Architecture Analyst

The Vacancy About the Role Are you passionate about turning complex information into clear, actionable insights? Do you thrive on supporting strategic decision-making and championing best practices? Monmouthshire Building Society is seeking an Architecture Analyst to join our Technology Transformation team. As an Architecture Analyst, you'll play a key role in supporting our Enterprise Architecture function. You'll help shape the future of our business and technology landscape by providing structured, evidence-based analysis that informs strategic, architectural, and design decisions. You'll ensure our architectural artefacts and documentation are accurate, accessible, and up-to-date, connecting colleagues with the information they need to make informed choices. Key Responsibilities Prepare accurate, well-structured analysis to support architectural decision-making. Maintain the integrity and accessibility of architectural artefacts within our architecture repository. Uphold and champion

architectural principles and standards across projects and change initiatives. Provide clear, objective insights highlighting trade-offs, dependencies, and impacts. Connect colleagues with architectural information and expertise. Contribute to the continuous improvement of architecture practices, templates, and knowledge-sharing processes. Escalate issues or conflicts requiring architectural or strategic decisions to the Enterprise Architect. What We're Looking For Essential: Degree (or equivalent experience) in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analysis, or a related discipline. Awareness of enterprise, solution, data, and technology architecture concepts. Understanding of architectural artefacts (capability models, process maps, data flows, system landscapes). Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Experience producing structured analysis deliverables (impact assessments, options papers, risk/benefit evaluations). Experience using modelling or visualisation tools (Visio). Excellent attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate, version-controlled documentation. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills. Methodical, evidence-based approach with a focus on clarity and traceability. Proactive, curious, and eager to learn and apply architectural methods. Competence with Microsoft Office and collaboration platforms (SharePoint). Proficiency in Microsoft Visio (intermediate to advanced) and Microsoft Excel (intermediate to advanced). Desirable: Foundation-level understanding of architecture or analysis frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BCS Architecture, BABOK). Experience working with architecture repositories or structured information management systems. Why Join Us? At Monmouthshire Building Society, you'll be part of a collaborative team that values innovation, continuous improvement, and professional growth. You'll have the opportunity to make a real impact on how we deliver change and support our mission. The Company Monmouthshire Building Society values the diversity that all sections of the community can bring to our Society, we welcome applications from everyone who shares our values. As a financial services organisation regulated by the PRA and FCA our staff must be honest, financially sound and maintain high levels of competence and capability in their role. Therefore our pre-employment checks include adverse credit checks and criminal records checks (DBS checks) at a basic disclosure level for the majority of roles but at the standard level for certain roles.