Hybrid Senior Finance Data Architect

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About the role

  • Senior Finance Data Architect responsible for shaping finance data strategy at Standard Life. Leading enterprise-level data architecture for regulatory reporting and strategic insights.

Responsibilities

  • Provide enterprise‑level leadership for the design and governance of highly complex finance and actuarial data architectures.
  • Shape the strategic direction of Finance and Actuarial data ecosystems across all business units.
  • Define data integration patterns, lineage designs, and enterprise‑wide data flow architectures.
  • Lead the creation of data governance artefacts including glossaries, definitions and quality rules.
  • Design the financial reporting architecture for management, statutory and regulatory reporting.
  • Define ETL pipeline standards, API/interface specifications, validation rules and reconciliations.
  • Develop secure and compliant controls frameworks including audit trails and retention policies.
  • Set the blueprint for the Finance Data Platform including storage, security and access.
  • Architect AI‑ready and optimised data environments for Finance.
  • Create long‑term data strategies and roadmaps including target and interim states.
  • Prepare and present Executive‑level papers including risk assessments and data value propositions.

Requirements

  • Enterprise finance or actuarial data architecture; proven experience designing large-scale data models and architectures supporting finance, actuarial or regulatory reporting.
  • Deep knowledge of finance, actuarial and data platforms; hands-on experience with actuarial engines, core finance systems, reporting platforms and cloud-based data environments.
  • Enterprise-level strategic influence; track record of shaping data strategy and influencing senior leaders or Executive-level stakeholders.
  • Governance, risk and regulatory design; experience building secure, compliant architectures including data governance, controls, lineage and auditability.
  • Complex problem-solving and communication; ability to simplify complex technical concepts and provide clarity in ambiguous, transformation-led environments.
  • Postgraduate qualification in Finance, Actuarial Science or a related discipline (desirable).
  • Membership of a professional body (e.g. ACCA, ICAEW, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries) (desirable).
  • Financial services or insurance sector data architecture experience (desirable).

Benefits

  • Up to £95,000 depending on experience plus an indicative bonus range of 30-60%
  • private medical cover
  • 38 days annual leave
  • excellent pension
  • 12x salary life assurance
  • career breaks
  • income protection
  • 3x volunteering days
  • flexibility on part-time and job-share arrangements

Job title

Senior Finance Data Architect

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£95,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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