Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect - Corporate TechApply promptly A high volume of applicants is expected for the role as detailed below, do not wait to send your CV.Location: Greater London, England, United KingdomCompany: HaleonAbout The RoleAs an Enterprise Architect with deep expertise in Finance and Corporate Technologies, you will bridge the gap between enterprise technology and key business objectives across corporate functions. You will design and govern architectures that enable enterprise‑wide transformation, ensuring alignment with CFO, CHRO, CPO, and General Counsel priorities. Your domain knowledge will drive the evolution of systems for core Finance, HR, Legal, and Procurement platforms, while optimising costs, mitigating risk, and enabling data‑driven decision‑making.The Enterprise Architect proactively and holistically helps and guides enterprise leaders, product managers, product owners, and distributed product delivery teams through transformation and optimisation initiatives. You will support the formulation of business strategy, outcomes, and capabilities, helping the organisation achieve targeted business outcomes related to growing revenue, optimising costs, and mitigating risks.Key ResponsibilitiesFinance & Corporate Technologies‑Focused Enterprise Architecture (70%)Functional Systems Strategy: Define strategy and target architectures for core capabilities within Finance (GL, AP/AR, Consolidation, Tax, Treasury), HR (HCM, Payroll, Talent Management), Legal (eBilling, Matter Management, Contract Lifecycle Management), and Procurement (Sourcing, P2P, Supplier Management). Address emerging needs such as AI‑driven forecasting and process automation.ERP & SaaS Platform Leadership: Lead the modernisation of core platforms (e.g., Workday, SAP, Coupa, ServiceNow) and niche systems. Analyse trends and disruptions (e.g., AI in HR, CLM) and assess their impact on targeted business outcomes.Regulatory & Compliance Alignment: Architect solutions for mandates including SOX, GDPR, data privacy, and other corporate governance requirements, ensuring auditability and control across all domains.Executive Advisory: Partner with functional leadership (CFO, CHRO, CPO, Legal) to translate strategies for capital allocation, talent management, risk mitigation, and cost optimisation into integrated technical roadmaps. Visualise future states to trigger long‑term planning and communicate the value of enterprise architecture.Vendor/Partner Evaluation: Assess FinTech, HRTech, LegalTech, and ProcureTech solutions for fit within the broader enterprise ecosystem and assist in managing vendor relationships.Cross‑Domain Integration (20%)Design seamless data flows and integrations between finance systems and HR (payroll, benefits), Procurement (AP, spend analytics), Legal (accruals, compliance), and Commercial domains.Govern APIs, middleware, and data models for real‑time, secure data sharing across the corporate technology landscape, enabling a single source of truth.Governance & Standards (10%)Enforce architecture principles across all domains (e.g., single source of truth, privacy‑by‑design, closed‑loop reconciliation).Champion FinOps and TechOps practices to align cloud and SaaS spend with financial accountability and value realisation.Supports Formulation of Strategy and Guides ExecutionWorks with Business and Leadership Stakeholders to Develop Strategy.Proactively identifies and helps the organisation respond to disruptive forces. Understands the business’s economic, financial, and operational levers susceptible to digital transformation to guide investment decisions.Leads analysis of business and operating models, market trends and the technology industry to determine potential impact on strategy, direction, and architecture.Provides perspective on readiness for change and innovation through scenario planning and supports formulation across corporate functions.Uses planning‑driven, design‑driven and learning‑driven approaches to construct future‑ and current‑state business models.Connects Strategy to ExecutionFacilitates business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution through collaborative, supportive, and consultative manner, driving digital business strategies and balancing innovation and growth.Translates and guides execution of business strategy to achieve targeted outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap.Constructs technology‑enabled business and operating models and provides viable options and visibility into execution issues.Builds and Maintains RelationshipsBuilds the EA value proposition, positioning EA practice as internal management consultancy and offering services and skills to support strategy execution.Develops a portfolio of consulting services, designed to meet business and stakeholder needs, and delivers in an agile and time‑boxed way.Determines the relationship between people, processes, information, technology and other components of the enterprise operating model.Enables Value‑Based Messaging and manages cross‑functional relationships.Provides consultative advice for business leaders and stakeholders, adapting to context and offering actionable recommendations for investment decisions.Leads and facilitates interaction with business leaders, product managers and product owners in a business‑driven conversation over risks and implications.Leads a collaborative community of architects and works with a strategic committee to guide transformation and resolve conflicts between IT delivery and business outcomes.Orchestrates the Delivery of Business OutcomesPositions the EA practice at the intersection of business and IT, ensuring design and enablement for strategy formulation, translation and execution.Works with business architects and leaders to identify key drivers and targeted outcomes and derive useful business context.Develops diagnostic and action‑oriented deliverables that guide investment decisions.Brings alignment across business and IT.Leads analysis of future‑state capabilities and IT environment to detect gaps and recommend solutions to drive the business towards targeted outcomes.Identifies organisational requirements for resources, structures and cultural changes necessary to support EA.Works with CIO and IT leaders to find the right EA organisational design to drive business‑outcomes and may support federation initiatives.Ensures the EA organisational design process leads to an efficient and effective business and IT operating model, improving results and empowering EA resources.Supports Solutions Design and DeliveryMaintains alignment, integration and coordination of architecture activities across programs, projects and products.Presents gap analyses or IT investment roadmaps reflecting the status of the existing IT landscape and ability to contribute to future‑state capabilities.Leads analysis of the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.Leads the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on business requirements and varying IT strategies for delivery teams.Develops and applies minimal viable architectures, informing EA governance and business strategy and corporate governance.Facilitates a collaborative relationship across architecture community, product management and delivery teams by providing freedom‑in‑a‑box for decision making.Collaborates with delivery teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture and leverages shared technologies, tools and processes.Collaborates with infrastructure teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture and identify when modification is necessary.QualificationsEight or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis or experience as an enterprise architecture consultant.5+ years focused on finance systems (ERP, EPM, Treasury, etc.) and 3+ years of experience with HR Tech (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors), Legal Tech (e.g., Onit, Mitratech), and/or Procurement Tech (e.g., Coupa, Ariba).Proven track record designing architectures for financial close automation & regulatory reporting; integrated hire‑to‑retire and procure‑to‑pay process flows; enterprise contract lifecycle management; treasury, risk & compliance management.Deep understanding of finance, HR, and procurement operating models (centralised vs. decentralised) and their tech implications.Fluency in finance KPIs (EBITDA, NPV, DSO) and operational KPIs (e.g., cost‑per‑hire, requisition‑to‑order cycle time) and the ability to architect systems that improve them.SkillsKnowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event‑driven IT, data and predictive analytics.Understanding of business models, operating models, financial models, cost‑benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management.Familiarity with specific platforms in the HR, Legal, and Procurement domains; familiarity with enterprise architecture tools, related graphical models, and frameworks.Insight into information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.Understanding of various operating models such as project‑centric and product‑centric and different agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level.Awareness of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments.Effective leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development.Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes.Experience with AI/ML across corporate functions (e.g., anomaly detection in finance, predictive attrition in HR, spend analytics in procurement).Job Posting End Date: 2025-12-31Equal OpportunitiesHaleon is committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.Adjustment or Accommodations RequestIf you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. xpwpeyx We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.#J-18808-Ljbffr