Barclays
Financial Services
SolutionArchitect-VP
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“Solution Architect - VP at Barclays. Skills: Solution Architecture, Liquidity Management, Cloud Transformation, Stakeholder Engagement. Lead portfolio management team. Monitor portfolio performance”
What You'll Achieve.
Delivery of successful projects; Projects aligned with strategic objectives; Portfolio performance; Portfolio status reporting; Portfolio documentation up-to-date and accurate; Projects aligned with controls and governance standards; Portfolio thematic risks and issues managed effectively; Change initiatives successfully implemented and embedded; Improved portfolio performance; Portfolio management practices aligned with needs and expectations; Portfolio management processes support project delivery; Contribute or set strategy; Drive requirements; Make recommendations for change; Plan resources; Plan budgets; Maintain policies; Deliver continuous improvements; Escalate breaches of policies/procedures; Define jobs and responsibilities; Planning for department's future needs and operations; Counselling employees on performance; Contributing to employee pay decisions/changes; Lead specialists to influence operations; Balance short and long term goals; Ensure budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements; Create environment for colleagues to thrive; Deliver to a consistently excellent standard; Guide technical direction; Lead multi-year assignments; Guide team members through structured assignments; Identify need for inclusion of other areas of specialisation; Train less experienced specialists; Guide less experienced specialists; Coach less experienced specialists; Provide information affecting long term profits; Provide information affecting organisational risks; Provide information affecting strategic decisions; Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment; Manage and mitigate risks; Strengthen controls; Contribute to achieving business goals; Keep up to speed with business activity; Keep up to speed with business strategies; Achieve key business objectives; Platform modernization; Regulatory robustness; Engineering excellence; Resilience; Security; Performance; Regulatory compliance; Accurate interest computation; Regulatory compliance; Seamless integration; Influencing roadmaps; Driving cross-functional alignment
Industry & Context.
Sophisticated analytical thought; Interpretative thinking; Define problems; Develop innovative solutions; Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep liquidity management, Interest calculation, Cash flow forecasting, Intraday liquidity, Single & Multi-Currency Pooling, Regulatory drivers, Enterprise-scale solution architecture leadership, Defining target architectures, Design standards, Architectural governance, Complex banking platforms, Complex integration and data architecture, Integrating core banking, Payments, APIs, Event-driven platforms, Managing high-volume, mission-critical transactional data, Cloud and platform transformation, Leading large-scale implementations on Azure, AWS, or GCP, Resilience, Security, Performance, Regulatory compliance
Nice to Have
Experience with financial instruments, Balance-sheet products impacting liquidity and interest, Deposits, Loans, Derivatives, Data and database architecture expertise, Enterprise relational platforms, NoSQL platforms, Proven leadership in regulatory-driven design, Auditability, Traceability, Model transparency, Compliance (e. g. , Basel III), Excellent senior stakeholder engagement, Technology leadership, Mentoring architects, Influencing roadmaps, Driving cross-functional alignment, Risk and controls, Change and transformation, Business acumen, Strategic thinking, Digital and technology
What You'll Do.
Lead portfolio management team
Monitor portfolio performance
Manage portfolio documentation
Facilitate portfolio governance
Manage portfolio Book of Work
Facilitate change management activities
Improve portfolio management practices
Collaborate with stakeholders
Develop portfolio management processes
Set strategic direction
Drive architectural vision
Spearhead platform evolution
Drive platform modernization
Drive regulatory robustness
Drive engineering excellence
Harness architectural paradigms
Harness cloud-native technologies
Design resilient solutions
Govern resilient solutions
Design scalable solutions
Govern scalable solutions
Design auditable solutions
Govern auditable solutions
Ensure accurate interest computation
Ensure regulatory compliance
Ensure seamless integration
Act as senior technology leader
Partner with business stakeholders
Partner with risk stakeholders
Partner with regulatory stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with stakeholders; Partner closely with business stakeholders; Partner closely with risk stakeholders; Partner closely with regulatory stakeholders; Align across the enterprise; Guide team members; Collaborate with other areas of work
Communication Scope
Senior stakeholder engagement
Process & Methodology
Manage budgets, Manage schedules, Manage risk
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To lead the portfolio management team in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that portfolio management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation’s strategic objectives. **Accountabilities** * Leading of portfolio management team, including setting of portfolio vision, management of portfolio performance, and provision of guidance and support to portfolio analysts. * Monitoring of portfolio performance, including tracking of project progress, managing budgets, identification of thematic risks and issues, and reporting on portfolio status to senior management. * Management of portfolio documentation, including aggregation of portfolio book of work, schedules, and budgets, and ensuring that portfolio documentation is up-to-date and accurate. * Facilitation of portfolio governance, including ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation’s strategic objectives, aligned with the controls and governance standards and that portfolio thematic risks and issues are managed effectively. * Managing the portfolio Book of Work outlining the sequence and dependencies of change initiatives, considering factors like resource availability, stakeholder buy-in, and potential risks. * Facilitation of change management activities, to ensure that change initiatives are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation. * Continuous improvement of portfolio management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve portfolio performance. * Collaboration with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that portfolio management practices are aligned with their needs and expectations. * Development of portfolio management processes that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful
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