Senior Business Architect

Role & Mission

Support the critical initial phase of package system implementation projects at financial institutions, covering front, middle, and back-office operations.

Quickly understand current business processes and system environments, and act as a bridge between business and IT to organize and drive practical and realistic implementation approaches.

Main Responsibilities

• Understand current business processes, data structures, and manual operations (through on-site interviews and hands-on observation)

• Support implementation of core banking/wealth management packages (Avaloq or Olympic) from the client’s perspective

• Organize and analyze fit/gap between business requirements and package functionalities

• Facilitate coordination and communication among business units, internal stakeholders, and vendors

• Support issue identification and consensus building across front, middle, and back office

• Assist in decision-making by organizing risks, issues, and options

• Contribute to the creation and review of the implementation roadmap, especially for the initial phase

Required Experience & Skills

• Experience in business operations at financial institutions, especially with core or package-based system implementations

• Practical experience with Avaloq or Olympic(implementation, requirements definition, functional improvement, operational support, etc.)

• Broad understanding of business processes across front, middle, and back office

• Experience on the client side (PM, PMO, BA, or similar roles), not as a vendor

• Ability to prepare RFQ/RFP documents

• Ability to work effectively in multinational and multicultural environments

• Business-level English (meetings, documentation, stakeholder coordination)

• Willingness to work on-site in CBD area, Singapore.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in private banking, wealth management, or securities systems

• Experience working in environments with limited head office support, such as overseas or regional offices

• Demonstrated ability to proactively and constructively engage without relying on vendors

• Ability to structure and move forward in situations with high uncertainty

Contract & Engagement

• Work style: On-site (Singapore)

• Contract type:

• Initial short-term contract (several months)for fit and suitability assessment

• Renewable annual contract upon successful fit

Key Success Factors (Expected Attitude)

• Strong interpersonal skills to quickly gain trust on-site

• Commitment with a sense of ownership, not just short-term engagement

• Focus on execution rather than just theory or methodology

• Ability to grasp cross-organizational situations and communicate clearly

• Experience in Project Management