Finance and Risk Big Data Architect

Job description

Role: Finance and Risk Big Data Architect
Location: London / Manchester / Edinburgh
Travel: Up to 100%
Salary: £72,000 - £120,000
Closing Date: 31/08/2017

Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.

In Accenture Consulting, we focus on helping clients achieve profitable growth and solve their most pressing challenges; we do this by operating at the intersection of strategy, technology, digital and operations, providing a connected Consulting experience.

As the primary owners of client relationships, we take the best of Accenture's five businesses (Strategy, Digital, Consulting, Operations and Technology) to our clients to provide unmatched industry knowledge, client experiences, strategic alliances, proprietary assets and subject matter experts to best serve clients and accelerate growth with end to end solutions.

Accenture is looking to strengthen its Finance and Risk practice as we continue to see high demand from our clients in an evolving industry landscape.

Accenture's Finance & Risk Analytics Team
Our Finance and Risk Analytics team focuses on aligning the strategic vision of Finance & Risk functions whilst delivering complex change programmes across Banking, Capital Markets & Insurance.
We believe that excellence within Finance & Risk functions will be underpinned by three key components:
· Aligned & Integrated Business & Technology Architecture
· Data Sophistication Driving Analytical Insight
· Global Transformation With Local Expertise
As part of the Finance & Risk Analytics team you will be part of our growth engines that are architecting and delivering change in the following Finance & Risk areas:
· Business Intelligence, Data Architecture & Insight Delivery
· Shared Services & Sourcing
· Regulatory Compliance & Remediation
· Re-Platforming & Operational Excellence
· Enterprise Risk & Performance Management
· Cyber-Security & Resilience
· Robotic Automation
· Cloud based Finance & Risk services
· Workforce Optimisation
· Finance and Risk Operating Model Integration
At Accenture you will be part of a team that provides future looking top tier consulting combined with the capability to deliver global transformative change within the Financial Services sector.

Desired profile

What We Are Looking For


Our Financial Services clients are increasingly looking to intelligently use their data to transform their businesses. Whether they are looking to meet regulatory compliance, drive cost efficiencies, accelerate their digital transformation or utilise unstructured data in their robotics engines, the speed-to-value and insight afforded by big data solutions has never been more important.

We are looking for candidates with experience of implementing Big Data technologies within Financial Services institutions that also bring a deep understanding of the underlying technologies, challenges and benefits.

Candidates must have:
·  Experience in architecting and implementing Big Data solutions (e.g. Hadoop, Cloudera) in a banking or insurance context
·  Be able to clearly articulate the benefits of big data solutions over more traditional data architectures
·  Be able to advise clients on building or enhancing big data architectures based on industry best practices and their own past experience of such solutions. Credibility in this area requires domain and industry-specific experience.
·  Highly numerate with a strong technical knowledge and experience of applying analytical and modelling techniques to provide insights to business issues.
·  Experience in applying analytical techniques
·  Strong oral and written communication skills.
All candidates must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as client projects may be based across the UK or Ireland.

About Accenture Finance & Risk Services
·  Accenture Finance & Risk Services help Financial Services firms focus on three of their key challenges - increasing profitability, reducing complexity and managing regulations. Accenture draws on its end-to-end transformation capabilities as well as core strengths in management consulting, technology, analytics and outsourcing to help firms address complex Risk Management, Fraud and Financial Crime and Finance change related issues.
·  We primarily work with leading Investment, Corporate and Retail Banks and Insurers. Accenture is looking for candidates that have an excellent knowledge of how banks and Insurers operate their Risk Management, Fraud and Financial Crime and Finance functions and the current challenges they face. Candidates should also be credible in working on client change projects and have leadership and stakeholder engagement skills that can be used immediately on client facing work.
·  Accenture Finance & Risk Services is structured as a set of ‘domains', each representing ‘functional' areas our clients are currently investing in. Within each of these domains we have both management consulting and technology resources. Our people are not ‘hard-locked' to a specific domain but rather they provide a focus point for skills building, project alignment and investment. Our 9 Domains are: Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Remediation, Financial Risk Management, Fraud and Financial Crime, Treasury, Finance & Accounting, Finance & Risk Transformation, Conduct of Business and Data Analysis & Insight.
·  For more information about what we do please visit: www.accenture.com/FinanceAndRisk
What's in it for you?
All of our Consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialisation. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialised skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with others. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

On top of this, we have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days' vacation per year, gym subsidies, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

What are the next steps?
If this sounds like the ideal role, career and company for you, click below to apply.

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions—underpinned by the world's largest delivery network—Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com .

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications 31/08/2017
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.