Data Architect

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect/Data Modelling Consultant with a strong banking and investment management background to lead the design of target-state reporting and analytics data models within a modern cloud-based data platform.

This role is 4 day onsite in London with 1 day remote.

The successful candidate will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to understand reporting and analytical requirements, analyse existing data structures, define target-state data models and establish best-practice approaches for data consumption across regulatory reporting, management information, analytics and business intelligence.

Working as part of an Agile delivery team, you will contribute incrementally to the target-state data model as solutions are developed and deployed, rather than undertaking a standalone discovery or design phase.

This is primarily a data modelling and consulting-focused role rather than a platform or infrastructure architecture position.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse existing data models and architectures and define target-state reporting and analytics models.
• Design dimensional, analytical and reporting data models using industry best practices.
• Define and optimise data structures for reporting, Business Intelligence and analytics.
• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Establish data modelling standards, governance and architectural principles.
• Support the design of medallion/layered data architectures and data consumption patterns.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, governance and regulatory reporting requirements are considered.
• Provide architectural leadership and consultancy to delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Translate complex business and reporting requirements into logical and physical data models.
• Work as an active member of Agile sprint teams, delivering incremental data modelling changes aligned to sprint objectives.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience as a Data Architect, Information Architect or Data Modelling Consultant.
• Significant experience within banking, wealth management, investment management or other financial services environments.
• Expert-level dimensional modelling skills, including Kimball methodologies.
• Experience designing reporting, analytics and Business Intelligence data models.
• Strong understanding of medallion, layered and modern analytical data architecture approaches.
• Experience defining target-state data models from complex existing source systems.
• Strong SQL skills and ability to analyse complex datasets.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, consulting and communication skills.
• Good understanding of data governance, lineage, quality and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams, with the ability to deliver incremental data modelling solutions in collaboration with engineering teams.

Technical Environment (Desirable)

• Microsoft Fabric.
• Azure Data Factory.
• Python.
• PySpark.
• Apache Spark.

Desirable Skills

• Azure DevOps.