What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Architect – Finance (Life Sciences / SOX / Cloud) position at Kaav Inc?
Hiring: Senior Enterprise / Solution Architect (Life Sciences – Finance Domain)
Location: Foster City (Onsite / Hybrid)
Employment: Full-time (40 hrs/week)
Level: Senior IC / Manager
🔹 Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Enterprise / Solution Architect to lead enterprise and solution architecture initiatives with a strong focus on Finance domain capabilities within a Life Sciences organization.
This role will translate Finance strategy into scalable, secure, and compliant target-state architectures while enabling modernization through AI-driven and agentic solutions.
Strong experience in Finance systems, SOX/compliance environments, and enterprise architecture across cloud, data, integration, security, and AI platforms is required.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
- Define and evolve enterprise & solution architecture strategy for Finance domain (R2R, O2C, P2P, FP&A, Treasury)
- Ensure compliance with SOX, audit, and regulatory controls
- Lead architecture reviews and enforce standards (security, scalability, governance)
- Design target-state architectures using APIs, event-driven patterns, canonical data models
- Architect AI-enabled finance solutions including:
- AI/ML platforms
- Agentic AI & multi-agent orchestration
- MCP & A2A interaction patterns
- Partner with Finance, IT, Security, and Compliance teams
- Drive architecture governance, intake, approvals, and compliance tracking
- Support cloud modernization and enterprise transformation programs
🔹 Required Experience
- 15 years IT experience, 5 years in Enterprise/Solution Architecture
- Strong Finance domain architecture expertise
- Hands-on experience with SOX and regulated environments
- Expertise in:
- AWS / Azure / GCP
- Microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture
- Data platforms (Lakehouse / Warehouse)
- IAM, security, integration (ESB/iPaaS)
- TOGAF / ArchiMate or similar framework experience
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Life Sciences / Pharma experience preferred
🔹 Preferred
- TOGAF / Cloud / Security certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, CISSP, PMP)
- Experience in AI/ML in enterprise regulated environments
- Digital transformation in Pharma / Life Sciences