MS - FDL - Operation Architect - Manager

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Consulting - Operations Architect Manager   About Global Delivery Services   Global Delivery Services (GDS) refers to EY's worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EY's strategy by ensuring effective support to EY's growth agenda.   Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80,000+ professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.   Client service is focused on providing Consulting, Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless, high-quality, value-added support, helping deliver exceptional client service.     The Opportunity   We are seeking an experienced  Operations Architect Manager to lead the end-to-end ownership of scalable enterprise data product platforms supporting finance transformation initiatives.   This role sits at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and operational excellence, driving platform scalability, delivery execution, and team leadership. The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with operational rigor and stakeholder management capabilities to deliver finance transformation solutions across Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), and related domains.   The role offers an opportunity to shape data platform strategy, define engineering standards, establish delivery governance, and enable business value realization through data-driven solutions.     Your Key Responsibilities   Technology & Architecture Leadership

Define, collaborate on, and own the architecture roadmap for scalable data platforms supporting finance transformation programs. Design and oversee secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud-native data platforms and analytics solutions. Establish architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices across data ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption layers. Drive adoption of modern data technologies including data lakes, lakehouse architectures, orchestration tools, APIs, and AI-enabled solutions. Partner with DevOps teams to establish and manage CI/CD and release management processes. Lead platform incident management and resolution activities.

Delivery & Operational Excellence

Lead end-to-end delivery governance across multiple concurrent workstreams. Implement scalable delivery operating models incorporating Agile, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. Define and monitor KPIs, SLAs, and performance frameworks to ensure platform reliability and scalability. Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering productivity, quality, and release management. Ensure data governance, compliance, quality, and security standards are embedded across platform operations.

Team Leadership & Talent Management

Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams comprising data engineers, architects, analysts, and DevOps professionals. Foster a high-performance culture centered on accountability, innovation, and business outcomes. Drive workforce planning, capability development, and technical upskilling initiatives. Mentor team members in technical excellence, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement.

Business & Stakeholder Management

Collaborate with business leaders, finance transformation teams, and clients to translate