Solutions Architect - Finance

Number of Positions: 1 Duration: 6 months contract to start, possible extension

Location: Toronto, ON, CA

Must be eligible to work in Canada

hybrid position, 2-3d/w onsite in Toronto mandatory

Roles and responsibilities:

Define and maintain governance and compliance standards and policies.

Execute architecture processes.

Create, update and maintain architecture models, roadmaps and strategies.

Lead risk and cost analysis including build vs. buy strategies and recommendations.

Lead analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.

Contribute to the definition and evolution of global IT architecture based on long-term business strategy considering the diversity of activities, the need for compliance to information Security requirements, the long-term business plan scenarios, the obsolescence of mission-critical applications and the evolution of IT solutions offerings from various sources.

Understand, advocate and promote the architecture vision and value proposition within the IT and business community.

Lead and facilitate research and assessment of new approaches and technologies for potential use within the organization.

Lead and facilitate the creation and evolution of architecture principles to support decision-making.

Consults with project teams to align projects to enterprise architecture to accommodate project needs.

Consult with infrastructure teams to fit infrastructure to architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate infrastructure needs.

Must have skills / experience:

A minimum of 5-10yrs of the following:

Technical Proficiency

Solutions architecture and design

Financial systems

Risk and security assessments

Stakeholder Communication

Cloud computing and Cloud solutions