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About the Role

Zurich Canada is seeking a Finance Application Architect to leverage financial systems expertise with data engineering and cloud technologies to enhance data consistency, governance, and business intelligence. This role involves architecting, designing, and enabling scalable solutions for financial data processing, reporting, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architecture for financial applications including billing, booking, financial reporting, and reconciliation systems.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and finance data models.
• Define and implement strategies for integrating data across finance systems, upstream transaction systems, and downstream reporting platforms.
• Develop frameworks for seamless data exchange between applications and financial source systems.
• Build robust pipelines to support financial data ingestion, transformation, and reporting.
• Advocate and enforce enterprise design patterns, reusable frameworks, and architectural best practices.
• Lead solution design reviews and technology selection.
• Work closely with finance, accounting, and business teams to gather requirements and drive solution feasibility.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to business stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy finance platforms using cloud-native and data technologies.
• Drive automation, performance optimization, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field
• 6 or more years of experience in application architecture, data integration, or financial systems
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise financial data platforms
• Strong experience in financial systems (billing, booking, GL, reporting)
• Strong experience in data integration and transformation
• Strong experience with Azure ecosystem: Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks, ADLS, Snowflake
• Expertise in ETL / ELT pipelines, data warehousing, data lake and financial data integration processes
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI / CD pipelines, and cloud automation
• Domain Expertise in Financial applications: Billing, Revenue Management, Booking systems, Actuarial systems
• Domain Expertise in Regulatory and financial reporting
• Domain Expertise in Financial data reconciliation and audit processes

Skills

• Application Architecture
• Data Integration
• Financial Systems
• Enterprise Financial Data Platforms
• Financial Systems (billing, booking, GL, reporting)
• Data Integration and Transformation
• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Databricks
• ADLS
• Snowflake
• ETL / ELT pipelines
• Data Warehousing
• Data Lake
• Financial Data Integration Processes
• DevOps
• CI / CD pipelines
• Cloud Automation
• Billing Systems
• Revenue Management Systems
• Booking Systems
• Actuarial Systems
• Regulatory Reporting
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Data Reconciliation
• Audit Processes

Location

• Canada

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 6 or more years of experience in application architecture, data integration, or financial systems
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise financial data platforms

Education Level

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Salary/Compensations

• 95,000 – 145,000

Benefits

• Comprehensive health/benefits plan with varying levels of coverage
• Minimum of four weeks of vacation per year
• Four personal days per year
• Access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities

About the Company

• Zurich Canada is part of the Zurich Insurance Group, a multi-line insurer with approximately 55,000 employees worldwide serving customers in global and local markets.
• Zurich Canada has been a leading insurance provider serving mid-sized and large companies, including multinational corporations, in the Canadian commercial market for 100 years.
• With over 650 employees in offices across the country, Zurich offers the global strength of a top insurance provider combined with in-depth knowledge of industries and local markets.
• Zurich Canada aspires to be risk management professionals’ first choice as their premier partner to help meet the risk challenges of today and tomorrow.
• Zurich North America has over 148 years of experience managing risk and supporting resilience.
• We are a leading provider of commercial property-casualty insurance solutions and a wide range of risk management products and services for businesses and individuals.
• Today, we serve more than 25 industries, from agriculture to technology and insure 90% of the Fortune 500®.

Equal Opportunity

• At Zurich, we are proud of our culture. We are passionate about Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging (DIEB). We want you to bring your whole self to work, and we want our employees to be reflective of the communities in which we live and work. Our DIEB initiatives are creating an environment where everyone feels welcome.
• We have a collaborative culture where diversity of thought is valued. We value your input and strive to give our employees the tools they need to make an impact.
• We care about our employees’ well-being and offer a comprehensive health/benefits plan with varying levels of coverage to suit your specific needs and a competitive total compensation package.
• We understand how important it is to rest, recharge and do the things you love. At Zurich, all employees receive a minimum of four weeks of vacation per year to do just that.
• We also understand that employees require time off for personal reasons. Maybe you have an appointment during a workday, a cultural or religious holiday you would like to observe, or you need time off to focus on your mental health. Zurich employees receive four personal days per year to be used at their discretion.
• We are committed to continuous improvement and offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.
• We care about our communities. Our communities are where our customers, people, and shareholders live and work. While we can be proud of the contribution to society Zurich makes through our core business of insurance, we must also give back to our communities through our talent, time and resources.
• We have won numerous awards for our workplace culture. We are proud to be one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers and to have received Insurance Business Canada’s 5-Star Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.
• As a global company, Zurich recognizes the diversity of our workforce as an asset. We recruit talented people from a variety of backgrounds with unique perspectives that are truly welcome here. Taken together, diversity and inclusion bring us closer to our common goal: exceeding our customers’ expectations.
• Zurich is committed to providing a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free environment resulting in an accessible organization for employees, customers, and other parties who interact with, or on behalf of, Zurich.
• We strive to achieve a workplace free of discrimination of all forms, including discrimination on the basis of physical or mental disability, or medical condition.
• If you are interested in a job opportunity, please advise if you require an accommodation, so we can work with you to provide a more accessible process.
• For Zurich Canada's commitment to diversity and accessibility please click here.