Strategic Technology Leader

1 week ago

Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom KPMG Full time

About the Role

The Enterprise Architect will play a pivotal role in aligning the firm's business strategy with its technology strategy within our client-facing services and our enterprise-wide technology domains. This role will involve translating business strategies into equivalent technology strategies, challenging the business strategies based on emerging and future technology trends, helping business design and govern their technology roadmap, i.e., a portfolio of technology transformation projects that deliver the business and technology strategies; influencing business and technology stakeholders to adopt the right technology solutions; and escalating risks, issues, and critical dependencies to the appropriate leaders as required to ensure the successful delivery of the strategy.

About KPMG

KPMG is a global professional services firm that provides audit, tax, and advisory services to clients across various industries. Our team of experts is dedicated to helping businesses succeed in today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain a high level of technical knowledge, including current, emerging, and future technology market trends and their impact on the business.
  • Develop and maintain expert knowledge of Audit technologies and understanding of how data and analytics technologies like Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, support Audit delivery and quality.
  • Develop and maintain expert knowledge of Enterprise Digital Workplace technologies, including M365 components Teams, SharePoint Online, Co-pilot, Stream, Viva, and other collaboration technologies like Miro.
  • Good knowledge of Audit processes, including an appreciation of how processes may benefit from automation/AI technology enablement.
  • Good knowledge of EA governance, including steps required, such as Info Sec approval, conceptual and solution architecture reviews, security assessments, pen tests, code reviews, and service acceptance criteria.
  • Good understanding of architectural risks, technical debt, including its causes, how to measure it, and remedial actions, including decommissioning.
  • Demonstrable experience in Enterprise and Solution Architecture roles, with at least 1 year as an EA.
  • Qualified in ITIL and TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
  • Experience of using enterprise architecture tooling, preferably Software AG Alfabet.

Requirements

  • Experience of working with Agile SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle Management) methods.
  • Knowledge of Power Automate, Power Platform, and other Microsoft low-code environments.
  • Understanding of common business analysis techniques and approaches.
  • Able to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience in a way that is relevant, easy to consume, and compelling.
  • A high level of general, technical knowledge, including current, emerging, and future technology market trends and their impact on business.
  • Good understanding of project management concepts, including Gantt charts/plans, risks, assumptions, and dependencies, etc.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Ability to leverage networks in KPMG, e.g., to tap into additional expertise if required.
  • Comfortable working with ambiguity at the beginning of projects, with the ability to provide clarity of direction despite this.

Desirable

  • Good knowledge of Business Architecture, including business and technology strategies, operating models, process models, business and technology capability models, and taxonomies.
  • Experience of leading offshore teams.
  • Practical understanding of GDPR and ISO 27001.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

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