Senior Business Solutions Architect

**Senior Business Solutions Architect**

We’ve supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since 1982 and today we support more than 9000 businesses worldwide. We are proud to help businesses, both big and small to grow and thrive in domestic and international markets.

**Why us?**

We’re in the business of relationships. Whether working together or supporting our clients, that’s what makes us stand out from the crowd.

We know our value lies in our brilliant people, It is fast-paced and varied, and we can handle it. We trust each other, take ownership, work flexibly, have fun and deliver for our clients every time.

We empower our colleagues to be themselves and grow in the way they want - we believe in them and celebrate their success.

As our **Senior Business Solutions Architect**, we will reward you and your hard work with:

- Private healthcare for you and your family
- Company pension scheme
- Wide range of flexible benefits, such as gym membership, technology, or health assessments
- Access to an online wellbeing centre
- Range of discounts from many businesses
- 25 days holiday which increases with service, plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell more
- Electric Vehicle/Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (EV/PHEV) salary sacrifice scheme
- Car Allowance

**As our Senior Business Solutions Architect, you will**

Operate largely independently to contribute skills and knowledge to projects and line functions, in order to ensure business-focused solutions/services in line with the strategy of Bibby Financial Services. You will work within the wider architecture teamto ensure the solutions are fit for purpose and aligned to the strategic roadmap, helping to deliver the change portfolio as part of the wider project teams.

**Your responsibilities as our Senior Business Solutions Architect will include**:

- Understanding the needs of the business to ensure that solutions are correctly aligned to meet business outcomes
- Developing and designing migration approaches for core system changes
- Leading & owning IT workstreams on projects and working with Project managers to inform detailed planning
- Bringing together suppliers and specialists to resolve complex problems in a range of environments
- Defining standards and reusable approaches which have benefits across functions
- Producing papers in own field of knowledge and presenting findings to mixed audiences
- Identifying, designing, obtaining approval for, and subsequently developing, implementing and communicating processes/systems necessary to reflect organisation and business changes
- Identifying, defining and assessing complex, abstractly defined issues/problems
- Challenging existing practices and approaches, and regularly suggesting improvements to technology and new ideas
- Maintaining effective stakeholder relationships within own area of responsibility to improve the overall service provided
- Defining quality standards and ensuring adherence to those standards and to established processes, appropriate service standards, practices and procedures

**What we are looking for in our ideal Senior Business Solutions Architect**:

- Previous experience of IF/ABL systems migrations
- Experience in the deployment of system interfaces between core systems
- Experience in successfully managing stakeholders, projects and/or teams (approx. 3+ years)
- Good documentation skills
- TOGAF certification or experience preferred

There’s no place quite like BFS and we’re proud of that. It’s all down to our colleagues - they make us the business with which every SME wants to partner.

If you would like to join us, please click ‘**Apply**’ today to be considered as our **Senior Business Solutions Architect **- we would love to hear from you

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