Data Operations Engineer / Junior Data Architect

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London
10 months ago
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Job Description

Data Operations Engineer / Junior Data Architect

London – Hybrid

Fulltime

Industry: Banking/AssetManagement/InvestmentManagement

Working Hours: 8 per day/ 40 per week

Core Focus:

  • A hands-on, all-round Data Operations specialist with architecture skills.
  • Someone who canmanage and run the data platform, especially duringnew asset acquisitions– ensuring data flows properly, systems function smoothly, and operations scale efficiently.

Experience Desired:

  • Background infinancial servicesorstart-up environments(ideally both).
  • Comfortable workingacross the full spectrum from Back Office to Front Office.
  • Hybrid mindset – bothtechnical and business-oriented.
  • Experience workingbetween Operations and Risk, understanding both thetechnology and business needs.
  • Exposure toreporting, investment data, financial reports, anddataset nuances.
  • Familiarity working in environments with little process – someone comfortable helping todefine SOPs and build structurefrom scratch.

Tech Environment:

  • Heavy onMicrosoft stack: Dynamics, Power BI, Azure, Databricks.
  • Data management and integration across systems, including financial reporting tools.
  • Experience withlow-code / no-code AI toolsto drive operational efficiencies would be a major plus.

Responsibilities:

  • Supporting the build-out and maintenance of thefinancial operations (FinOps) platform.
  • Helping to set upinternal and external reporting capabilities(particularly in Power BI).
  • Supportingasset management platform development, including ingestion ofclimate data, market intel, and specialist datasets.
  • Helping tomigrate financial systems to Microsoft Dynamics.
  • Acting as the “glue” across teams: Finance, Ops, Risk, and Tech – ensuring smooth data and operational flows.
  • Bridging strategy and execution, especially with limited current systems in place.

Team & Structure:

  • This is astandalone role, but part of a broader team of 15 under the COO.
  • Working closely with operations, tax, finance, company secretary, and more.

Soft Skills / Traits:

  • Innovative, self-starter, comfortable in ambiguity.
  • Someone who cantake initiative, bring structure, anddrive forward data strategy.

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