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Head of Banking Architecture
£19,200 - 21,600
Fox Morris Group Ltd
Pittman Court, Chaucer
£19,200 - 21,600
Requirements
Must:
- Extensive hands-on experience with core banking platforms, ideally SBS/SOPRA
- 10+ years in banking architecture, core banking engineering, or solutions architecture
- Proven ability to influence and challenge internal stakeholders and third-party suppliers
- Strong technical understanding of banking products, processes, and regulatory expectations
- Demonstrable experience delivering complex core banking integrations
- Exposure to FinTech, digital banking, or modern cloud-enabled financial environments
Responsibilities
- Serve as the organisations primary subject-matter expert for core banking, with strong emphasis on SBS/SOPRA.
- Review, challenge, and steer decisions relating to the core banking platform.
- Act as the internal voice of SBS/SOPRA to ensure alignment between business needs and platform capability.
- Provide architectural oversight across all core banking components and integrations.
- Evaluate and challenge proposals from vendors and delivery partners.
- Ensure rigorous commercial and technical scrutiny of all changes, enhancements, and product implementations.
- Configure, optimise, and support the banking engine in line with best practice.
- Maintain deep understanding of the organisations core products and operational processes.
- Lead digital, cloud, and AI-driven integration strategies within the core banking estate.
- Support the organisations long-term transformation roadmap.
Description
We are an established public-sector organisation seeking a highly experienced Head of Core Banking to act as the internal expert for our core banking estate, focusing particularly on Sopra Banking Software (SBS/SOPRA). This business-critical role will bridge a key knowledge gap and provide strategic technical leadership across core banking, integration, and modernisation initiatives. You will collaborate closely within the Core Banking & Payments Workstream, engaging with Enterprise Architecture, external technology partners, and our internal delivery teams. We offer a competitive rate for this 6-month contract position.
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