Funds Data Architect: Lead Strategy, Modeling & Governance

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Annual bonus

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Lead Funds Data Architect to bridge business needs with technical funds data solutions. You will design data strategies and architectures for Fund accounting, Fund Administration, ETFs, IBOR, and ABOR, ensuring governance and regulatory alignment.

You will lead data modeling, lineage, and metadata strategies, collaborate with engineering teams, and enable reporting for regulatory filings and client statements in a complex financial data environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in data analysis, data architecture, or data warehousing roles.
• 5+ years in financial services, Funds domain expertise (asset management, ETFs, fund accounting).
• Proven experience with Fund accounting, Fund Administration, ETFs, IBOR, ABOR, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define and articulate data strategy and architectural vision for the Funds business.
• Apply deep knowledge of Fund accounting, Fund Administration, ETFs, IBOR, and ABOR to design efficient data models and flows.
• Architect robust, scalable data solutions including data warehouses, data lakes, and integration patterns.
• Champion data governance, ensuring data quality and regulatory compliance across Funds data.
• Establish and maintain data lineage and metadata management strategies for transparency and auditability.
• Lead data modeling efforts with conceptual, logical, and physical models focused on reusability.
• Conduct detailed data analysis and translate business requirements into technical specs.
• Provide architectural oversight during implementation and resolve data-related challenges.
• Design data structures for reporting, regulatory filings, and client statements.
• Evaluate new data technologies to enhance Funds data capabilities.

Skills

Data governance

Data lineage

Data modeling

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Tools

ER/Studio

Erwin

SQL Server

Oracle

Snowflake

Databricks

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Job description

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Lead Funds Data Architect to bridge business needs with technical funds data solutions. You will design data strategies and architectures for Fund accounting, Fund Administration, ETFs, IBOR, and ABOR, ensuring governance and regulatory alignment.

You will lead data modeling, lineage, and metadata strategies, collaborate with engineering teams, and enable reporting for regulatory filings and client statements in a complex financial data environment.