purpose sets of solutions. This role will be initially responsible for the overall enterprise architecture of our Finance and Procurement platforms, with the ability to grow and adjust their remit once the the finance & procurement architecture matures. They will also review progress against the standards, principles and benefits set for the programmes, as well as provide day-to-day oversight of solution architecture and engineering work across the platform Responsibilities * Ensuring the effective interlock between the teams delivering new business and technology capabilities across works streams and programmes * Coordinating and input into RFI and RFP processes to select technology and service partners * Creation and maintenance of the reference architecture for the finance and procurement platforms, interlocking with global process owners, business leads, and region/market/brand teams as necessary * Creation and delivery of material explaining the architecture & strategy to C-Suite stakeholders, the delivery teams, and the business stakeholders * Facilitation of design-focussed governance and review forums for the programmes * Reviewing solutions against Architectural principles and technology blueprint including assessment of impact of non-compliance, and driving alig