Head of Engineering - Trust and Wealth Tech; Atlanta, GA onsite

Head of Engineering - Trust and Wealth Tech (Atlanta, GA OR Nashville, TN onsite)

#27079

Multiple Locations

Full-time

First

Birmingham , Alabama , United States

Atlanta , Georgia , United States

Tampa , Florida , United States

Charlotte , North Carolina , United States

Birmingham , Alabama , United States Atlanta , Georgia , United States Tampa , Florida , United States Nashville , Tennessee , United States Charlotte , North Carolina , United States

Job Summary : ( This role must be Atlanta, GA or Nashville, TN based on-site )

Direct the development, implementation, and maintenance of Trust and Wealth business application systems to support the business units operational objectives. Responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating activities pertaining to technology and business unit projects, on an enterprise level. Ensure that project goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives. Provides management oversight and direction for two or more inter-related functional areas of IT (e.g. applications, infrastructure, governance and compliance) for a wide range of activities.

Actively participates with the top IT Executives to establish, plan, and administer the overall policies and goals for the information technology department. Analyzes the needs of different business units and determines ways to meet business objectives by modifying existing or developing an IT strategy and the related activities needed to execute. Directs the planning and coordinating of activities pertaining to technology and business unit projects on an enterprise level.

Ensure the overall alignment of the IT activities to the business needs and advises the business on their overall goals.

• Partner with the CIO organization, Product Leaders, Business Unit leaders, external partners and suppliers to leverage technology to enhance business operations.
• Participate in the formulation of the firm's business system architecture plans, assessing cost and feasibility of system request; ensure plans support both strategic and near-term needs.
• Implement business system plans; direct the development, release, and maintenance of firm business application and process control systems.
• Collaborate with clients, business partners, industry consultants, and senior firm management to define service levels.
• Own the technology roadmap for Trust and Wealth platforms, covering trust accounting, portfolio management, client reporting, and integrations with custodians, CRM, and the general ledger, with fiduciary, regulatory, and audit requirements built into delivery.
• Lead core Trust platform modernization and vendor management, including upgrades, data migrations, and API and cloud integrations, while protecting data integrity and operational resiliency for trust and wealth operations.
• Lead strategic decisions regarding the assigned IT function. Lead teams that implement and manage those initiatives within assigned area with complete autonomy and accountability for results.
• Stay abreast of industry, regulatory and firm changes or trends as it relates to financial services, information management, information security, technological standards and trends, and IT efficiencies; proactively assess the present and future impact to the enterprise and supported business units is conducted; work with key stakeholders to develop and execute a business contingency plan that provides for prompt, efficient and seamless responses, to include strong communication and action plans that assures the firm remains in compliance.
  
  Keep the assigned executives informed.
• Defines and communicates application architecture.
• As a leader within IT with responsibilities over the assigned IT Business Support function, the ability to inspire commitment across the unit is critical; this includes but is not limited to: developing and communicating logical, convincing justifications, including lessons learned, that build commitment and support for one's perspectives and initiatives; building diverse, high-performing teams that accomplish organizational change, goals, and priorities;
  
  ensures strategies, change initiatives, and competitive information are communicated in clear and compelling ways; serve as an advocate for proactive planning and continuous improvement; set and communicates clear and aligned goals, monitors progress, and accepts accountability; ensure leadership with the organization do the same.
• Promote ethics and compliance; build and sustain an…