£675 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London - Canary Wharf
Summary: The role of Senior Solution Architect in Credit Risk Management involves leading the architecture for a Limits Management platform within a regulated banking environment. The position requires deep expertise in Credit Risk and Limits Management, focusing on delivering enterprise-grade solutions while ensuring architectural integrity. The architect will engage with senior stakeholders and guide delivery partners throughout the project lifecycle. This is a hybrid role with a strong emphasis on technical leadership and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own solution architecture across application, data, integration and security
- Produce and govern HLDs, solution briefs, design principles and NFRs
- Design limits life cycle solutions (configuration, approval, monitoring, aggregation, breaches)
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and roadmaps
- Act as senior technical authority, challenging vendors and shaping outcomes
- Engage confidently with senior stakeholders across Risk, Treasury, Finance and IT
Key Skills:
- Proven Solution Architect experience within banking/IFI/MDB environments
- Strong domain knowledge of Credit Risk, Exposure or Limits Management
- Experience with limits/risk platforms (eg Moody's, Algorithmics, Wolters Kluwer, Temenos, Finastra or similar)
- Deep understanding of integration patterns (APIs, event-driven, ETL, batch)
- Strong architecture governance experience (ARB, Design Authority, TOGAF/ArchiMate)
- Excellent stakeholder communication and decision-making skills
- Cloud architecture (Azure or AWS)
- Treasury or trade life cycle systems
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA integration
Salary (Rate): £675 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Credit Risk Management - Banking - Hybrid - Outside IR35
A leading international financial institution is undertaking a major finance, treasury and risk transformation programme and is seeking a Senior Solution Architect with deep Credit Risk/Limits Management expertise to play a pivotal role.
This is a high-impact architecture role within a complex, regulated banking environment, shaping enterprise-grade solutions that balance immediate delivery with long-term strategic architecture.
The Role
You will lead the end-to-end solution architecture for a Limits Management platform, working across Treasury, Risk and Finance. You'll provide authoritative technical leadership, guide delivery partners, and ensure architectural integrity across programmes.
- Own solution architecture across application, data, integration and security
- Produce and govern HLDs, solution briefs, design principles and NFRs
- Design limits life cycle solutions (configuration, approval, monitoring, aggregation, breaches)
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and roadmaps
- Act as senior technical authority, challenging vendors and shaping outcomes
- Engage confidently with senior stakeholders across Risk, Treasury, Finance and IT
Essential Experience
- Proven Solution Architect experience within banking/IFI/MDB environments
- Strong domain knowledge of Credit Risk, Exposure or Limits Management
- Experience with limits/risk platforms (eg Moody's, Algorithmics, Wolters Kluwer, Temenos, Finastra or similar)
- Deep understanding of integration patterns (APIs, event-driven, ETL, batch)
- Strong architecture governance experience (ARB, Design Authority, TOGAF/ArchiMate)
- Excellent stakeholder communication and decision-making skills
- Cloud architecture (Azure or AWS)
- Treasury or trade life cycle systems
- Exposure to SAP S/4HANA integration