Finance and Data Solution Architect

Aviva • Markham, ON

1d • CA$140,000 - CA$190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Aviva Canada is seeking a highly skilled Finance and Data Solution Architect to contribute to their Finance Transformation journey. This role will leverage expertise in Oracle Fusion, IFRS 17, finance data architecture, and cloud technologies to design solutions that enhance financial reporting, data governance, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance. The architect will be instrumental in shaping the future of finance at Aviva Canada.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in finance and data architecture, with exposure to finance transformation initiatives for insurance or financial institutions.
• Solid understanding of sub-ledgers, GL, accounting processes, and IFRS17 requirements.
• Strong Oracle Fusion Finance architecture expertise especially General Ledger, Accounting Hub, sub-ledgers, cash management and month-end / posting flows.
• Experience in architecting IFRS 17 and reconciliation solution including the end-to-end design from source data to actuarial outputs, sub-ledger/accounting treatment, journal generation, disclosure support, and reconciliation back to the ledger.
• Experience in data architecture, including lineage, governance, quality, and control considerations.
• Experience with integration architecture especially Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), file/data exchange, and upstream/downstream finance interfaces including actuarial.
• Experience supporting architecture governance, design reviews, and risk management processes.
• Ability to influence architecture forums, standards, and key decision-making processes.
• Experience contributing to business proposals, funding discussions, and investment decisions.
• Experience assessing vendor and platform options, including build, buy, and partner models.
• Ability to define, measure, and track architecture benchmarks and delivery outcomes.
• Experience with end-to-end financial data movement, system integration, and related architecture patterns.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, audit-ability, compliance, and FRCF expectations.
• Strong partner engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to document architecture clearly through fit-for-purpose views, including end-to-end solutions, technology, data architecture, infrastructure, network, security, and integration views.
• Experience building canonical financial data frameworks and governing semantic layers incorporating key indicators for reporting and analytics.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Snowflake and Snowflake based data integration is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the finance solution architecture for Aviva Canada’s multi-year Finance Transformation program, defining the target state across sub-ledgers, GL, IFRS17 reporting, actuarial integrations, financial controls, reporting, and analytics.
• Own the architecture across operational systems, sub-ledger, GL, reporting, and analytics layers; support and assure solution designs so they remain aligned to approved architecture principles, patterns, and standards.
• Define event-driven accounting and finance data flow architecture, including integration patterns, data models, pipelines, lineage, governance, and quality controls to support accurate processing, reconciliation, reporting, analytics, and audit-ability.
• Own the architecture approach for sub-ledgers, accounting rules engines, GL integration, IFRS17 reporting, and actuarial-to-finance platform integration, while supporting delivery teams in translating architecture into executable designs.
• Establish architecture that supports the Financial Reporting Control Framework (FRCF), embedding controls, audit-ability, reconciliation, evidence capture, and regulatory compliance into finance processes.
• Participate in the architecture governance through design authorities, review forums, and governance processes, approving key architecture decisions and supporting risk-based design decisions.
• Partner with Canada Architecture, Finance Business, Finance Operations, IT, Aviva Group Architecture, Group Finance, Actuarial, Data Engineering, Business, and delivery teams to align with, influence, and shape architecture standards, platform decisions, and executable solution outcomes.
• Support funding and investment decisions through architecture options, technical feasibility, cost-benefit input, and business case contributions; lead architecture input into vendor and platform assessments, including build-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions; and define measurable architecture outcomes such as target-state alignment, technical debt reduction, platform adoption, control effectiveness, and reconciliation improvement.
• Define Snowflake and AWS-based finance data platform patterns for ingestion, processing, analytics, scalability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Build standardized finance data models, hierarchies, and regulated semantic and performance measurement layers to maintain consistent reporting, analytics, and business interpretation.
• Enable certified finance datasets and reusable data products using medallion architecture that support cross-domain consumption, reduce duplication, and improve trusted data reuse.

Benefits

• Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
• Outstanding Career Development opportunities.
• We’ll support your professional development education.
• Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
• Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity, and inclusion.
• Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed