⁠Senior Enterprise Architect (Financial Services)

A prominent financial institution in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping the organisation’s technology landscape and driving its long-term transformation agenda. This opportunity offers you the chance to influence enterprise-wide architecture, develop strategic roadmaps, and establish standards that will guide the business into the future.

What you'll do:

As a Senior Enterprise Architect Financial Services based in Kuala Lumpur, you will be entrusted with defining the organisation’s target-state architecture while developing strategic roadmaps that underpin its ambitious transformation agenda. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve establishing architectural standards that foster consistency across diverse platforms while evaluating new technologies to modernise legacy systems. You will work collaboratively with senior business leaders to translate their vision into actionable blueprints that drive operational excellence. By conducting detailed capability assessments and gap analyses, you will identify areas for improvement while ensuring all decisions are made with risk management and regulatory compliance in mind. Presenting your strategies to senior management will be a key part of your role as you help shape the future direction of the company’s technology investments. Staying abreast of industry trends will allow you to continuously refine best practices so that the organisation remains competitive in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

• Define and maintain the target-state enterprise architecture, ensuring alignment between business strategy, technology capabilities, and long-term organisational objectives through regular engagement with key stakeholders.
• Develop comprehensive multi-year technology roadmaps that support modernisation efforts, application rationalisation, platform evolution, and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across all business units.
• Establish robust architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks to promote consistency, scalability, security, and resilience throughout the organisation’s technology ecosystem.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and innovative architectural approaches to enhance the current technology landscape, simplify legacy environments, and enable modern digital capabilities for business growth.
• Collaborate closely with senior business leaders and technology teams to translate strategic requirements into sustainable architectural blueprints and practical technology solutions that drive value.
• Conduct thorough architecture reviews, capability assessments, and technology gap analyses to identify improvement opportunities and define future-state capabilities that support organisational goals.
• Ensure all architectural decisions incorporate considerations of technology risk, cybersecurity threats, operational resilience, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements relevant to the financial services sector.
• Present architecture strategies, recommendations, and transformation roadmaps confidently to senior management teams and governance committees for endorsement and implementation.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in enterprise architecture to support ongoing innovation and continuous improvement within the organisation’s technology function.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for the Senior Enterprise Architect Financial Services role brings extensive experience in enterprise-level architecture leadership within financial institutions or similarly regulated environments. Your academic background in computer science or related fields underpins your technical expertise while your proven ability to develop strategic blueprints ensures you can guide complex transformation projects from inception through execution. Familiarity with established frameworks such as TOGAF or ArchiMate demonstrates your commitment to industry best practices while your knowledge of modern architectures like APIs or cloud platforms positions you at the forefront of technological advancement. Your experience in governance enables you to set standards that drive consistency across diverse systems while your understanding of risk management ensures all decisions are made responsibly. Strong interpersonal skills allow you to build trust among stakeholders at every level—ensuring collaboration is central to every initiative you lead.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related discipline is required for this position.
• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture or technology architecture leadership within large-scale organisations is essential for success in this role.
• Proven track record of developing enterprise architecture strategies including target-state blueprints and multi-year technology roadmaps that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles as well as deep familiarity with complex technology ecosystems including application landscapes and integration architectures.
• Experience working with recognised architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, BIAN or ArchiMate is highly desirable for this position.
• Knowledge of modern technology architectures including APIs, microservices, cloud platforms and enterprise integration patterns is expected from candidates applying for this role.
• Demonstrated ability in architecture governance including setting technology standards, conducting application portfolio assessments and leading legacy modernisation initiatives.
• Comprehensive understanding of technology risk management practices including information security protocols, operational resilience measures and regulatory compliance requirements relevant to financial services.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills combined with strong communication abilities enabling effective engagement with senior business leaders as well as technical teams.

What sets this company apart:

This leading financial institution offers an environment where your expertise is valued alongside a commitment to flexibility and professional development. You’ll benefit from flexible working opportunities designed to support work-life balance while enjoying access to ongoing training programmes that keep your skills sharp amid industry change. Generous pension contributions reflect the organisation’s dedication to employee wellbeing while supportive leadership fosters a culture where collaboration thrives. The company’s inclusive approach ensures everyone has a voice—making it an ideal place for those who value teamwork as much as individual achievement. With a focus on nurturing talent through knowledge sharing networks and communal growth opportunities, this institution stands out as a dependable employer committed not only to technological excellence but also personal fulfilment.

What's next:

If you are ready to shape the future of enterprise architecture within a leading financial institution in Kuala Lumpur—and want your expertise recognised within an inclusive team—this is your moment!

Apply today by clicking on the link provided.

Do note that we will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted.

Agensi Pekerjaan Robert Walters Sdn Bhd
Business Registration Number : 729828-T
Licence Number : JTKSM 423C