Domain Architect - Finance

Job description

·  Job Description:

We are looking for a bright, experienced, energetic Architect + Leader to join our team. You will be the IT Architecture owner for the Finance landscape with a focus on Perpetual Inventory.

Job Objective, Principle Duties and Responsibilities

·      Establish strategic IT reference architecture, roadmap and patterns across the domains of integration, data and analytics

·      Develop consistent standards, principles, policies and reference models to be implemented by solution architects

·      Design commercially viable solutions and transition plans for a highly flexible, scalable and robust IT retail landscape. Support progress towards strategic goals while balancing local brands’ needs and driving sales and productivity

·      Review and recommend technology and vendors in support of strategic business goals

·      Identify and exploit synergies and reuse; eliminate duplication across all regions and programs

·      Role model and champion modern ways-of-working such as Agile, DevOps and related practices; actively participate in an architecture community which is a beacon of excellence within Ahold Delhaize

·      Maintain a high level of individual contribution, professional growth, and ability to function effectively and independently, and challenge others to do the same

·      Participate in and continuously improve architecture and domain governance processes

·      Instill financial discipline into architectural ways of working and ensure that IT roadmaps fit into our financial constraints

 

Innovation/Trends 


Continuously Innovate and Follow Industry Trends:

·      Maintain knowledge on latest industry news and challenges for integration, data, BI and analytics, especially as it pertains to retail, modern APIs and Azure technologies

·      Research new technologies and participate in industry communities and customer research activities to better understand innovative ways to use technologies to help the business

·      Challenge the status quo and drive changes to improve business performance and productivity

·      Collaborate with team members and members of other teams on how technology can be used to match or outpace competitor performance

 

Customer Service/Relationship Management 


Stay connected to the business:

·      Work with Business Consultants to understand and deliver brand priorities and needs

·      Recommend Innovations, best practices and simplification to business process and systems

·      Incorporate design thinking and usability into every work product

·      Build professional relationships with team members, function heads and our international colleagues

 

Vendor/Supplier Management 


Stay connected to the vendors:

·      Conduct 3rd-party vendor/product evaluations and recommendations as needed

·      Build professional relationships with third party vendors

·      Document best practices and policies around the use of API and messaging-based integration, as well as Aure-based BI and Analytics capabilities

 

Basic Qualifications:

·  B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent job experience
·  10+ years of relevant work experience in End User Technology and/or Desktop Computing preferably in a senior level role
·  Adaptable communication skills and demonstrated experience interacting with all levels of an organization across verbal, prose and visual engagement
·  Ability to manage own work time and priorities under aggressive timelines and budgets
·  Fluent in English (in word and in writing)

 

Required Skills and Experience:

·  4-8 years technical experience in Software Architecture
·  Demonstrated ability to translate conceptual and strategic thinking into practical solutions
·  Knowledgeable on and experienced with TOGAF or similar Enterprise Architecture framework 
·  Experience designing and developing data, integration and analytics capabilities and solutions in a complex distributed environment; retail preferred.
·  Experience supporting and managing an expanding data and API catalog with the goal of moving towards self-service enablement.
·  Deep knowledge of modern API and near-realtime messaging systems such as Mulesoft, Kafka and ActiveMQ
·  Experience in Stock Accounting; establishing and maintaining records of material in stock reflecting such information as quantities, values or condition
·  Deep understanding of perpetual inventory best practices (via stores & supply chain); providing a detailed view in inventory changes to critical systems (finance, online, etc.) in the landscape

 

Preference will be given to candidates with the following experience:

·  Knowledge and experience with modern software practices including agile, scrum, Kanban, DevOps, CI/CD, TDD/BDD and infrastructure-as-code
·  Experience with Enterprise Architecture tools