Lead Architect - London, United Kingdom - Equiniti

Description

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success.

We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services.

EQ has embarked on a Client to Cash (C2C) transformation covering all capabilities for an end-to-end journey from marketing, new business development, opportunity and contract lifecycle management, order to cash, and relationship management through to renewals management.

As a result of acquisitions and growth, we currently have multiple ways of working, processes and systems which we are consolidating into a single global approach and platform based on Salesforce Sales Cloud and Conga Quote to Cash.

Provides leadership of the Architecture and Analysis team, and on both business architecture and Salesforce/Conga functional architecture to effectively support the C2C Programme objectives.

The role will suit an experienced business-focussed Salesforce Application/Solution Architect who wants to continue in a hands-on capacity as well as lead and develop a team.

Lead the collaboration of cross-functional teams in analysing business requirements, design, development, and implementation of complex Salesforce/Quote to Cash solutions to meet business requirements
Lead the development and implementation of business architecture frameworks, strategies, and roadmaps to align business goals with technology solutions
Architect scalable and high-performance solutions on the Salesforce platform and drive the integration of business architecture artifacts with other enterprise architecture domains, including integration, data, and technology architecture
Support the implementation of our global C2C capabilities, driving standardisation and out-of-the-box acceptance to minimise the need for customisation of Salesforce/Conga applications
Apply an agile approach to defining requirements, scope, technical specifications, features, user stories (solution backlog) and use cases
Lead and participate in project planning, estimation, and risk management activities to ensure successful project delivery
Ensure delivery to agreed objectives, requirements, schedules, costs and quality objectives, ensuring compliance and alignment with Group and Engineering standards and processes

Build and maintain deep working knowledge of the business, platforms and products, and serve as a subject matter expert on business and functional architecture, and design principles.

Strategic mindset with a focus on driving business innovation and transformation through the effective use of technology and architecture
Experience as a Salesforce or Conga QTC Application/Solution Architect leading the design and implementation of enterprise-scale solutions
Business Architecture skills in areas such as operating model development, process engineering and value management
Experience of CRM and Quote to Cash business capabilities
Expertise in Salesforce platform capabilities. Proficiency in Salesforce development technologies. Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, and Salesforce DX
Strong understanding of business architecture frameworks, methodologies, and tools such as TOGAF, Zachman, or BPMN
Adept at assimilating and correlating disconnecting information using significant analysis skills
Experience with Agile development methodologies and tools like Azure DevOps
Salesforce certifications (e.g., Certified Technical Architect, B2B Solution Architect, Sharing and Visibility Architect, Data Architect or Integration Architect certifications desirable
Certification in Business or Enterprise Architecture (eg Certified Business Architect, ToGAF) highly desirable
Certification in Agile methodologies (eg Certified Agile Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist) highly desirable
Bachelor's degree in related field (or equivalent experience) is desirable
Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) - Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit
Health and Wellbeing - Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary
Employee discounts - Discounts and cashback at high street stores through EQ Wins Platform
Flexible Benefits - Ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan
Time Off - 28 days holiday + bank holidays. Winning together - Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.