Job Title: Reconciliation Domain & Java Architect [Techno Functional]

Department: CEFS-Reconciliation

About Business line/Function: 

The IT Reconciliations Department is managing the reconciliations (Financial, Referential, Systems to Systems, ...) for a number of BNP Paribas's domains (Global Markets, Global Banking, Security Services, Wealth Management, ...) via specialized expert systems (FIS DIM/Intellimatch, Pega PCM, Socrates).

Our internal clients are working 24/7 at a worldwide level with a high level of reliability. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is the key partner in all IT functions and has interactions with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT workload, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it. To ensure our efficiency and alignment with the market expectations, we have to ensure that both our architecture and our technologies are up to date and aligned with the most efficient and reliable standards.

Position Purpose: 

The Reconciliation Domain Architect is the single authority for translating the business vision of the reconciliation portfolio into a technically robust, cloud native platform. The position owns both sides of the architecture –

• Domain side: design and maintain the end to end reconciliation process, rule catalog, exception handling workflow and canonical data model, ensuring continual alignment with regulatory, audit and compliance requirements.
• Technical side: define the Java microservice landscape, streaming pipelines, persistence strategy, CI/CD and cloud deployment model (Kubernetes/Docker), guaranteeing high availability, scalability, performance and security. Keep the platform reliable, future ready and aligned with client service standards.

The position has a strong focus on stability, flexibility, and expertise to always guarantee the proper Clients’ expectations. Working in an international Clients base environment but also as part of an Offshore organization, the capacity to interact in a respectful and easy way with both his/her Clients, Management, and team to find compromises while guaranteeing the proper organization and seamless relations is a must.

This position requires strong leadership, communication, and adaptability to navigate the complexities of working in a globally distributed environment.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

1. Domain Architecture

• Define the Reconciliation domain roadmap, business‑rule catalog, exception‑handling work flow and canonical data model; keep it aligned with regulations and internal audit requirements.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of Architecture Decision Records and enforce domain-wise standards.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, inclusive collaboration and knowledge sharing across geographies.

2. Technical Architecture

• Ensure system reliability, scalability, stability and security by implementing appropriate design patterns and architectural principles.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and recommend enhancements to optimize performance.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to drive innovation.

• Design the Java micro‑service landscape, CI/CD pipeline, container‑orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker) and infrastructure-as-code, and monitoring tools.

• Establish security‑by‑design patterns and embed them in all solutions.
• Ensure that all solutions are well-documented and align with industry’s best practices.
• Own API and message‑schema contracts for all inbound/outbound feeds, manage versioning and backward compatibility.
• Define data‑lineage, master‑data‑management and data‑quality controls required for auditability

3. Performance, Scalability & Resilience

• Set SLA/KPI targets (throughput, latency, availability) and lead capacity‑planning, performance‑tuningand resilience engineering.
• Translate regulatory and audit requirements into concrete technical controls (encryption, immutable logging, data‑retention).
• Conduct periodic risk assessments of architectural decisions and produce mitigation plans.
• Present findings to stakeholders to validate requirements or guide decision-making.
• Ensure test‑data management and reproducible environments for continuous delivery.
• Define performance‑testing and automated regression frameworks for the reconciliation platform.

4. Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT, facilitating effective communication and alignment.
• Facilitate workshops, road‑mapping sessions and regular status briefings, manage expectations and negotiate trade‑offs.

9.Documentation and User Training

• Produce and maintain architectural documentation, user manuals, SOP and materials.
• Lead onboarding, mentoring and up‑skilling programs for architects, senior developers and QA engineers.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Proficiency in business analysis tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio)
• Familiarity with software development methodologies
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives: DevSecOps adoption, automated contract testing, observability 

• Assist in recruiting, onboarding and upskilling of new architects and senior developers.
• Quick to learn and adapt
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities.
• Good Team player 
• Someone who could have long-term commitment with the team and organization

Specific Qualifications:

• 12-15yearstotal experience, minimum 5 years in the Banking/Financial Reconciliation domain and 5 years in senior Java architecture roles.
• Experience in Banking Financial domain, covering Reconciliation domain
• Experience working on Reconciliation tools
• A proven experience in multi-expertise team management in an international environment,
• An experience in an Onshore/Offshore would be a key factor,
• A very good English level is mandatory,

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business or a related field; Master’s degree or certifications such as TOGAF are a plus.

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical & Soft Skills:

• Knowledge of Reconciliation, types of reconciliation, case and investigation management
• Working knowledge of reconciliation tools likeIntelliMatch, Duco, Gresham, TLM
• Proven experience in architecting and implementing microservices and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of software design patterns, principles, and best practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures.
• Expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs and integrating with external systems.
• Proficiency in working with databases: SQL (Oracle, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB).
• Hands-on experience with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of security principles and best practices for securing applications and data.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills with a focus on performance optimization.
• Capacity to structure, synthesize and summarize concepts,
• Resilience in a strong pressure environment,
• Strong track record in successful interactions with peers in a non-hierarchical framework.

Behavioral Skills:

• Proven ability to lead and mentor technical teams across multiple projects.
• Strong communications kills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
•  Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities.

• Ability to balance technical requirements with business needs.
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to identifying and solving challenges.
• Organized and delivery-focused, with attention to detail.
• Solid work ethic, high level of motivation and resilience.
• Comfortable operating with a strong level of autonomy, self-driven
• Showing strong leadership and assertiveness
• Strong empathy and people care.
• Coaching & mentoring techniques
• Strong communication and reporting skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Capacity to interact with senior members of the organization.
• Strong capacity to motivate his/her team for upskilling

Location: Bengaluru

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centered on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporate and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

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