Director - Business Architect, Global Banking and Markets

Requisition ID: 228623

Join a purpose driven winning team committed to results in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Purpose

Reporting to the GBM COO the GBM Business Architect is responsible for supporting the GBM business to drive strategic business architecture in alignment with GBM strategy and supporting data and technology strategy.

This critical role in the COO leadership team has overall accountability for driving our change the bank approach working in collaboration with functional and business line leadership to achieve sustainable solutions for future growth. In partnership with the COO team the incumbent will create the roadmap for the bank of the future ensuring we scale and grow in line with the banks risk appetite framework the banks governance framework and regulatory requirements. Most notably this role must be forward looking and work closely with all business lines not just GBM to develop a holistic architectural roadmap.

• This role will partner with the GBM technology architecture team to review strategic initiatives at inception and in development to link the execution of our strategy to the implementation of business capabilities with a focus on geographic consistency streamlining of business process and infrastructure and eliminating operational and regulatory risk.

• The successful candidate will work within the Business Capability Model (BCM) owned by Enterprise Architecture to support strategic programs of work with a holistic vision for a Business Architecture target state.

• Proven experience in a business architecture role is a must project management and execution experience would also be advantageous.

• A business architect plays a crucial role in aligning an organizations business strategy with its operations and technology. Here is a detailed description of a business architecture job:
• A business architect is responsible for designing business capability models and providing architectural solutions for an organization. They create a link between a firms IT architecture and business process management by aligning company goals with business operations. This role involves developing strategies and goals that guide the operation and management of a company employing internal and external resources to determine the business capability/functionality of a firm and producing results useful in developing business strategies.

• Business architects work with senior business process executives to design transformation plans for an enterprise producing an operating model that integrates business processes organization and IT concepts. They provide unconventional approaches to tough business challenges drawing up evaluation systems that consider all possible factors instead of focusing on just the direct causative factor.

• Their responsibilities also include assessing the capacity of an organization to achieve its set objectives and goals evaluating the assets and capability of a company to identify loopholes and limitations and creating investment models that suggest suitable investment schemes for a firm to pursue considering available funding and objectives.

• In addition business architects are skilled in measuring the effectiveness of a business strategy determining the degree of strategy implementation and the outcome of an implemented strategy. They require a good knowledge of business and information technology with a degree in business management marketing or accounting being useful. Training courses on enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks would be welcomed

• Some of the qualities necessary to excel in this role include excellent teamwork problem-solving communication and decision-making skills.

Education / Experience

• Experience in a business architecture role
• Must have Capital Markets experience
• Experience in driving strategy and transformation
• Ability to influence and execute at senior levels across a global organization
• Knowledge/ qualifications in Enterprise Architecture frameworks an advantage

Location(s): England : GreaterLondon : London (UK)

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: for every future we help our customers their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice products and services including personal and commercial banking wealth management and private banking corporate and investment banking and capital markets.

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