Chief Technology Architect

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you.

The Role & Key Responsibilities :

The Global Information Technology Director is responsible for overseeing the architectural integrity of Apex’s systems on a global scale, ensuring that technology aligns with business objectives and strategic goals. This role requires a visionary leader who can innovate and guide the architecture team to create scalable, sustainable, and efficient systems.

The successful candidate will create a culture oriented towards customer satisfaction, with appropriate controls and governance to maintain confidence with our regulators. The need to evolve and enable continuous change supporting the growth and demands of the organization is a key factor in the success of this function. Through the provision and matrix management of people, teams, skills, capabilities and partnering with associated suppliers and vendors you will bring your expertise to coach and lead the practice, being the ultimate point of management and escalation for all things associated with Architecture. You will have excellent business acumen, be results driven, comfortable leading others, as well as being proactive (internal and external) in education, promotion and reporting on key performance indicators for Architecture expected of a financial services company.

• Strategic Planning : Develop and implement architectural strategies that support the organization's goals.
• Technology Oversight : Evaluate and select appropriate technology solutions to meet business needs
• Cost Management : Drive consolidation and optimization, reducing technical debit and staying aligned with the optimum Product Model.
• Quality Assurance : Ensure that architectural standards, governance and best practices are followed, maintaining high quality of deliverables.
• Management : Ability to establish and present key performance indicators, and provide appropriate reporting, and insights on opportunities and risks, expose complexity in business process where technology can simplify or eradicate
• Innovation : Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends, encouraging controlled innovation and improvement in the technology, systems and ways of working
• Security : Promote interoperability, standardization and simplification
• Any other duties in the scope of the role that the company requires

Skills Required :

What you will get in return :

We pride ourselves in our commitment to fostering a connected and inclusive culture, all our opportunities at Apex have five (5) days in office requirement.

Salary ranges from USD $150,000.00 – USD $200,000.00 plus additional discretionary yearly bonus based on corporate and individual's performance. Compensation within this range is dependent on individual's skills, experience and qualifications.

Disclaimer : Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.