Software Architect (EPM) at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• Hello Future Software Architect 
• Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.
• As part of our talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change. 

Are you someone who can: 

• Drive business profitability in the context of cost management through Information technology solutions.
• Reduce cost by helping to prevent an organization from investing in a technology that it will not add to its ability to meet its strategic human capital objectives.
• Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers’ expectations through proactive, innovative and appropriate solutions by resolving queries fast end effective.
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME’s, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements.
• Regularly act as technical expert to troubleshoot highly complex problems, or present/market new technology or concepts.
• Establish architectural standards and frameworks and assess technical risks on projects by operating in conjunction with the other architects (application, infrastructure, information and security) and with only very general direction from Risk and Governance to translate customer functional requirements.
• Comply, understand and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements for IT Software Solutions.
• Provide guidance to operations teams and other architects with the design, development and testing of new software, and work with assigned project teams to ensure a smooth implementation of changes to existing systems.
• Assess process and business risks relating to software business needs to ensure minimal risk to the organisation in the IT Software Technology environment.
• Assist in the progress of multiple IT Software projects to contribute to business needs and solutions.
• Manage own development to increase own competencies.
• Display specialize understanding of both Software and IT technology, practices and theories.

You will be an ideal candidate if you: 

• Minimum Qualification - Relevant Degree in BSc Information Systems, BCom Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Analysis, BBusSc or related
• An experienced Oracle EPM Cloud Software Architect with a hands-on functional background, ideally with prior implementation background
• Understands not only the concepts of Financials but also how they apply to the day-to-day processes of a Production business environment
• Experience - 5 to 8 years’ experience in a similar environment.
• In depth understanding of financial data and banking information systems
• Experience with development and interpretation of reports.
• Strong knowledge and use of design process tools (e.g. Visio, Firstmap)
• Experience with the functional and operational aspects of Oracle EPM Cloud (SaaS) suite products: application design, development of various application artifacts such as forms and rules, testing, troubleshooting (working in conjunction with Oracle Support as needed), pre- and post-implementation activities across the EPM Cloud product suite.
• Experience integrating EPM with other systems using Data Management, adaptors, etc.
• Experience in interacting with business users to analyze the business process and discovering requirements.
• In depth knowledge and skills on SQL coding
• Visual Basic
• Software troubleshooting
• Scripting
• Communication skills
• Solution architecture
• PowerShell
• Oracle Cloud architecture

You will have access to: 

• Opportunities to network and collaborate.
• Challenging Working
• Opportunities to innovate.

We can be a match if you can:  

• To troubleshoot highly complex problems.
• To establish application architectural standards or frameworks.
• To assess IT risks and design application solutions.Strategic implementations and moulding solutions with the technical partners.
• Maintain optimum availability of EPM environments, and to proactively create, monitor, and migrate product-related application artifacts.
• Deep functional knowledge around financial systems and processes.
• Strong problem-solving skills (from an Applications/Functional/Operational perspective) with the ability to exercise mature judgement.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and master unfamiliar concepts quickly with little supervision.
• Knowledge of EPM Automate; scripting a plus (Batch, VBScript, Python, and/or PowerShell).
• Ability to understand customer urgency and sensitivity of the problem, with strong verbal and written communication skills to speak confidently and communicate clearly with customers.