Enterprise Architecture Manager

Job Description

Role: Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Enterprise Architect Manager – Banking

Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
Industry: Financial Services – Banking
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team

Joining the team means becoming part of a community of Enterprise Architects operating at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and industry transformation within the Banking sector. Our role goes beyond designing target architectures: we help senior leaders frame complex problems, explore strategic options, and make informed decisions in environments characterised by scale, regulation, legacy technology, and ongoing change.

We work closely with executives, engineers, product teams, and third‑party partners to translate evolving business ambitions into coherent architectural direction. This frequently involves navigating ambiguity, challenging established norms, and balancing long‑term vision with near‑term feasibility.

Positioned within Accenture’s Strategy & Advisory practice, our Enterprise Architects combine deep industry context with architectural judgement to shape reinvention agendas, guide major investment decisions, and support delivery at pace. We collaborate globally to bring the most relevant insights, technologies, and practices to our clients as their needs evolve.

Our research‑based advice and situational analyses enable our clients to act with speed and confidence.

Your responsibilities as an Enterprise Architect Manager will include

• Shaping enterprise architectural direction in response to business strategy, industry dynamics, and regulatory context, helping clients understand implications, options, and trade‑offs across organisation, applications, data, infrastructure, and operations.
• Translating complex technology environments into clear architectural roadmaps and value cases that support executive decision‑making and investment prioritisation, applying Lean and Agile enterprise principles to enable incremental and sustainable change.
• Guiding architectural decisions across multi‑vendor ecosystems, working effectively between business, technology, and third‑party stakeholders to align on key architectural outcomes.
• Providing enterprise‑level architecture governance that enables delivery and strategic alignment while managing risk, ensuring new initiatives support business objectives without constraining progress.
• Supporting the definition and evolution of enterprise architecture operating models, including maturity assessments and implementation roadmaps as part of broader transformation programmes.
• Leading workstreams and small teams, coaching junior architects and taking accountability for outcomes, not just architectural artefacts, within client engagements.

We are looking for individuals who

• Have experience operating across all enterprise architecture domains including business, application, data, and technology, within large‑scale, complex transformation programmes, ideally in the Banking sector.
• Bring strong architectural judgement, enabling them to work across different levels of abstraction, engage credibly with senior stakeholders, and influence key decisions.
• Are comfortable working in multi‑disciplinary teams and navigating complex stakeholder environments to reach aligned outcomes.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply emerging technologies, especially in data, AI, cloud and automation, decisively to advance enterprise‑level objectives.

Set yourself apart

• You bring depth of experience in Banking processes and technology landscapes, gained through enterprise or solution architecture roles on complex modernisation or reinvention programmes.
• You have applied business capability models, process frameworks, maturity assessments, and architectural methods to identify gaps and shape technology‑enabled change.
• You are familiar with leading enterprise platforms, data architectures, and enterprise architecture tools commonly used in large‑scale transformation initiatives.
• You offer relevant consulting experience, certifications, or exposure to major initiatives such as application rationalisation, platform transformation, or enterprise data modernisation that strengthens your advisory credibility.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first‑class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With over 700,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. 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: xx/xx/xx
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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