Primary location for this role is in TX.

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team!

EY’s FSO Tax Technology Transformation practice is seeking well-qualified Enterprise Architects at the Senior Manager level. Our FSO practice is recognized by industry analysts as a leader in leveraging business and enterprise architecture to drive strategic business transformation through enhanced IT and tax capabilities. We serve clients across all major industries and work with organizations of different sizes, helping guide them to achieve business success while delivering strategic IT value.

The Opportunity

EY’s Tax Technology practice focuses on the following capabilities:

• Strategy and Planning: We develop business and enterprise architecture strategies that identify critical business capabilities and plan their implementation through roadmaps and prioritizing strategic initiatives
• Architecture organization and operating model Design: We use the architecture discipline and industry leading practices and frameworks to establish an architecture function and improve its capabilities
• Architecture Governance: We help organizations define and execute architecture governance by developing architecture principles, creating architecture operating model and defining architecture governance bodies such as the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Design Authority (DA).
• Architecture Development – We develop and implement architecture blueprints related to business architecture, information/data architecture, application and technology architecture. Additionally we perform architecture assessments and help define the future state blueprints and architecture strategy by applying enterprise architecture practices

Your Key Responsibilities:

As a Senior Manager in the Architecture practice, you will play a very critical role in formulating and executing our go-forward strategy and assisting organizations through their architecture journeys. We look for individuals who have a keen critical thinking mindset and who have a passion to solve complex business and technology challenges. You can expect to work across multiple industries and be accountable for executing projects, managing executive client stakeholders by being the primary point of contact to clients and leading diverse teams. You will also play an integral part in maintaining a book of business and leading sales and business development efforts to grow the practice and our people.

The key responsibilities for this role include:

• Guiding organizations in solving business and IT challenges through enterprise architecture capabilities.
• Providing deep subject matter expertise and thought leadership on various architecture domains including business, application, information, data, security, and solution architecture
• Advising clients on developing the target architectures, performing architectural assessment and gap analysis and help formulate the overall EA strategy and roadmap using industry frameworks such as TOGAF
• Building trusted relationships with client executives including business/IT leadership and CIOs. Serve as a trusted advisor for solving complex business challenges
• Providing deep technical expertise on all areas of architecture design and on all stages of architecture development life cycle
• Guiding EA organizations with building out reference architectures and guide the client through the execution of reference architecture

Skills and attributes for success

A bachelor's (or advanced) degree with approximately 12 years of related work experience in an architecture discipline

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in architecture disciplines include one or more of enterprise architecture, business architecture, data, security, application and technology architectures
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams in a diverse and uncertain business environment
• Current knowledge of global industry and IT trends and the impact that these might have on an organization
• Ability to build and maintain a book of business, ability to lead proposal writing efforts and attain specific yearly sales targets

The successful candidate must also be willing and able to travel 70-90% of the time

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Fluency in Enterprise Architecture frameworks and methodologies (Zachman, TOGAF, Gartner, etc.). Certifications in at least one leading practice / framework is preferred but not required.
• Experience in similar consulting firms and demonstrated track record of providing consulting services to organizations
• Experience with systems integration (including delivering projects related to COTS, custom, ERP, CRM solutions etc.) and deep expertise in software development methodologies (agile, waterfall).
• Experience in providing thought leadership on emerging and disruptive technologies such as internet of things (IoT), cloud, analytics, reporting, Blockchain, Digital

What we look for

Well qualified candidates with experience in client serving roles with professional services organizations and deep subject matter expertise in the architecture discipline including enterprise architecture, business architecture, data architecture, solution architecture.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.