Senior Government Finance Function (GFF) Data Architect /Engineer

Are you an experienced senior data
professional, with a strong background in data architecture and/or
data engineering. If so, we’d love to hear from you !

About
the Team

The Strategy,
Performance & Improvement (SPI) Team is one of the central
Government Finance Function (GFF) teams supporting over 9,000
finance colleagues across government. We set the Finance Standard
(GovS006), monitor performance, and maintain a central library of
best practice—the NOVA Functional Reference Model to share, improve
and drive efficiency in the  delivery of finance
services.

NOVA
contains a full suite of functional design artefacts—Processes,
KPIs, Business Glossary and a comprehensive Data Dictionary—to be
adopted by all government organisations through the delivery of
shared services and back-office systems.

We are committed to
enhancing finance performance by supporting the adoption of the
NOVA finance functional design and its data standards. Driving up
finance data maturity, improving data architecture, and creating
data integration solutions are central to our GFF 2030 Strategy and
ambition for an Insightful and Data Driven finance
function.

The
seventeen-person team works across a wide range of partners,
providing the individual with the opportunity to be part of
creating positive and long-lasting change across finance function
communities. The role offers exposure across Whitehall, including
the chance to work and influence at the highest levels of the Civil
Service. The team prides itself on providing an encouraging working
environment, which role models flexible working and inclusivity,
with opportunities to build networks within the finance function
and beyond.

About
the Job

The key responsibilities
are
:

·        Define
a Government Finance Data Strategy, vision, and development
roadmap, ensuring alignment with departments and wider Government
Digital and Data Strategies and Shared Services Strategy and
reporting on progress as outcomes are achieved and benefits are
realised.

·        Deliver
a Finance Data Lineage, assessing and capturing the current
critical data elements / data sets and systems used across the
Government Finance Function. Build a clear understanding of the
data lineage between key central reports, with a specific focus on
Public Spending data structures including HM Treasury’s OSCAR
reporting
system.

·        Own
the Finance Data Standards, hosted in NOVA and engage with, support
and lead on the finance data requirements and design for any future
systems required for central financial reporting within Government
and HM
Treasury.

·        Showcase
excellent metadata quality management and embed effective processes
and procedures in product lifecycles to drive high quality outputs
and standards, utilising Project, and Programme Management
methodologies, best practices, and ways of
working.

·        Design
and implement data pipelines by building data systems to extract,
transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources (e.g., MS
Fabric or
other).

·        Lead
and facilitate strong stakeholder engagement for effective Data
Management, Data Integrity, and Data Governance, across Government
and 3rd Parties but particularly with Functional and Department
Data
Leads.

·        Engage
and support Data communities to share knowledge and approaches, and
provide training, guidance, and support for Data Management best
practices.

About
You

You will be qualified in
Digital Data Architecture –Experience delivering cloud platforms
like AWS, Azure, or GCP, with relevant TOGAF qualification (e.g.,
Enterprise Architect, Data Scientist etc.) and Programming -Strong
proficiency in SQL and other programming languages, such as Python
or Java, with an associated qualification (e.g., Microsoft Azure
SQL, Oracle SQL, IBM SQL etc.)
 

You
will have proven experience of establishing data standards,
metadata management, data structures, and expertise in data
analysis. Experience of Digital Solutions such as ERP (Enterprise
Resource Platforms) and EPM (Enterprise Performance Management)
Technology, including the best practice application of Data
Standards.
 

Some
of the Benefits our people
love!

·        25
days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public
holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy
arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate
flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2
days off each
month

·        Flexible
working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed
hours)

·        Generous
parental and adoption leave
packages

·        Access
to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer
contributions of
28.97%

·        Access
to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket
advances

·        A
range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g.
analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more
information about the role and how to apply, please follow the
applylink.

If you
need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection
process, please tell us about this in your online application
form..