Enterprise Architect-Manager(Insurance)

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Accenture UK and Ireland .Role: Technology, Strategy and Advisory, Enterprise Architect Manager - FSLocation: London, Manchester, EdinburghIndustry: Financial Services – InsuranceMobility: Up to 100%Career Level: Manager/Senior ManagerAbout Accenture

Accenture 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. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With over 700,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.comAccenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.Role details

Location: London, Manchester, EdinburghMobility: Up to 100%Industry: Financial Services – InsuranceSeniority level: Manager/Senior ManagerResponsibilities

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 objectivesDeveloping 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, demonstrating the end-to-end technology landscape including applications, integrations and dataConducting end-to-end vendor assessments across technology, vendor and or data platformsWorking between the business and technology client and 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 the set guidelines, without jeopardising business objectivesLead in designing and governing enterprise data platform capabilities including integration and automationLeading the creation of Enterprise Architecture Operating model definition and implementation roadmapsCompleting Enterprise Architecture maturity assessment on behalf of clientsLeading a team of Enterprise ArchitectsWe are looking for individuals who

Work 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 broad understanding across the insurance technology landscape e.g. understanding insurance specific functional applications, leading insurance industry solutions, platform options and considerationsHave specific experience with key Technology Platforms in Insurance sectors in London Markets, General Insurance and Life and Pensions e.g. Guidewire, Duck Creek, Salesforce, EIS, Sapiens, DXCHave proven stakeholder management and communication skills, leveraged to influence and persuade on key architectural decisionsHave experience designing Cloud / Data Platforms and AI solutions and insurance use cases, including Gen AI; and are inquisitive and keen to explore areas of emerging technologiesSet yourself apart

Depth of knowledge within insurance industry processes and their underlying technology architecture, emerging technology trends, etcDemonstration of in-depth technology insight in particular insurance functional domain e.g. Underwriting Workbench, Claims Workbench, General Insurance Pricing and Underwriting, Life Insurance processingExperience working as a solution architect or enterprise architectExperience in business capability and process taxonomies, maturity assessments and alignment of gaps to enabling technology solutionsAppreciation/Experience in designing and governing data platform architectures (e.g. broad understanding of Informatica, Collibra, Ab Initio, Snowflake, Databricks)Appreciation of and interest in attaining end-to-end data skills e.g., data quality, metadata, data-mesh, data security, privacy and complianceExperience with Enterprise / platform / application (e.g. cloud / SAP) / data architectureUnderstanding of public and private cloud architecturesKnowledge of architecture tools such as LeanIX, AvolutionPrevious consulting experience in insurance; or experience in an insurance architecture functionHave knowledge of the Government Service Manual, Technology Code of Practice (TCoP) and UK Digital/Data StrategiesExperience 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 FrameworkWhat’s In It For You

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.Closing Date for ..... full job details .....