Job Description
Job Title: Solution Architect - Operational Resilience - FS Industry
Location: Manchester or Glasgow - 3 days per week onsite
Salary/Rate: Up to £787.50 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 07/07/2025
Job Type: Contract
Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Solution Architect to join their team for a contract until the end of the year.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
This role is positioned at the intersection of business process design and operational resilience. The focus is on designing and optimising the end-to-end lifecycle of Business Service Response Plans (BSRPs)—from creation and review to invocation and exit—ensuring they are practical, accessible, and effective during both BAU and crisis scenarios.
* BSRP Process Ownership: Lead the design and simplification of the BSRP lifecycle, ensuring plans are easy to create, maintain, access, and execute during resilience events.
* Strategic Alignment: Understand and articulate the purpose of BSRPs and their contribution to the Group’s overall resilience posture. Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and internal resilience frameworks.
* Process Design & Optimisation: Redesign the cyclical review process for BSRPs to reduce complexity and improve usability. Define how BSRPs are invoked, monitored, and exited during real-time events.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with owners and resilience leads across business units to embed BSRP processes into operational routines.
* Architecture Enablement: Support the implementation of a centralised architecture for BSRP documentation and access, enabling rapid response and recovery during incidents.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
* Strong background in business process design, ideally within financial services or operational resilience programmes.
* Familiarity with resilience frameworks and regulatory expectations related to critical business services.
* Ability to work across business and technical domains, translating resilience needs into practical process and tooling improvements.
* Excellent project management and reporting skills, with a track record of delivering simplification and process improvement initiatives.
* Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
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