Enterprise Architect Manager - Banking

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

Location: London, Manchester, EdinburghIndustry: Financial Services - BankingMobility: 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.