Finance Domain Architect
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT US
AtHUB International we are a team of entrepreneurs. We believe in protecting and supporting the aspirations of individuals families and businesses. We help our clients evaluate their risks and develop solutions tailored to their needs. We believe in empowering our employees to learn grow and make a difference. Our structure enables our teams to maintain their own unique regional culture while leveraging support and resources from our corporate centers of excellence.
HUB is one of the largest global insurance and employee benefits broker providing a boundaryless array of business insurance employee benefits risk services personal insurance retirement and private wealth management products and services. With over $5 billion in revenue and more than 19000 employees in 600 offices throughout North America HUB has grown substantially in part due to our industry leading success in mergers and acquisitions.
Finance Domain Architect
The Finance Domain Architect defines and governs the technology strategy for all finance systems including ERP subledger reconciliation and financial reporting. The role will serve as the bridge between financial leadership and engineering teams translating complex business requirements into scalable secure and future-ready architecture.
Key responsibilities
- Serve as the architectural lead for finance technology defining and driving a cohesive target-state architecture across a complex landscape of legacy platforms vendor solutions and custom-built systems.
- Partner with Finance Technology and other key stakeholders to identify capability gaps and deliver targeted architecture solutions.
- Provide architectural leadership for modernization and transformation initiatives ensuring solutions are scalable regulatory-ready and auditable.
- Drive application rationalization: define the canonical finance application portfolio identify redundancy and lead platform consolidation decisions.
- Translate finance business needs into clear actionable architectural designs and multi-year technology roadmaps.
- Develop and maintain architecture artifacts: capability maps reference architectures solution patterns and IT best practices.
- Establish integration standards and data architecture patterns across finance systems ensuring data integrity lineage and regulatory compliance (SOX IFRS GAAP etc.).
- Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) to present finance domain architecture.
- Engage directly with delivery teams by reviewing designs guiding implementation decisions and resolving complex architecture trade-offs.
- Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies including cloud migration AI/ML in finance and real-time reporting and monitor industry best practices and regulatory trends recommending innovations that enhance finance operations and compliance.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect with at least 5 years focused on finance systems.
- Strong business acumen including financial processes: record-to-report procure-to-pay treasury and financial consolidation and reporting.
- Experience with the finance applications landscape: Oracle Financial ERP BlackLine treasury platforms financial reporting systems.
- Familiarity with AI/ML architecture patterns for finance (anomaly detection forecasting close automation etc.)
- Distributed architecture experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and hybrid integration patterns.
- Ability to operate at a conceptual level while remaining hands-on where it matters.
- Willingness to challenge legacy patterns to drive durable compliant long-term outcomes.
- Demonstrated success modernizing fragmented financial applications into integrated end-to-end financial solutions.
- Strong understanding of enterprise data governance and integration patterns.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to influence IT development teams business stakeholders and leadership.
JOIN OUR TEAM
Do you believe in the power of innovation collaboration and transformation Do you thrive in a supportive and client focused work environment Are you looking for an opportunity to help build and drive change in a rapidly growing and evolving organization When you join HUB you will be part of a community of learners and doers focused on helping our leaders maximize the potential of their employees.
The expected salary range for this position is $130000- $150000 and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidates skills experience and working location as well as the specific positions business line scope and level. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages: health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance FSA HSA and 401(k) accounts paid-time-off benefits such as vacation sick and personal days and eligible bonuses equity and commissions for some positions.
Department Information TechnologyRequired Experience: 7-10 years of relevant experienceRequired Travel: NegligibleRequired Education: Bachelors degree (4-year degree)HUB International Limited is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or veterans status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.
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About Company
HUB International is a leading North American insurance brokerage that provides employee benefits, business, and personal insurance products and services.