Enterprise Architect (Data)

Quilter; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading provider of financial advice, investments and wealth management, committed to being the UK’s best wealth manager for clients and their advisers. Quilter oversees £119.4 billion in customer investments (as at end December 2024). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level: 5

Department: Technology

Location: Southampton

Contract type: Permanent

To provide technology leadership and be responsible for the development, maintenance, communication and governance of the group technology strategy, architecture and roadmaps.

Setting an architectural approach which balances business strategy, industry direction, innovation and cost efficiency. They will influence executive stakeholders and support decisions which have significant impacts on the strategic direction of technology in the company.

• As part of the established Enterprise Architecture team, lead the technology strategy for data, supporting and aligning with the overall corporate business, data & digital strategy.
• Lead the overall development, maintenance, communication and implementation of the data strategy.
• Work closely with the Data and Analytics team to align with operational capabilities and provide thought leadership across Technology, with a specific focus on data.
• Provide architectural leadership to both business lead and technology lead transformation initiatives.

Quilter’s technology architect comprises key cloud SaaS applications, with Azure hosted data and digital capabilities. Quilter’s data platform leverages a Lakehouse architecture built upon Azure data lake and uses a series of Microsoft based data services. The data platform, along with operational data stores, provide the business with reporting, analytics and insights. The data platform continues to evolve and there is ambition in technology and the business to further enhance and gain business intelligence from this service.

There are several key business transformations ongoing at Quilter, all of which require Architectural and data leadership. The role will require engagement across several of these programmes and alignment with the wider technology strategy.

About You

Technical Competencies

Significant breadth of technical and strategic understanding from either the application, infrastructure or data field. With an in-depth knowledge of at least two specific technology domains from the below:

Data (Key areas of experience)

• Data Warehousing and Data Lakes, specifically Azure Data Lake
• Self-service and corporate reporting, specifically Power BI
• Analytics, Data Mining & Data Science
• Data integration, data migration and ETL
• Master and reference data management
• Data governance
• Data quality management
• Information lifecycle management
• Data modelling and data lineage
• Data resiliency & recovery

Business and Technology services (Supporting areas of experience)

• Digital (i.e. Portals, OMNI channel, User Experience, content management)
• Customer Relationship Management (Sales & Distribution / Customer Servicing)
• Integration services
• Corporate Functions (Finance / HR etc)
• Business Process Management
• Enterprise services (i.e. Payments, Correspondence Management, Decision automation)
• Identity management
• End User Computing
• Collaboration including Unified Comms, telephony and video
• Cloud Networking and SD-WAN
• Cloud Hosting
• Contact centre technologies
• Technical Security
• Technical and Business Resilience

Experience and Background:

• Extensive understanding across the breadth of IT
• Evidenced practice of the development and maintenance of IT architecture and strategy, with applied understanding, at an enterprise level of digital, data and cloud architecture
• Experience or knowledge of DAMA
• Business transformation experience
• Data migration experience
• Roadmaps including investment funding

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven history of defining Enterprise architectures for medium to large organisations
• Understanding of industry best practice and trends within a business context
• Evidenced experience across a broad range of technologies including knowledge of business, data, digital, application, integration, technical and security architecture

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Broad knowledge of the financial services industry and key regulatory requirements
• Knowledge and understanding of business strategy, planning, financial analysis, marketing and operational processes
• Strong people skills, demonstrating a variety of influencing and stakeholder management styles to build sustainable relationships with business and IT teams from Executive through to technical levels
• Ability to take complex, multi-faceted ideas, objectives or problems and work with them through to simple solutions recognising synergies and options
• Shows a desire to take the initiative, moving issues forward with clarity. Demonstrates an ability to think ‘outside the box’ while defining solutions in a workable form
• Understanding of IT sourcing approaches, models and supplier management practices
• Enterprise Architecture framework accreditations or training
• Agile Practitioner / Experience
• Knowledge of industry frameworks such as ITIL

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in the incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.

Life Assurance: 4x your salary.

Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only.

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.