Responsibilities
* Maintain core knowledge of Finance and Engagement Management (FEM) platforms, wider technology trends and the KPMG technology ecosystem; build FEM roadmaps and solutions; govern relevant technology choices within the Firm. In addition to the FEM domain, you will be expected to cover other business and/or technology domains as and when required.
* Core knowledge:
o Maintain a high level of technical knowledge incl. current, emerging and future technology market trends and their impact on the business.
o Develop and maintain expert knowledge of KPMG's technology ecosystem, incl. the main applications and technologies that interact with FEM technologies.
o Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs and specific projects to analyze and translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible.
o If required, provide advice to and/or seek to learn from other Member Firms, client teams and/or clients that are seeking to implement or improve their use of FEM applications.
* Application Portfolio Management:
o Manage and maintain the application inventory for your assigned domains.
o Work with stakeholders to assign application categories.
o Manage the roadmap for phasing in and out applications based on their lifecycle dates.
o Look to consolidate, decommission redundant and/or duplication application functionality for efficiency and cost savings.
* Roadmaps & solutions:
o Build and maintain the FEM technology roadmap and architecture for KPMG assets, working with Capability CTOs, and business and technical SMEs where relevant.
o Work together with Capability CTO to ensure applications data is complete and up to date in the EA tooling.
o Integration concepts and methods.
o Data architecture and master data management.
o Ensure that Capability roadmaps are aligned to the FEM strategy, and coherent with those of other Capabilities and technology domain roadmaps.
o Work with Capability CTOs, technical SMEs and specific projects to analyze and translate business requirements into technical requirements, ensuring that these are feasible.
o Ensure that Solution Architects produce designs that are fit for purpose, adhere to relevant standards and patterns, leverage reusable components, and are coherent with wider KPMG technology domains.
o Contribute to the selection of specific FEM technologies.
o Influence business and technology stakeholders to adopt the right technology solutions.
o Support the design and implementation of operating models that improve the design and delivery of successful FEM deployments.
o Escalate risks, issues and critical dependencies to the appropriate leaders as required to ensure the successful delivery of the strategy.
* Technology governance:
o Help to establish, and participate in, the technology assurance process, building reference models and ensuring that standards, patterns and reusable components are enforced.
o Ensure that legacy technology is decommissioned to manage and reduce technical debt.
o Support the selection and implementation of enterprise architecture tools that help to accelerate and govern technology initiatives.
Qualifications
* Essential (FEM)
o Expert knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Cloud including, but not limited to SAP Finance, SAP Concur, SAP Professional Services, SAP Treasury Platform, SAP Financial Compliance Management.
o Understanding of SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud.
o Good knowledge of Finance and Professional Services Engagement Management processes, e.g. Record to Report, Order to Cash, Acquire to Retire, Plan to Perform, Engage to Staff.
o Ability to clearly articulate and communicate technology concepts to different audiences (from senior to technical teams).
o Must have experience in Solution Architecture (or equivalent technology) roles.
o Good knowledge of EA governance incl. steps required, e.g. Info Sec approval, conceptual and solution architecture, reviews, security assessments, and service acceptance criteria.
o Good understanding of technical debt, incl. its causes, how to measure it, and remedial actions incl. decommissioning.
* Essential (Other)
o Experience of working with Agile SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle Management) methods.
o Good understanding of Enterprise architecture modelling tool e.g. Alfabet, Aris.
o Understanding of common business analysis techniques and approaches.
o Able to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience in a way that is relevant, easy to consume and compelling.
o A high level of general, technical knowledge incl. current, emerging and future technology market trends and their impact on business.
o Good understanding of project management concepts, incl. Gantt charts/plans, risks, assumptions and dependencies, etc.
o Good oral and written communication skills.
o Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
o Ability to leverage networks in KPMG, e.g. to tap into additional expertise if required.
o Comfortable working with ambiguity at the beginning of projects, with ability to provide clarity of direction despite this.
* Desirable
o Good knowledge of Business Architecture, incl. business and technology strategies, operating models, process models, business and technology capability models and taxonomies.
o Good knowledge and experience of modelling languages, e.g. UML, ArchiMate and BPMN.
o Experience of leading offshore teams.
o Practical understanding of GDPR and ISO 27001.
o Qualified in ITIL and TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
o Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
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