Trust In Soda
Northampton, Northamptonshire
03/10/2025
Contractor
Contract Opportunity: Banking Solution Architect/Project Architect Location: Knutsford or Northampton - Hybrid 2-3 days onsite Contract Length: Until 31st December 2025 Day Rate: £480 p/d (Inside IR35) Clearance: Must be eligible for BPSS The Opportunity We're seeking a Banking Solution Architect to join a leading financial institution, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of the client's core banking and current account services. This is your chance to influence high-impact programs across loans, savings, account switching, and payments, ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and compliant . What You'll Do Lead architecture design across core banking solutions, covering loans, savings/current accounts, switching, and payments. Collaborate with stakeholders including project managers, product owners, and analysts to align solutions with business and risk requirements. Own architectural governance - producing design artefacts for privacy, records management, and regulatory compliance. Advise and guide product & business teams , championing innovation and technical excellence. Evaluate and integrate vendor products , supporting strategy, automation, and reducing manual intervention. What We're Looking For Proven expertise in core banking & current account journeys , particularly switching and payments. Strong understanding of architecture paradigms : cloud, APIs, DevOps, and security. Experience with governance and regulatory requirements in financial services. Proficiency with tools like Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Tableau, and Confluence . Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and deliver at scale.