Want to join a growing business consultancy? Looking for dynamic and entrepreneurial environment?

At Synechron, we are looking for skilled business architects who are passionate about aligning projects with strategic objectives and driving successful outcomes.

Due to our ambition to expand, we are looking for an experienced Business Architect to join our Strategy, Transformation and Architecture practice.

About ST&A

Our Strategy Transformation and Architecture practice is specialized in designing and implementing solutions for business challenges in in the financial sector. The assignments can relate to topics such as system landscape renewal, redesign of data architecture, regulatory changes, process optimization, business integration and separation, location strategies.

Our consultants grow from all-round business analysts into business architects or SME’s in the financial sector. They work on diverse assignments as business analysis, process modelling, process and data analysis and product and project management.

Our team is internationally and culturally diverse and is the largest practice within Synechron Nederland.

About the role

As Associate Director, you play a crucial role in aligning our client’s strategic goals with its operational capabilities. You will serves as a bridge between business strategy and execution, ensuring that the organization’s structure, processes, and technologies support its objectives. Due to the nature of the work we do with our financial clients, you will combine business analysis, architecture and project management.

You should be able to:
 

• Drive Strategic Alignment: Play a crucial role in ensuring that every initiative resonates with the organization’s overarching strategy. You’ll work on understanding both the current landscape and future goals of our clients.
• Enhance Processes: Utilize your analytical skills to map and improve business processes. Identify bottlenecks, document workflows, and recommend strategic optimizations to enhance operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with executives, operations teams, and IT to gather essential requirements, ensuring that business needs are met through tailored technology solutions.
• Develop Frameworks: Help create and maintain robust business architecture frameworks that guide organizations in achieving their strategic goals. Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure success.
• Facilitate Change Management: Be at the forefront of change management initiatives, helping organizations transition smoothly and prepare for changes in processes or systems.
• Integrate Technology: Assess how technology can enhance business processes, working closely with IT teams to ensure effective integration that aligns with strategic objectives.
• Mitigate Risks: Identify potential risks associated with business changes and develop proactive strategies to ensure resilience and agility for the organization.

Join us at Synechron and be part of a team that is shaping the future of business architecture.

Furthermore, Synechron offers you the opportunity and freedom to develop your entrepreneurial skills by establishing a specific knowledge area and/or market development stream within the financial services industry and transforming it into a potential commercial proposition. You can leverage our capabilities in Consulting, Digital, Tech, Sustainable finance, GEN AI and more to achieve this.

Great place to work? Don’t take our word for it, we have the awards to back it up and are very proud of our 4.2 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor.

What we offer

• We understand that a good salary is important, and we offer a competitive salary, including an annual bonus of up to 1 month’s salary, but next to that we offer so much more, so let’s talk!
• Want to develop and grow your career? We offer an extensive training budget, focusing on both skills and content knowledge and personal development;
• Linked to development, you’ll be partnered up with a mentor and will be given an annual budget to have food and drinks together to bounce ideas around;
• A generous holiday allowance of 30 days per year;
• Company car or mobility budget, laptop & mobile phone;
• A state-of-the-art office next to the Johan Cruijff Arena, home office such as chair and desk provided, as well as a WFH allowance incl internet costs
• Let’s connect! We have a lot of social and work activities including Friday drinks, sports activities, summer and Christmas party
• Our yearly legendary Synetrip! A long weekend away with the whole office to a surprise location.
• A great work environment in a flat and approachable organization;
• And more!

What You Bring:

• Excellent communication skills at business level in English and Dutch
• You currently reside in the Netherlands
• 10+ years of work experience in the financial services/Consulting industry
• Be willing to switch between being a business analyst, architect and project manager, depending on the need of the client
• Experience as Business Architect within a consulting firm, or as an internal consultant in the financial services industry, preferably working with or for major banks. 
• Target Operating Model (TOM) design experience
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) highly desirable
• Experienced in, or motivated to learn, setting up and leading projects
• Curiosity to learn new things and eager to continuously develop yourself
• Entrepeneurial mindset

Synechron Netherlands

Since the opening of our office in the Netherlands in 2003, our team has played a vital role in digital innovation here at Synechron. Totaling 140+ people, our business consulting and technology teams, are agile enough to operate as a boutique consultancy, providing consultants, project managers and specialists for projects in banks across the Netherlands.

Our technology team provisions the latest data science, cloud, delivery, software engineering and architecture, while our business consultancy team delivers expertise in regulatory, digital, data management, sustainable finance, client lifecycle management (CLM) and strategy, as well as transformation and architecture (ST&A).

Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital, cloud-native, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, Synechron has globally been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 55 offices in 20 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.

Strictly no agencies

S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
 

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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