Assurance Managed Services Solutions Architect

The Opportunity

The Global Solutions team leads the investment to create and enhance our Assurance Managed Services solution portfolio. We work closely with business domain leaders, technology teams, the technology alliance, and the broader ecosystem to identify and leverage the latest technology applications, predictive analytics, AI and machine learning to optimize our services and provide deep client insights.

We are seeking experienced Solution Architects to support the growth of Assurance Managed Services. These Solution Architects will partner with business domain leaders to shape, design, and commercialize managed services offerings, bridging business strategy and solution and technology execution.

• Strategic Business Alignment
  • Partner with business domain leaders to understand strategic objectives, market opportunities, competitive positioning, and growth targets.
  • Facilitate structured discovery sessions to fully elaborate client, EY and third‑party requirements.
  • Translate business strategy and requirements into clear managed services value propositions and solution architecture roadmaps.
• Managed Services Architecture
  • Design end‑to‑end managed services business architectures that incorporate standardized, scalable constructs for repeatability and margin optimization.
  • Lead overall solution architecture, ensuring alignment between business architecture, technology architecture, and operational capabilities.
  • Define solution scope, client experience blueprints, process and controls design, technology architecture and design, operating model and governance structure, service lifecycle model, SLA/OLA frameworks, regulatory and legal compliance, delivery model, and commercial and pricing models.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, controls and risk frameworks (e.g., SOC 1).
  • Liaise with IT security, data security, quality and risk management, independence and other stakeholders to meet broader EY requirements and standards.
  • Contribute to the design and development of the Managed Services Orchestrator.
• Commercial & Financial Modeling
  • Support business case development including revenue projections, cost structures, margin modeling, and investment requirements.
  • Align service design with target financial outcomes and go‑to‑market strategy.
  • Contribute to pricing strategy, packaging and monetization frameworks.
  • Ensure robust cost and effort estimation covering all stages of service lifecycle.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with Product, Sales, Delivery, Finance, Technology and Operations teams to ensure architectural feasibility and execution readiness.
  • Provide architectural leadership during engagement pursuits and client engagements.
  • Support organizational change, process and controls change management, and technology development teams during solution design and build.
  • Act as a trusted architecture advisor to executive leadership.
• Standardization & Continuous Improvement
  • Carry out horizon scanning to identify emerging industry and technology trends and assess their impact and opportunities for Assurance managed services.
  • Establish KPIs and performance metrics for service effectiveness and profitability.
  • Drive standardization, automation and continuous improvement across managed services offerings.
  • Monitor and manage the quality and currency of content in our global architecture repositories.

• Business and Service Architecture Lead
  • Own and maintain Assurance managed services business, process and controls architecture and standards.
  • Ensure solutions are designed and implemented in a modular way for flexibility.
  • Define audit readiness and SOC 1/SOC 2 compliance approach and support projects accordingly.
  • Provide direction and support to delivery technology development teams throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Ensure appropriate process and controls training is provided to the assurance managed services team.
• Technology Architecture Lead
  • Own and maintain Assurance managed services technology architecture and standards.
  • Provide direction and support for technology development teams throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Ensure the team complies with…