Solution Architect at Benefact Group, Gloucester, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)

Duration: Temporary

Location: Gloucester

About the role

Benefact Group, are looking for an interim Solution Architect to join our Gloucester office on an outside IR35 contract basis.

Design and oversee the implementation of cohesive technology solutions as part of the Fusion programme, this include stakeholder engagement with the appropriate parties and facilitating designs through Architectural governance.

Work across multiple internal and external delivery teams and the Enterprise Architecture function to ensure that designs and implementation is fit-for-purpose and in line with architecture principles and best practise.

Key Objectives

Translate business needs into technical solutions and communicate architectural visions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including the production of Solution designs and option papers for presentation at TDA/ARB as required for the follow design elements:

• Retentions design – Dec 2024
• Endorsement Transactions – Dec 2024
• Renewal Transactions – Feb 2025
• Cancellation Transactions – Mar 2025
• Reinstatement Transactions – Apr 2025
• FAC Reinsurance Design – May 2025
• Reinsurance Integration – May 2025

Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle for the above design item in delivery – May 2025

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Extensive experience in solution architecture, including within the insurance industry.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing complex technical solutions in insurance, including policy administration, claims processing, underwriting, and customer management systems
• Strong knowledge of insurance industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
• Proficiency in architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure (preferred), AWS, Google Cloud), microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns and technologies (e.g., APIs, ESB, messaging systems).
• Understanding of data architecture, including data modelling, ETL processes, and data governance.

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

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