Data Architect - Asset Management

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave

Ongoing training and development

Job summary

Client Server Limited is seeking a Data Architect in London with strong Snowflake and DBT expertise to shape our data architecture across regulated financial services. You will define principles, standards and target states, collaborating with Investment, Business and Technology teams to support strategic business and investment objectives.

The role focuses on governance, data modelling, metadata, lineage and data quality across platforms, ensuring data is structured for reliable AI and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data architecture within regulated financial environments.
• Strong understanding of investment, client, operational, regulatory and enterprise data.
• Hands-on experience designing and governing modern cloud data platforms (Snowflake, DBT).
• Experience collaborating with business, architecture and technology teams to shape data architecture and align with strategy.
• Knowledge of data quality, metadata, lineage, and data lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise data architecture, including data products, flows and assets.
• Set standards for data modelling, metadata, lineage, master/reference data and data quality.
• Provide guidance on sourcing, integration, storage and consumption for operational and analytical use cases.
• Collaborate with delivery teams, architects and platform engineering to align solutions with enterprise architecture and governance.
• Identify opportunities to simplify the data landscape and improve consistency across platforms.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

Snowflake

DBT

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Enterprise data modelling

Education

2.1 degree (Russell Group/Oxbridge)

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

London, Greater London | £120k - £150k per year

Data Architect (Snowflake DBT) London / WFH to £150k

Do you have a strong knowledge of Data Architecture within regulated financial environments?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a tech driven, global Asset Manager with multiple billions of dollars under management.

As a Data Architect you'll define how data is organised, governed and used across the firm, setting the principles, standards, patterns and target states that shape major data decisions. Collaborating across Investment, Business and Technology teams, you'll provide architectural direction across key data initiatives and ensure the firm's data landscape supports strategic business and investment objectives.

You'll define and evolve enterprise data architecture, maintaining architectural views of key domains, data products, flows and assets. You'll establish standards covering data modelling, metadata, lineage, master and reference data and data quality, while providing guidance on how data should be sourced, integrated, stored and consumed across operational and analytical use cases.

A key focus will be ensuring data is structured and governed for reliable AI and analytics consumption, with the quality, metadata, lineage and context required to support effective use. You'll work closely with delivery teams, architects and platform engineering to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, governance and wider technology strategy.

You'll also identify opportunities to simplify the data landscape, reduce duplication and improve consistency across platforms, applications and reporting environments. This is a high impact role with genuine influence over the firm's data direction, working close to the business while shaping the architecture that enables it.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home policy with three days in the London office per week where you'll join a supportive, diverse team environment with a large range of facilities.

About you:

• You have significant experience in data architecture, within an Asset Management environment
• You have a strong understanding of investment, client, operational, regulatory and enterprise data
• You have a strong knowledge of enterprise data architecture, including domains, data products, modelling, integration, lineage, metadata and data lifecycle management
• You have hands‑on experience designing and governing modern cloud data platforms, ideally Snowflake and DBT, including data modelling, transformation, access, cost and workload management
• You have experience of collaborating with business, architecture and technology teams to shape data architecture and align with wider strategy
• You have a good understanding of data quality and practical approaches to improving trust in data
• You have experience of navigating complex application, integration and data landscapes, with a focus on simplification and consistency
• You have excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the confidence to hold senior stakeholders accountable
• You are degree educated, having achieved a 2.1 or above from a top tier university, e.g. Russel Group / Oxbridge

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £150k
• Pension
• Private medical insurance including 24 hour GP access
• Enhanced parental leave policy
• 25 days annual leave
• Ongoing training and development and financial support for courses