BNP Paribas is looking For a Solution Architect!

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

1.Requirement Capture

• Attend client and vendor workshops to understand project drivers and requirements in detail.
• Work with project managers, business analysts, Product and Operation team SMEs and local IT team to determine the business requirements and non-functional requirements.
• Work with global IT teams on requirements related to global system utilization or extension.

2.Solution Architecture Design

• Steer the solution to follow BNPP standard operating models and controls
• Explore and articulate how the proposed solution will operate end-to-end including:
• High level BNPP business processes
• Data exchange within internal systems and with external systems
• Client impacts and expectations
• IT functionality and non-functional requirements by system, infrastructure, security and auditing requirements
• Risk assessment
• Seek approval from the local design authority, global enterprise architects and global teams for relevant design items
• Document the solution and the impact assessment at feature level to meet the captured

requirements

• Present solution to external & internal clients, vendors, local & global BNPP stakeholders and

BNPP IT management to obtain signoffs

3.Solution Implementation Support

• Explain proposed solutions to the solution delivery team to facilitate estimate preparation.
• Review user stories, functional designs and test strategies and plans).

Contributing Responsibilities

• Provide IT application details for existing or new systems upon requests for the purpose such as group reporting, client request for proposal and auditing
• Socialize larger project solution details with Global IT Architecture team
• Contribute to the project initiation and IT solution validation committee reviews
• Provide feedback to Post Implementation Reviews

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Required:

• 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years experience in the financial industry, preferably in the

custody or back-office administration for the funds management industry

• Strong skills with facilitating workshops across broad stakeholder groups, e.g. external clients, internal business / operations teams and technology teams, both locally and globally located.
• Confident with solution presentation to different audience groups and forums, e.g. external

clients, internal operation teams and IT teams.

• Hands-on solution and technical design experience with financial system integrations and

straight-through processing. Experienced Visio user.

• Past experience designing solution in areas such as fund administration / unit pricing, registry, financial reporting, custody and / or wealth management.
• Past experience with Hiport, pControl and unit registry system integration preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-directed, ability to work on multiple concurrent projects
• Past coding experience using Microsoft technology preferred
• Past working experience with SQL database schemas and data queries preferred