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.
