Senior Payments Solution Architect

Senior Payments Solution Architect - London Overview We are seeking a senior, hands-on Solution Architect with deep payments scheme and migration experience. This role is for practitioners who have delivered complex payments migrations in live production environments, not generic enterprise architects. Essential Experience Senior-level leadership of payments migration within large PMI programmes Strong hands-on experience with UK payment schemes: BACS Faster Payments (FPS) International payments and messaging experience: SWIFT SEPA Direct architectural ownership across core payments processing, including: Scheme and gateway integration Message transformation and routing Clearing, settlement, reconciliation, and downstream processing Strong understanding of end-to-end payment life cycles and real-world production flows Risk, Controls andamp; Assurance Proven experience leading payments risk, controls, and regulatory assurance Practical experience with CASS and CISA-aligned assurance or audit frameworks Technical andamp; Legacy Environments Experience working in Legacy and non-standard payment environments Ability to design within constraints and reconcile documented vs actual system behaviour Familiarity with: Mainframe-integrated architectures MQ MT/MX message translation Delivery andamp; Stakeholder Skills Strong focus on minimising risk to live payment processing Ability to identify and escalate issues early and support pragmatic migration solutions Clear ..... full job details .....