Technical Architecture Senior Manager

Position: Payments Technical Architecture Senior Manager
Job Description

We are:

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 799,000 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 at

In today's world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That's where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client's unique path to reinvention.

You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients. Join our global network of people using the latest assets, platforms and partnerships to help bring ideas to life.

Strategy & Consulting is one of five services that make up one Accenture - the others are Operations, Technology, Song and Industry X.

Management Consulting professionals design and implement transformation programs that integrate strategy, technology, and operations to create enterprise value for clients. Accenture is growing our practice to help our clients navigate their transformational journeys. The Banking & Capital Markets Digital Assets Senior Manager will be focused on supporting the development of our offerings and the delivery of consulting projects.

You Are:

We are seeking an experienced Payments Technical Architect to design, implement, and optimize payment solutions for our clients with a key focus on modernization and embedded payments. The ideal candidate will play a key role in defining technical architectures, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance, while collaborating with stakeholders to align payment systems with business goals.

This person will be involved in (and enjoy) the full client lifecycle, from providing clients with insights, to proposing projects and supporting consulting end to end engagements.

The Work:

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead and execute Accenture's go-to-market strategy for payments modernization

* Leverage modern architecture and engineering approach to design end-to-end payment solutions for commercial and retail banks, networks, payment processors, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security

* Collaborate with senior client business and technical teams (CIO, CTO, LOB leaders) to sell, define and deliver payment solutions that meet their complex needs and comply with industry standards.

* Evaluate and integrate payments APIs, and third-party service providers (eg Finacle, FIS, TSYS, Finastra, Fiserv, Volante, etc.)

* Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks and other relevant standards.

* Optimize payment processes for cost efficiency, reduced latency, and enhanced user experience.

* Provide technical leadership during system migrations, upgrades, or integrations with new payment platforms.

* Develop documentation and maintain best practices for payment architecture and integrations.

* Lead the resolution of technical issues…