FSA Business Architecture - Regulatory Reporting

Job Description:

Location: India

Role Purpose:

· Define and own the Future State Business Architecture (FSA) for regulatory reporting in the controllership value stream covering: Capabilities, Services, Processes · Act as the business representative in the technology and data architecture definition to ensure the Future State Architecture (FSA) supports the value stream objectives · Support the Value Streams in the detailed design of FSA aligned Capabilities, Services and Processes · Establish and manage business design governance across the Value Stream · Ensure exceptions to the defined FSA business architecture are recorded and managed in the Value Stream

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities :

· Define, document and maintain the Future State Business Architecture (FSA) for regulatory reporting in the controllership value stream, covering end-to-end capabilities, services and processes. · Translate Finance strategy, regulatory needs and value stream objectives into a coherent target operating model and business architecture blueprint. · Ensure the architecture is outcome-led (e.g. control, efficiency, data quality, customer/ service impact) and measurable through agreed success metrics. Business representation into Technology, Data and AI architecture · Act as the Finance value stream business representative in technology, data and AI architecture forums to ensure solution designs align to the FSA and business outcomes. · Provide clear business requirements, constraints and priorities to architecture and engineering teams; challenge designs where they don’t meet Finance objectives or create unnecessary complexity. · Partner with Technology/ Data/ AI architects to ensure consistent definitions for key data entities, lineage, controls, and usage across the value stream. Design support and delivery enablement · Support value stream teams in the detailed design of FSA-aligned capabilities, services and processes, ensuring traceability from strategy → architecture → delivery backlog. · Provide architecture input into delivery planning, including epics/features, dependencies, sequencing, and acceptance criteria. · Identify cross-domain impacts (process, data, controls, people) and drive resolution with relevant stakeholders.

Stakeholder management and communication

· Engage and influence senior Finance stakeholders, Value Stream leads, Product Owners, Technology/ Data/ AI architects, and change teams to secure alignment and timely decisions. · Communicate complex architecture topics in clear business language, including trade-offs, risks, and recommended options. Continuous improvement · Drive simplification and standardisation of Finance processes and data structures through reuse of common capabilities and services. Promote best practice in business architecture methods and tooling; coach teams on consistent adoption and quality of artefacts

Leadership & Teamwork

· Courageous integrity - leading with the best interest of business in mind · Navigating - understanding and translating strategy into own team and aligning directions accordingly · Aspiring - being ambitious about providing the highest standards of delivery and embedding them in the team · Mobilising - authentically engaging with team, colleagues and business partners to deliver at pace · Sustaining- making considered decisions that protect and enhance company values, reputation and business · Able to communicate difficult actions

Functional Knowledge

· Excellent knowledge business architecture concepts · Excellent ability to get familiar with new concepts/ projects · Excellent knowledge of finance and banking data structures and concepts · Excellent knowledge of finance processes · Excellent written and verbal communication skills · Excellent interpersonal skills · Excellent negotiation and influencing skills · Excellent ability to work both independently and as part of the team · Good knowledge of Technology Architecture · Good knowledge of Data Architecture · Good knowledge of AI Architecture