Head of Core Banking (SOPRA/SBS background) - 6 Months

Head of Core Banking (SOPRA/SBS background)
Location: Central London
Duration: 6 months, with extensions

Inside IR35, Excellent Rates, negotiable to experience
Start: ASAP, or notice considered.

*Urgent 6 Month Contract*
An exciting opportunity for a major Public Sector Body & Financial Institution who are urgently seeking experienced Consultant Professionals to manage as the 'Head of Core Banking'. If you have the following skills/experience, please share your CV & motivation for immediate consideration as we are shortlisting for interviews now!

Key Responsibilities

• Review, challenge, and steer decisions on the banking platform, SOPRA/SBS.
• Ensure commercial and technical scrutiny of banking agents and products.
• Configure the banking engine and understand product functionality.
• Drive digital, cloud, and AI integration strategies within the core banking remit, with strong emphasis on event-driven architecture and AWS-aligned delivery.
• Act as the internal "voice of SBS/SOPRA", ensuring alignment between business expectations and core banking product capabilities.

Skills and Experience

• Deep core banking expertise, ideally SBS/SOPRA.
• Industry experience with banking platforms and products.
• Ability to influence suppliers and stakeholders, as well as critique and challenge suppliers on products created.
• Banking engineer level expertise.
• Experience in Fintech role.
• Core banking implementation.
• Legacy system conversion.
• Hands on understanding of event-based architectures and modern cloud native integration patterns (AWS preferred).
• Evidence of delivery focus with end-to-end build/test/release ownership.

Please send your CV or call Javaid to discuss further.
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