Jobbeschreibung
Lloyds Bank GmbH and its brands Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank have won over 1 million satisfied customers in recent years. And this thanks to convincing products and, above all, our committed colleagues who want to achieve the best for our customers every day with new ideas, challenges and joy. In order to continue writing our success story, we are looking for the right reinforcement for our teams, because all our ambitious goals would be unattainable without teamwork. We also welcome career changers.
For our office in Berlin Mitte we are looking for a
IT Architect (m/f/d)
With focus on Data Management and Data Quality
The role of the IT Architect is a generalist position to enable the various teams of the bank to deliver IT focused project artefacts in the Netherlands and Germany. You will be responsible for gathering detailed IT requirements in projects or working groups. This includes translating business needs into functional and non‐functional system requirements, leads technical assessment and solutioning workshops with suppliers and leads end‐to‐end IT requirements definition.
You will be learning the key aspects of a compliant and safe technology implementation including the respective IT governance frameworks. Strong interpersonal skills and a hands‐on mentality are essential for this role. Depending on interests, this position provides opportunity to develop into a specialist role in one of the several IT areas. Affinity with the financial services industry, knowledge and understanding of regulatory frameworks and requirements, are a plus for this role.
- Lead system and data analysis efforts for projects and change initiatives. Determine how changing needs will affect the systems, products and processes and a strong focus on Data Management and Data Quality
- Define the application, system, data and technical architectures for significant areas of development
- Review and detail data dictionary (including data fields definitions, data taxonomy, data owner and CDE determination)
- Review existing data and technology landscape to identify inefficiencies
- Drive (re)assessment of relevant regulatory requirements against existing technical implementations
- Support the IT Engagement process which ensures the compliant implementation of new and changed technology to the bank's IT landscape in line with regulatory requirements (e.g. BAIT, MaRisk, BCBS239 and BIRRD) and internal policies.
- Close collaboration with different IT Experts from Architecture, Data, IT Security, IT Service Management and IT Compliance to analyse the implementation of new and changed technologies
- Works with the stakeholders to define and agree change outcomes and benefits and to confirm that outcomes will support their realization within budget and time frame
- Capabilities for Data Modelling for selected reporting areas (IFRS/HGB/CRRIII/BIRD/IREF) is a strong plus.
- Define and prioritize a backlog of technology projects and change initiatives
- Close and proactive engagement with internal delivery resources and external suppliers to define outcomes; ensure aligned and agreed approach based on the strategic priorities
- University level degree and several years' of working experience as IT / Data Analyst / IT Architect / Data Architect
- Experienced with/in (among others):
- IT architecture, Data Architecture, IT change management, IT service management and / or IT security
- Data Management and Data Quality
- Implementing, testing and support of solutions across the full delivery lifecycle
- Working in a multi-supplier environment, vendors, managing across teams, and working directly with business
- IT infrastructure management (i.e. cloud setup, traditional datacentre setup, outsourcing model)
- Iterative development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Scrum)
- Knowledge of IT or project management governance frameworks e.g. ITIL is a plus
- Able to combine change management standards with high paced transformational environment
- Knowledge of project management disciplines, standards, processes and governance, certified qualification an advantage
- Very good interpersonal and effective verbal and written communication skills to colleagues at all levels
- Fluency in spoken and written business level English. German and / or Dutch is a plus
- An international team with colleagues from more than 50 different countries
- Social benefits such as a company pension scheme and capital formation contributions
- 30 days holiday as well as 24 and 31 December as non-working days
- Employee Assistance Programme – personal 24/7 helpline for all employees
- Various possibilities for flexible working, i.a. various part-time models, flexitime
- Extensive, very flexible home office arrangements
- Possibility to work from other EU countries for up to 30 days per year
- Additional benefits such as sports activities, free fruit, nuts and drinks
- Employer contributions to BVG job ticket and a Lease a bike programme
- An informal corporate culture - without dress code and ‘Sie'.
- An excellent learning culture and opportunity to improve your professional competencies
- Easily accessible city centre offices, in the vicinity of many shops and restaurants to which you receive a discount