Solution Architect - Financial Services / Digital Integration
Location: Northampton / Yorkshire, UK
Work Model: Hybrid - 4 days onsite per week (flexibility possible to 2-3 days depending on profile)
Contract: 6 Months Initial Contract
Start Date: Within 4 Weeks
Rate: Competitive Market Rate - Inside IR35
We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join a large-scale transformation programme within a financial and digital services environment. This role goes beyond traditional ERP or SAP architecture and focuses on designing scalable, enterprise-wide solutions across financial systems, digital platforms, payment ecosystems, and service integrations.
The ideal consultant will have strong experience working across complex enterprise landscapes, integrating multiple services, platforms, and customer-facing applications within fast-paced transformation programmes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Define end-to-end solution architecture across financial, digital, and enterprise platforms
2. Design integrations between services, APIs, payment platforms, ERP systems, and customer applications
3. Collaborate with business, product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable solutions
4. Support architecture governance, technical roadmaps, and solution standards
5. Work across cloud, middleware, microservices, and enterprise integration layers
6. Ensure solutions align with security, compliance, and operational requirements
7. Participate in architecture reviews, stakeholder workshops, and delivery planning
Required Experience
8. Proven experience as a Solution Architect within enterprise or financial services environments
9. Strong background across integrations, digital platforms, APIs, and distributed systems
10. Experience working with payment services, transaction systems, chip & pin/POS ecosystems, or retail financial platforms is highly desirable
11. Broad knowledge across ERP ecosystems (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, etc.) without being limited to a single technology
12. Strong understanding of cloud technologies and modern integration patterns
13. Ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
14. Experience within large transformation or modernization programmes
Nice to Have
15. Experience within retail, banking, payments, or omnichannel environments
16. Exposure to enterprise architecture frameworks
17. Knowledge of event-driven architecture and microservices
This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-visibility programme with a broad technology scope and strong long-term potential.
If you're interested by this role, please send me your CV at
Reference
CR/134385_1778858188
Date
15 May 2026