Business Architect

Job Title: Business Architect

A bit about us:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

The Role:

As part of our transformation journey, Liverpool City Council is implementing an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that will transform our Finance, Human Resources, and Payroll functions. The new ERP system will replace our current SAP (Finance) and Oracle (Payroll) platforms, along with several smaller systems covering other functions within Finance and Resources and HR and Payroll. It will be built using Microsoft Dynamics for Finance and Resources, and MHR i-Trent for HR and Payroll. We are looking to stand up a team of experts to work in partnership with Ernst and Young (EY), who have been appointed to deliver the integrated solution, and internal subject matter experts to help shape the future of how we work, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for staff and residents.

The Business Architect will own the design of the future ERP solution. They will support Council leadership and functional teams to position and deliver the transformation successfully. The role requires an experienced transformation expert, who can guide the Council to understand the impact of decisions being made and ensure ‘adopt not adapt’ principles are followed wherever possible. The role will lead the overall design workstream and is responsible for supporting the HR & Payroll / Finance & Procurement Leads to facilitate decision making across the business for the key design decisions.

The successful candidate will have delivered a minimum of 3 ERP transformation programmes including performing within leadership positions.

This role is fixed term for the purpose to own the design of the future ERP Solution. Support the council to deliver the transformation and will end 30th April 2027.

Our offer to you:

• At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
• Agile working (role dependent) - a “Flexibility First” approach to agile working, where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Medicash

Next steps:

Closing date: midnight Friday 19th September 2025

Shortlisting date:W/C Monday 15th and Monday 22nd September 2025

Interview date: W/C Monday 22nd September 2025

Interview type: Face to Face competency based interview