Banking Solution Architect/Project Architect

Contract Opportunity: Banking Solution Architect/Project Architect

Location: Knutsford or Northampton - Hybrid 2-3 days onsite

Contract Length: Until 31st December 2025

Day Rate: £480 p/d (Inside IR35)

Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS

The Opportunity: We’re seeking a Banking Solution Architect to join a leading financial institution, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of the client's core banking and current account services. This is your chance to influence high-impact programs across loans, savings, account switching, and payments, ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and compliant.

What You’ll Do

• Lead architecture design across core banking solutions, covering loans, savings/current accounts, switching, and payments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including project managers, product owners, and analysts to align solutions with business and risk requirements.
• Own architectural governance – producing design artefacts for privacy, records management, and regulatory compliance.
• Advise and guide product & business teams, championing innovation and technical excellence.
• Evaluate and integrate vendor products, supporting strategy, automation, and reducing manual intervention.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven expertise in core banking & current account journeys, particularly switching and payments.
• Strong understanding of architecture paradigms: cloud, APIs, DevOps, and security.
• Experience with governance and regulatory requirements in financial services.
• Proficiency with tools like Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Tableau, and Confluence.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and deliver at scale.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

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