Associate Director, Core Banking Transformation Lead, Operations Industry & Domain Solutions, Technology & Transformation

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The banking industry has been revolutionised by digital challenger banks and a vast FinTech landscape. Digital Banking Solutions is a Deloitte Operations Industry & Domain Solutions team who adopts a technology focused approach in delivering business benefit to our clients. Our banking clients engage us to solve their most complex problems, help shape technology strategies and most importantly, to deliver those strategies through modern technology solutions.

As part of this team, you’ll work alongside a team of Banking specialists from across retail & commercial banking, where you will take an active role in shaping and architecting transformational solutions for our clients. You’ll be working with likeminded Subject-Matter Experts and be a pivotal part of our growing solution architecture capability.

Our clients range from the largest, most important Banks and Financial Institutions from across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East, to the modern digital challenger banks and the FinTech companies that help them grow.

With our global alliances with key technology partners, you will help us strive to deliver modern, innovation and cutting-edge technology to our clients.

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As an Associate Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering core banking transformation projects for our clients. Your responsibilities will vary depending on the client and project phase, but will consistently involve:

• Leading the design and implementation of modular and composable core banking solutions: This includes understanding the client's current state, defining future state architecture, and identifying the optimal components for deployment. Deep understanding of modular architecture principles and their application in core banking ecosystem is crucial.
• Advising senior stakeholders throughout the assessment, selection and implementation of next-generation core banking platforms based on client need and in-depth understanding of the core banking vendor landscape: experience with platforms such as 10x, Thought Machine, Mambu & Starling engine is essential.
• Managing requirements gathering and solution design: You will work closely with product owners, solution architects, development teams, and programme managers, leveraging agile methodologies throughout the software delivery lifecycle. This includes backlog definition, story mapping, writing user stories and developing design documents.
• Appreciation of emerging technology and trends in banking with an understanding and knowledge of different players in the core banking ecosystem, ranging from specialized cores to Banking-as-Service solutions.
• Understanding of core banking modules, including knowledge of front, middle, and/or back-office capabilities and key trends impacting these capabilities in the market.
• Acting as point of contact for key Core Banking partners, managing relationships with them and ensuring their capabilities meet the need of our clients.
• Overseeing programme management efforts and coordinating multiple interconnected workstreams to ensure alignment and successful delivery of core banking solutions.
• Collaborating with engineering and platform teams on tasks such as setting up environments, configuration and supporting technical and product aspects of various core implementations.
• Driving data-driven decisions and process optimisation: You will leverage data analysis to inform design choices and ensure efficient processes.
• Mentoring and coaching team members: You will contribute to the development of our business analysis capability by guiding and supporting less experienced colleagues.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships: You will collaborate effectively with stakeholders across IT, operations, and risk.
• Leading business development: you will lead pre-sales activities, bid preparation, requests for proposal and client presentations.

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You are an enthusiastic, passionate, independent thinker. These attributes will help you work with your teams to drive change and real impact in the banking industry, demonstrating your excellent communication and presentation skills.

You are technically minded and enjoy solving complex problems. You enjoy challenging yourself with new problems and bring a technical mindset and skillset to reaching into the detail of complex problems to identify and deliver technical solutions.

You are on the pulse of the banking industry. You are up to date on the latest banking trends and technology. You know the problems our clients face and the solutions available to resolve them.

The essentials:

• We are recruiting candidates with the following experience:
• Experience of working with Next Gen Core Banking Solutions (specifically 10x, Thought Machine, Mambu, Starling Engine).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and a broad range of individuals and teams across various disciplines.
• Experience in advising clients throughout the selection and shortlisting process of core banking solutions based on their need and deep understanding of the market landscape.
• Experience of core system modernisation (in particular within Banking but broader FS would be helpful) with a track record of high performance and success in your role delivering change and transformation for your end client.
• Experience in leading business development such as leading bids, requests for proposals, and client presentations.
• Experience of complex systems integration programmes preferably with FS example of this could include new core integration into existing legacy architecture and required migration activities.
• End user focused requirements definition/technical design experience in a banking or other highly regulated environment, leveraging agile ways of working from backlog definition, story mapping and writing epics/user stories to support the software delivery lifecycle.
• Experience in working with technical stakeholders to create and shape technical solution designs leveraging latest thinking on architectural approaches, e.g. modular architecture.
• Working closely and collaborating with internal and client stakeholders to understand and articulate challenges to implement overall vision.

The Desirables:

• Experience or understanding of banking products, processes, and technologies in areas such as:
• Commercial and/or Retail banking including but not limited to; products such as payments, mortgages, lending, trade and supply chain finance, cash management and liquidity.
• Digital channels including but not limited to; mobile, web and Relationship Manager focused channels.
• Digital platforms and technologies including but not limited to; cloud, API/Microservices, data and analytics.
• Experience of successfully managing small teams, leading technology implementations within the banking sector and building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders.
• Experienced of guiding and coaching junior talent through challenging situations and providing honest and constructive development points.
• Working with engineering and test teams to help translate and communicate technical designs during implementation to help deliver solutions to end users.
• Appreciation of emerging technology and trends in banking with an understanding and knowledge of different players in the banking ecosystem, ranging from FinTechs to established global technology providers.
• Proficiency with data modelling and working with UML diagrams to support design activities.
• Strong proficiency in key day to day applications such as Microsoft Office, Jira and Confluence.
• Recognised certification(s) in one of the modular core solutions such as Mambu, 10X and TM.

Preferably you will also have:

• Industry certifications such as Scrum Master, Product Owner, BCS, ITIL, TOGAF, and Cloud certifications such as AWS/GCP/Azure among others.
• Proficiency or experience with a software development language e.g. Java, Python, SQL, HTML, JSON.

At Deloitte we champion individuality, and we understand that our differences are what keep us strong, successful, and diverse. If you do not fit all the requirements above but feel you have a place in our organisation please apply.

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