Enterprise Data Management - Principal Consultant

Infosys Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys Consulting in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Consultant with 10+ years in Financial Services and EDM delivery to shape and implement enterprise data management capabilities. You will lead cross-functional teams, advise senior stakeholders, and drive data integration across reference, market, product, and trade data domains.

The role requires strong technical and consulting skills, travel up to 80%, and a track record of delivering complex change programs in Capital Markets or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 10+ years in Financial Services with at least 5 years in Capital Markets programs.
• Strong cross-functional consulting experience.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term vision and transformation roadmaps with clients.
• Lead EDM engagements across reference, market, and trade data.
• Collaborate with global IT teams to translate requirements into actions.
• Design data governance, lineage, and audit practices.
• Mentor junior EDM consultants and share best practices.

Skills

SQL

ETL / Data Modelling

Stored Procedures

Data Ingestion

Messaging Systems

Excellent Communication

Capital Markets Domain

Project Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Tools

SQL Server

Oracle

OMS/EMS

Data Warehouses

Job description

About Us

Where Innovation meets Excellence. Be a part of a globally renowned management consulting firm that is on the front-line of industry disruption. We are a mid-size player with a supportive, entrepreneurial spirit that works with a market-leading brand in every sector, while our parent organization Infosys is a top 5 powerhouse IT brand that is outperforming the market and experiencing rapid growth.

Our consulting business is annually recognized as one of the UK's top firms by the Financial Times and Forbes due to our client innovations, our cultural diversity and dedicated training and career paths we offer to our consultants. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work culture that inspires everyone to deliver their best.

The Team

Our Financial Services and Insurance practice supports some of the largest global firms and most recognizable local brands solve their biggest challenges in today's age of digital and AI led transformation. With diverse services, ranging from strategy and advisory to large scale implementations and change initiates, from business change to operational transformation and leading-edge IT solutions, we help clients shape and achieve their growth agenda for a sustainable future.

The Role

The Principal Consultant role is within the Infosys Consulting unit in the Financial Services vertical of Infosys. The Infosys Consulting unit focuses on partnering with senior business and technology stakeholders of our clients to help craft and execute their strategy.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of Financial Services experience and a strong track record in Enterprise Data Management (EDM). You will play a key role in shaping and implementing EDM capabilities, acting as both a strategic advisor and hands‑on delivery lead.

You should possess solid domain expertise across reference data, market data, product/fund/legal entity data, and trade data, and practical experience integrating EDM platforms into complex enterprise environments and navigating real‑world delivery challenges.

The role requires leading teams, solving complex business problems, applying consulting methodologies, and collaborating across client and delivery teams to drive measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

Project Execution

• Collaborate with client counterparts to define long-term vision, goals, and strategies.
• Contribute to the design and development of client future processes and organizations with corresponding transformation roadmaps.
• Conduct requirements workshops with a team of global IT professionals and subject matter experts, translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives w/associated metrics.
• Solution targeted processes, leveraging best practices.
• Solution and document functional specifications.
• Define, execute, and support testing of the solution.
• Perform knowledge transfer to client and supporting organizations throughout all phases of the project
• Support management of project execution from start-to-finish to deliver according to plan (scope, quality, and time)
• Coach and develop team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development

People Development

• Mentor and coach team members through formal, performance evaluation methods and informal, individual feedback opportunities.
• Collaborate and share knowledge

Practice Development

• Contribute to practice growth through recruitment, training, and retention.
• Provide insight and thought leadership to develop innovative assets, including differentiated points of view and methodologies
• Provide insights on new and emerging best practices across Capital Markets industry and contribute to the development of service offerings
• Prepare thought papers and participate in industry conferences and forums
• Build social networks that enable knowledge and information flow and stay abreast of developments in Capital markets and financial advisory expertise areas

Role Expects You To

• Lead EDM engagements within Financial Services. Experience in Capital Markets and/or Commercial / Retail Banking preferred
• Function as a trusted advisor across strategy and implementation
• Drive integration of EDM with upstream and downstream systems
• Design and oversee data workflows across reference, market, product, and trade data domains
• Guide implementation of data integration and processing layers (batch and real-time)
• Define and enforce data governance, stewardship, and lineage practices to ensure traceability, auditability, and compliance.
• Drive performance tuning, system testing (unit → integration → UAT → parallel), and deployment to production environments ensuring operational readiness.
• Mentor junior EDM consultants and contribute to implementation best practices, continuous improvement, and product roadmap feedback
• Collaborate with other streams including technology delivery streams across Infosys to deliver a compelling value proposition to the client.
• Manage and minimize engagement risk by proactively identifying issues and recommended courses of remediation.
• Build client relationships towards expanding the footprint within the client organization

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required, MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in Financial Services with at least 5 years of experience in delivering programs in Capital Markets domain.
• Experience with a business consulting organization.
• Demonstrated ability in defining, mobilizing, and delivering complex change programs in Capital markets (Investment Bank, Broker-Dealer, Wealth Management, Asset Management) or Banking (Commercial, Retail) preferred
• Robust domain knowledge across:
  • Reference data (securities, parties, pricing)
  • Market data and product/fund/master data workflows
  • Trade/position integration
• Experience in integrating EDM with enterprise applications, including relational databases (SQL Server/Oracle), data warehouses, OMS/EMS, risk, and portfolio systems
• Strong technical skills: SQL, ETL/data modelling, stored procedures, data ingestion, messaging systems
• Excellent communication skills: capable of consulting with business stakeholders and translating business requirements into robust technical specifications
• Experience across full project lifecycle: requirements gathering, system design, configuration, testing, go live, training, and support
• Familiarity with EDM data governance, lineage, and audit processes; regulatory frameworks (e.g., Basel, MiFID, Dodd-Frank) a plus
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 80%, depending on client requirements
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United Kingdom without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role currently

Benefits

For the right talent that want to be part of a diverse team, innovation-driven practice, and a high-performance culture, we offer industry-leading compensation and benefits, along with top training and development opportunities so that you can grow your career and achieve your personal ambitions.