Senior Data Architect – Wealth & Asset Management.

Overview

In this Senior Data Architect role, you lead data architecture initiatives for Wealth & Asset Management clients, guiding large-scale data transformations. You define enterprise data strategies and design cloud-native platforms to support advisor and client journeys, analytics, and regulatory reporting. You’ll shape Capco’s WAM data propositions and contribute to thought leadership in modern data ecosystems. You work across cross-functional teams to translate complex concepts into business value, driving scalable, compliant data solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• Discretionary bonus
• competitive pension
• health insurance
• mental health support
• flexible annual leave
• continuous learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead agile engagements delivering modern data architecture and cloud transformation for WAM
• Define scalable enterprise data strategies spanning programmes and business units
• Design canonical WAM data domains/models (client/household, portfolio/account, holdings/transactions, instruments & pricing, performance, fees)
• Architect and deliver cloud-native data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) supporting analytics and regulatory reporting
• Define integration patterns across CRM/advisor, OMS/PMS, wealth back office, custody, market data, and reporting
• Establish data quality, reconciliation, and control frameworks (holdings vs. books, pricing, corporate actions, fees/NAV)
• Drive master and reference data strategies aligned to governance, metadata, privacy, and stewardship
• Act as SME translating technical concepts into clear business value for senior stakeholders

Key requirements

• Enterprise data architecture and cloud data engineering experience in WAM environments
• Contextual, logical, and physical data modeling across Front Office, Investments, Operations, Risk/Compliance
• Knowledge of WAM data concepts (client/householding, suitability & risk, holdings, trade lifecycle, pricing, performance, fees)
• Hands-on experience with cloud data ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data stacks; cloud migration experience
• Experience integrating WAM platforms/data sources (CRM, OMS/PMS, wealth back office, custody, market data, reporting)
• Understanding of data management tooling, security frameworks, and control environments in regulated financial services
• Exposure to MiFID II, SFDR, PRIIPs/KIDs, FATCA and their impact on data models, lineage, controls
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical teams

• strong communication
• stakeholder influence
• team collaboration
• cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• data modeling (contextual/logical/physical)
• data governance and stewardship

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