Accenture is a leading global professional services company that provides a vast range of services in strategy, consulting, technology, and operations. With a workforce of over 700,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, it is a powerhouse in digital transformation, cloud services, and cybersecurity. The company is recognized for its massive scale and its ability to integrate business and technology to drive value for the world's largest organizations.

In Spain, Accenture is one of the largest private employers in the professional services sector, maintaining a significant presence across several regions including Madrid, Barcelona, and Málaga. The company is highly attractive to international professionals due to its diverse project portfolio, multicultural teams, and structured career development paths. It frequently recruits for specialized roles in Industry X, Salesforce, and cloud engineering, often serving as a major entry point for foreign talent into the Spanish corporate landscape.

Originally the consulting arm of Arthur Andersen, the firm became independent in 1989 as Andersen Consulting. It officially rebranded to Accenture in 2001 and has since grown into a global leader through organic growth and hundreds of strategic acquisitions.

Senior Banking Architect

Accenture

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

At Accenture Consulting, we accompany the leading financial entities in their most strategic transformation processes, combining business vision, technological innovation, and excellence in execution. You will work on high-impact projects in international and highly regulated environments, collaborating closely with C-level clients and multidisciplinary teams to drive end-to-end change.

We are looking for a Senior Banking Architect to lead the analysis, design, and delivery of end-to-end architectures in banking consulting and implementation programs. You will be the primary technical reference for clients and delivery teams, combining deep banking knowledge with mastery of modern technologies to drive digital transformations in financial entities.

The position is based in Madrid in a hybrid work model, working some days from home and others in the office where you can create interesting synergies with the rest of your team. It is essential to reside in Spain and have a work permit in Spain.

Functions to be performed:

Lead the analysis and design of target-state architectures for core banking, digital channels, payments, cards, and CRM, ensuring functional and technical consistency.
Define and guide the evolution from monolithic platforms toward modular, cloud-native, and API-first architectures (microservices, event-driven, DDD), including decoupling criteria and migration strategy.
Develop high-level design (HLD) architecture artifacts, architecture diagrams, flows, and integration to communicate solutions clearly to technical teams and executive stakeholders.
Participate in pre-sales activities (proposals, RFPs, solutioning, estimations) and the recommendation of core banking packages and ecosystem solutions (for example Temenos, Mambu, Finacle, Oracle FLEXCUBE, nCino, Salesforce FSC).

Responsibilities

Act as the main architecture reference and advise the client on the definition of technological and solution roadmaps, aligning business objectives, regulation, and technical feasibility.
Design integration architectures for open banking and API ecosystems, considering security patterns, versioning, API governance, and observability.
Define integration and messaging strategies (REST/SOAP, Kafka, MQ, Apache Camel or equivalents), guaranteeing resilience, traceability, and performance.
Ensure DevSecOps best practices and continuous delivery: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes) in regulated environments.
Collaborate with data teams to align data architecture and analytical/BI capabilities (modeling, data platforms, reporting), when applicable to banking use cases.
Consider relevant regulatory frameworks (for example PSD2, Open Banking, DORA, Basel III, AML/KYC) in the solution design, including security, continuity, audit, and compliance requirements.
Mentoring junior architects and promoting technical standards and quality within the team.
Drive Agile and scaled ways of working (SAFe/Scrum) in complex and multi-country environments.

Requirements

5-10 years or more of experience in banking consulting and/or banking implementation projects, performing technical or solution architecture roles.
Demonstrable experience leading banking transformation programs as a Solution Architect / Technical Architect / Lead Architect.
Solid knowledge of banking domains (core banking, SEPA/SWIFT/ISO 20022 payments, digital banking, onboarding, risk/compliance/reporting).
Experience in cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP) and modern architectures (microservices, event-driven, API-first, Domain-Driven Design).
Knowledge of banking platforms or core packages (experience in Temenos, Oracle Banking/FLEXCUBE, Mambu, Intellect Design, SAP, among others, will be valued).
Fluent English (oral and written). Other languages are valued.
Excellent communication skills to present complex topics to executive audiences.
Availability to travel to the client when necessary.

Additionally, we offer other benefits such as:

Medical, Life, and accident insurance
Medical service and wellness programs
Flexible remuneration program and stock purchase
Flexibility programs (hours, days off, vacations...)
Individualized training itinerary
Sustainability programs and Accenture Foundation
Employee diversity network
Other benefits: Bankinter Office with special conditions and profit sharing

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us atwww.accenture.com

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En Accenture Consulting acompañamos a las principales entidades financieras en sus procesos de transformación más estratégicos, combinando visión de negocio, innovación tecnológica y excelencia en la ejecución. Trabajarás en proyectos de alto impacto, en entornos internacionales y altamente regulados, colaborando estrechamente con clientes C‑level y equipos multidisciplinares para impulsar el cambio end‑to‑end.

Buscamos un Senior Banking Architect para liderar análisis, diseño y entrega de arquitecturas end-to-end en programas de consultoría e implementación bancaria. Serás el referente técnico principal para clientes y equipos de delivery, combinando conocimiento profundo de banca con dominio de tecnologías modernas para impulsar transformaciones digitales en entidades financieras.

El puesto se desempeña en Madrid en un modelo de trabajo híbrido realizando algunos días desde tu casa y otros en la oficina donde podrás crear interesantes sinergias con el resto de tu equipo. Es imprescindible residir en España y tener permiso laboral en España.

Funciones a realizar:

Liderar el análisis y diseño de arquitecturas objetivo (target-state) para core banking, canales digitales, pagos, tarjetas y CRM, asegurando consistencia funcional y técnica.
Definir y guiar la evolución desde plataformas monolíticas hacia arquitecturas modulares, cloud-native y API-first (microservicios, event-driven, DDD), incluyendo criterios de desacoplamiento y estrategia de migración.
Elaborar artefactos de arquitectura de alto nivel (HLD), diagramas de arquitectura, flujos e integración para comunicar soluciones de forma clara a equipos técnicos y stakeholders ejecutivos.
Participar en actividades de preventa (propuestas, RFPs, solutioning, estimaciones) y recomendación de paquetes core banking y soluciones del ecosistema (por ejemplo Temenos, Mambu, Finacle, Oracle FLEXCUBE, nCino, Salesforce FSC).

Responsabilidades

Actuar como principal referencia de arquitectura y asesorar al cliente en la definición de roadmaps tecnológicos y de solución, alineando objetivos de negocio, regulación y viabilidad técnica.
Diseñar arquitecturas de integración para open banking y ecosistemas API, contemplando patrones de seguridad, versionado, gobernanza de APIs y observabilidad.
Definir estrategias de integración y mensajería (REST/SOAP, Kafka, MQ, Apache Camel o equivalentes), garantizando resiliencia, trazabilidad y rendimiento.
Asegurar buenas prácticas de DevSecOps y delivery continuo: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, contenerización (Docker) y orquestación (Kubernetes) en entornos regulados.
Colaborar con equipos de datos para alinear data architecture y capacidades analíticas/BI (modelado, plataformas de datos, reporting), cuando aplique a casos de uso bancarios.
Considerar marcos regulatorios relevantes (por ejemplo PSD2, Open Banking, DORA, Basel III, AML/KYC) en el diseño de la solución, incluyendo requisitos de seguridad, continuidad, auditoría y cumplimiento.
Mentorización de arquitectos/as junior y promoción de estándares y calidad técnica en el equipo.
Impulsar formas de trabajo Agile y escaladas (SAFe/Scrum) en entornos complejos y multi-país.

Requisitos

5-10 años o más de experiencia en consultoría bancaria y/o proyectos de implementación en banca, desempeñando funciones de arquitectura técnica o de solución.
Experiencia demostrable liderando programas de transformación bancaria como Solution Architect / Technical Architect / Lead Architect.
Conocimiento sólido de dominios bancarios (core banking, pagos SEPA/SWIFT/ISO 20022, digital banking, onboarding, riesgo/compliance/reporting).
Experiencia en cloud (AWS, Azure o GCP) y arquitecturas modernas (microservicios, event-driven, API-first, Domain-Driven Design).
Conocimiento de plataformas bancarias o paquetes core (se valorará experiencia en Temenos, Oracle Banking/FLEXCUBE, Mambu, Intellect Design, SAP, entre otros).
Inglés fluido (oral y escrito). Otros idiomas se valoran.
Excelentes habilidades de comunicación para presentar temas complejos a audiencias ejecutivas.
Disponibilidad para viajar a cliente cuando sea necesario.

Además, te ofrecemos otros beneficios como:

Seguro médico, de Vida y accidentes
Servicio médico y programas de bienestar
Programa de retribución flexible y compra de acciones
Programas de flexibilidad (horaria, de días libres, vacaciones...)
Itinerario formativo individualizado
Programas de sostenibilidad y Fundación Accenture
Red de empleados por la diversidad
Otros beneficios: Oficina Bankinter con condiciones especiales y reparto de beneficios

About Accenture

Visit us atwww.accenture.com

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