First Command Financial Services, Inc. · 1 day ago
Business Architect
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expFirst Command Financial Services, Inc. is seeking a Business Architect who will play a key role in structuring the enterprise's governance, processes, and information. The role involves aligning strategic goals with business and IT initiatives, developing business architecture frameworks, and ensuring operational efficiencies through effective process mapping and analysis.
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Responsibilities
Map and analyze business processes to ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Identify areas for improvement and propose changes that enhance both efficiency and effectiveness
Play a key role in the develop of the business architecture strategy based on a situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations
Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise
Capture the tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governance
Describe the primary business functions of the enterprise and distinguish between customer-facing, supplier-related, business execution and business management functions
Define the set of strategic, core and support processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries; identify and describe external entities such as customers, suppliers, and external systems that interact with the business; and describe which people, resources and controls are involved in the processes
Capture the relationships among roles, capabilities and business units, the decomposition of those business units into subunits, and the internal or external management of those units
Business Architect provides direct input into the governance cycle that supports the achievement of key goals, planning and execution of various business scenarios, and delivery of bottom line business value
Lead change initiatives by applying architectural principles. Ensure that changes to processes, roles, and business practices are seamlessly integrated
Develop, maintain, and govern the business architecture framework. Document architectural standards, guidelines, and processes
Works though others at every level of the organization soliciting strategic imperatives from senior leaders and executives, and supporting business unit managers as they leverage business architecture artifacts to create their business plans
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
5+ years serving in a business architecture capacity
Experience using model-based representations that can be adjusted as required to collect, aggregate or disaggregate complex and conflicting information about the business
Extensive experience planning and deploying both business and IT initiatives
Experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques
A broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance
The ability to recognize structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies
The ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions
The ability to assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and drawings, and articulate their collective relevance to the organization and to high-priority business issues
The ability to visualize and create high-level models that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations
The ability to act as liaison conveying information needs of the business to IT and data constraints to the business; applies equal conveyance regarding business strategy and IT strategy, business processes and work flow automation, business initiatives and IT initiatives, and benefit realization and service delivery
Strong understanding of financial regulations and compliance standards
Proven ability to develop business strategies and frameworks that align IT with business goals
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
Team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
Strong situational analysis and decision making abilities
Preferred
Relevant certifications such as Certified Business Architect (CBA) or similar preferred
Company
First Command Financial Services, Inc.
First Command Financial Services, Inc. coaches our Nation’s military families in their pursuit of financial security.
501-1000 employees
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