Role: Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Enterprise Architect Manager - Products / Financial Services,Assessing the impact of the business strategy on the enterprise architecture, including organisation, applications, data, infrastructure, and operationsStaying abreast of industry dynamics and the impact of trends on an organisation, to identify and formulate need for change in enterprise architectureCo-creating a client's Enterprise Architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring it aligns with business objectivesFostering the relationship between the clients business and technology teams, driving alignment and coherence between business and technical requirementsLeveraging the Accenture platform to drive technical, operational and industrial coherence into any solutions or recommendationsDeveloping recommendations and translating them into actionable roadmaps for complex and large technology environments using Lean and Agile enterprise principlesDeveloping value cases to support executive decision making for investment in proposed transformation roadmaps, aligned with client's strategic planning cyclesLeading the creation of Enterprise Architecture blueprints to accelerate future EA engagementsConducting end-to-end vendor assessments across technology, vendor and/or data platformsWorking between the business and technology client & 3rd-party stakeholders to effectively formulate, communicate and conclude key architectural decisionsProviding EA governance to clients throughout their transformation programme to ensure that new initiatives comply with architectural principles whilst meeting the needs of the business and any adjacent value levers (e.g. technical debt reduction, cost saving, adjacent capability opportunities).Leading the creation of Enterprise Architecture Operating Model definition and implementation roadmapsCompleting Enterprise Architecture maturity assessment on behalf of clients in a structured and coherent wayLeading a team of Enterprise ArchitectsWork within or across one of the architectural domains; Business, Application, Data and TechnologyHave experience working on complex digital transformation programmes; working and present across different levels of architecture abstraction; and working with multi-disciplinary teamsHave interest or experience with key Technology Platforms across AI solutions (OpenAI, AWS), Cloud (Azure, AWS, Google), Supply Chain (O9, BlueYonder, Kinaxis), CRM (Dynamics, Salesforce), Data (Palantir, Snowflake), ERP (SAP S4) or others.Have proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade on key architectural decisionsKeen to explore how emerging technologies can be leveraged within solutions to client problems; or how they can be used to underpin the methods used to support clients on their transformation journeys.Set yourself apart (we're very interested in hearing from you if you have some or all of the below):Depth of knowledge within any of the Products or Financial Services industry sub-sectors, with a point of view on their underlying business, technology or data architectures and any emerging technology or industry trendsExperience working as a solution architect or enterprise architect with a focus on business stakeholder managementExperience in business capability and process taxonomies, maturity assessments and alignment of gaps to enabling technology solutionsAppreciation of and interest in attaining end-to-end data skills e.g., data quality, metadata, data mesh, data security, privacy & complianceExperience with Enterprise / platform / application (e.g. cloud / SAP) / data architectureUnderstanding of public and private cloud architecturesKnowledge of architecture tools such as LeanIXPrevious consulting experience in technology strategy; or experience in an architecture functionExperience in major enterprise architecture engagements e.g. application optimisation/rationalisation, re-platforming, modernization of enterprise data architectureCertified in COBIT, TOGAF, DCAM and/or AWS/Azure/GCP solution architectureKnowledge of DAMA-DMBOKFamiliarity with applying key frameworks such as APQC Process Classification Framework, Zachman Framework, ITIL and Scaled Agile FrameworkAccenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for. #J-18808-Ljbffr