Segment Enterprise Architect at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description

• To ensure alignment of all segment specific capabilities to the business strategy by using multiple architectural models/views showing current and future capabilities and designing heterogeneous solutions to ensure resiliency and efficiency of the FRG (inclusive of RMB and FNB) systems. 
• To lead the process of converting the segment requirements into an architectural design that will be used as the blueprint for new solutions and governance. 
• To facilitate the conception of high-level solutions, build consensus, and sell solutions The Segment Enterprise Architect will perform all system management and performance functions to ensure architectural consistency and coherence between technical and business processes.
• Create business architecture models to reflect the organisation’s strategies and goals.
• Create a broad view of the organisation’s current and future technology needs, identifying areas for improvement.
• Improve current IT infrastructure, and optimise business operations for efficiency with an emphasis on knowledge sharing among partners.
• Work with a team of IT professionals to oversee the organisation’s IT infrastructure and help direct enterprise architecture models.
• Create methods for compliance architecture, such as data storage, metadata management and change control.
• Act as a strategic advisor to internal clients to transform business processes and systems to meet changing business requirements.
• Address the conceptual/planning level of architecture in collaboration with other architects focused on the needs of the technology, business and information architectures.
• Build the transition architecture to connect the current to the future state by creating an iterative roadmap to get to the desired state.
• Engage in and build a gap analysis and/or IT investment roadmap that reflects the status of the existing IT estate, namely, its ability to contribute to future-state business capabilities around ecosystems and digital platforms.
• Seek opportunities to highlight how digital business initiatives will potentially impact business and IT architecture and metrics.
• Implement and provide input into the development of governance and compliance procedures and processes within area of specialisation and identify risks.
• Research, enable and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology and platform enablement.
• Review existing processes and suggest innovative ideas to improve and streamline processes to drive efficiencies and minimise redundancy.
• Improve business decisions by providing accurate and reliable business intelligence, or information, together with analysing trends and data.