Finance & Risk Solution Architect

About the Position

Our UK-based client is expanding its Finance & Risk Solution Architecture capability and is seeking four senior Solution Architects to support a major transformation agenda across core finance, risk, and regulatory functions. Each role offers architectural ownership within one of four specialist domains: Treasury, Finance, Risk Models, or Regulatory Reporting. In this high-visibility role, you will shape and govern end-to-end architecture across business-critical capabilities in a complex enterprise environment, partnering closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Operations, and Technology. This will require you to translate strategic priorities into scalable, resilient, and implementable solutions, while balancing immediate delivery demands with long-term architectural direction. This is a role for architects who combine strategic perspective, delivery focus, and confidence to influence at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern end-to-end architecture solutions, translating Finance & Risk business needs into robust and scalable designs
• Partner closely with Finance, Risk, Operations, Architecture, and Technology stakeholders
• Contribute to or review architecture for mergers & acquisitions initiatives
• Develop clear functional architecture and define logical component interactions
• Support decommissioning and archival initiatives as part of the long-term architectural roadmap
• Balance immediate business outcomes with long-term architecture strategy
• Work with engineering teams to ensure technical designs align with published architecture
• Conduct peer reviews to maintain architectural integrity and standards compliance
• Create practical, implementable architectures aligned to IT principles, standards, and governance processes
• Communicate effectively and engage confidently with senior stakeholders
• Operate autonomously with a strong ownership mindset
• Demonstrate thought leadership, initiative, and a delivery-focused approach

Requirements

• Significant experience (10+ years) as a Solution Architect, ideally within complex financial services
• Deep expertise in one or more Finance & Risk domains
• Proven experience designing solutions at enterprise scale within structured governance
• Proficiency in stakeholder engagement, thought leadership, delivery-focused approaches
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (C1 level)

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of BIAN, TOGAF, ArchiMate, C4
• Experience with Avolution Abacus or similar tools
• Understanding of microservices, API patterns, and cloud (e.g., AWS)
• Exposure to global banking or large-scale transformations

We Offer

We gather like-minded people: Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud, and digital platform modernization. Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture. Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland. Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually. Business-driven relocation opportunities.

We provide growth opportunities: Career development programs, thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills, and well-being programs. Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS). English classes.

We cover it all: Stable pay. Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount. Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers). Referral bonuses up to $2,000. Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee, and more. Corporate, social, and well-being events.

Please, note: Benefits listed above are available to employees only. We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually. We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively.