Solution Architect
Johannesburg - South Africa
Job Summary
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
Deep functional knowledge of treasury processes especially on management of foreign exchange and commodity price risks and capital markets funding products.
Proven experience with Wallstreet Suite or similar treasury management systems (TMS) for configuration integration and operations.
Ability to translate strategic directives from Treasury Risk Management and Compliance into detailed functional requirements and system designs.
Strong stakeholder management and vendor transition skills able to influence across global teams without direct authority.
Practical experience mapping business processes to system functionality and maintaining end-to-end process integrity.
Solid understanding of financial instruments (FX commodities interest rate derivatives) and how they are represented for valuation accounting and risk treatment in IT systems.
Experience defining and coordinating interfaces between TMS market-data providers payment systems and internal banking connections.
Project and transition management skills to coordinate insourcing implementation projects and rollout activities.
Excellent technical documentation test planning and knowledge-transfer capabilities (user guides runbooks X-Ray test artifacts).
Strong communication skills in English (German advantageous) with intercultural sensitivity for global stakeholder engagement.
ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:
Hands-on exposure to Wallstreet Suite implementations administration or operational support.
Prior experience insourcing activities from external providers and running vendor-to-inhouse transitions.
Familiarity with market-data connectivity (market data vendors) trading platforms and multi-banking interfaces.
Basic scripting or automation skills (Python Bash) to support operational handover and runbook automation.
Knowledge of cloud middleware database (MS Azure/MS SQL) and DevOps concepts to collaborate with IT teams.
Experience with monitoring/observability and production support tooling for financial systems.
Experience with release change cut-over and fallback planning for complex financial system rollouts.
Strong MS Office skills for reporting analysis and management presentations (Power BI advantageous). Understanding of audit internal control frameworks and regulatory requirements as they apply to treasury operations.
Agile delivery experience and ability to work within cross-functional feature teams.
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:
University degree in business/economics physics mathematics computer science or comparable qualification.
At least 5 years professional experience in Treasury within a corporate or consulting environment with demonstrable experience bridging business and IT aspects for treasury systems.
Project management experience and expanded experience in finance functions of an industrial or financial services company; ideally specialized in both business and technical (IT) aspects and knowledgeable about common financial instruments risk valuation and IT representation.
WHAT DO WE OFFER YOU
Cutting edge global IT system landscape and processes
Flexible working of 1960 hours in a 12-month period
High Work-Life balance
Remote / On-site work location flexibility
Highly motivating energetic and fast-paced working environment Modern state-of-the-art offices Dynamic Global Team collaboration Application of the Agile Working Model Methodology
Required Skills:
TMS WallStreet Suite Treasury