Solutions Architect - 6 month contract

Octopus Energy has grown exponentially over the last 10 years. It is now a complex multi-billion turnover international group, which participates in multiple industry verticals including retail utilities, utilities management, generation, EV leasing and software sales. We are committed to innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction and as part of our growth strategy, we are implementing a number of new business management applications to streamline our finance operations and improve efficiency. 

As a result, we are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to assess & define the integration strategy in our Finance Systems team. We are looking for someone who can take a fresh look at our current landscape, define what better looks like, and help identify the most effective path to meaningful change. 

You’ll play an important role in shaping how we work: setting direction without overcomplicating things, supporting the team with care, and balancing technical curiosity with a down-to-earth mindset. 

This is an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend depending on business need.

What you'll do

• Be responsible for strategic and architectural technical decisions with a particular focus on Financial Operational Systems (Finance, Supply Chain Procurements and Sales)
• Define and evaluate architecture options for finance systems and integrations, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Support the definition of a cohesive and consistent data model that can serve as the bedrock of all our financial systems whilst maintaining a global view of the impact on other tech systems
• Assess existing systems & propose solutions to evolve finance technology to keep up with a rapidly growing scale up business
• Collaborate with internal & external development teams during the solution design phase to ensure that any technical solution is fit for purpose
• Collaborate closely with our TechOps and Security teams  to ensure that the solution we choose fits within the organization, is scalable, supportable and secure

What you'll need

• Proven experience designing finance technology and integration architectures in fast-growing, agile organisations
• Strong experience with complex systems integration projects
• Experience delivering system migrations or transformations while maintaining business continuity
• Strong understanding of integration technologies and application architectures.
• Understanding of modern integration patterns, REST APIs, modern application and data architecture.
• Understanding at a protocol level of Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity provisioning technologies such as OAuth, OIDC, SAML and SCIM
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation and present complex integration concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills