Data Architect

Data Architect

Leatherhead, Surrey

Why work for us?

You’ll be joining a team who are integral to transforming our technology; modernising our legacy technology and continuing our drive to move to MS Azure Cloud.  We’ll invest in your continued training and development and ensure that your technical knowledge remains up to date.

• Competitive salary up to £100,000 dependent on experience
• A workplace pension scheme
• Hybrid working, with collaborative days in our Leatherhead office
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), with options to purchase and sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Private health and dental cover
• Support and investment in your personal development
• 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders

What we do

Premium Credit is the leading provider of insurance premium finance and a range of annually charged services, including tax, regulatory and accountancy fees, sports season tickets, memberships and school fees in the UK and Ireland. We are a multi award winning business lending more than £4.5 billion to over 2.5 million customers through a network of almost three thousand partners- and growing.

We are a successful business with a Trustpilot rating of 4.5, a Net Promoter Score of +78, a Glassdoor rating of 4.5 and a Silver Sustainability medal.

The Role

This is an exciting time of growth for us, and we are hiring a Data Architect to help us continue this success. This is a great opportunity to develop a varied and rewarding career with a company that invests in, recognises and rewards its people.

Reporting to the Head of Data, you will support the implementation of the Data Strategy and Data Principle through the data architecture framework and data management capabilities.  You’ll assist with the delivery of initiatives that provide data, digital and IT capabilities to support business needs, ensuring the security and integrity of systems and the high quality of data maintained within them.

You will also:

– Define and support the implementation of the data architecture framework and associated data standards and principles, identifying where standards are not currently met and proposing solutions.

– Map how processes, systems and interfaces are used to collect, manage, view, archive and remove data. You’ll identify incomplete data flows and instances where data is challenging to source, working collaboratively to resolve.

– Document critical data flows and define standards for where critical data is created, from inceptions to destruction.

– Propose data design and integration patterns, ensuring compliance with data and architecture principles, monitoring the implementation of these.

– Continuously look to leverage data capabilities and automate data architecture artifacts.

– Design and oversee the implementation of the data platform.

Who we are looking for

If you’re an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, able to work collaboratively with others and are looking to make a difference, this is a brilliant opportunity to advance your career to the next level with our sector-leading company. At Premium Credit, you will be supported to develop and expand your skills, knowledge and experience.

To be successful as our Data Architect, you will have in depth experience of implementing data architecture frameworks, delivering data management capabilities (data lineage solutions, master data management) and proven data integration and data platform design

– You’re experienced in building logical and physical data modelling and data modelling tooling

– You have a proven track record of architecting flexible data solutions to support operational and analytical use cases

– You have a background and proven trac record in relational database design, development and implementation

– You’re solutions focussed and demonstrate strong analytical skills

– You have MI Reporting skills Including data mining using SQL tools.

It would be advantageous if you have experience within the financial services sector.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments or accommodations for applicants, so if you need assistance or support during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form or by sending an email to [email protected]

If you are made an offer of employment you will be required to prove your eligibility to work in the UK before you start work. You must reside in the UK from the start date of this role; unfortunately we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

To ensure you can work from home efficiently you will be asked to provide your internet speed at the application stage.

Premium Credit are an equal opportunities employer with a strong and passionate commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the workplace. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. We are open to part-time working and job share.

By submitting your application, you agree that Premium Credit may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. To view our Privacy Notice please go to: https://www.premiumcredit.com/Recruitment-privacy-notice

All postholders will be subject to appropriate pre-employment vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.

So, if role appeals to you and you’re looking to join an industry-leading organisation, please apply. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply? And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we identify a number of suitable candidates. All applicants will be advised if the vacancy closes early.

We are not engaging agency support for this role and respectfully ask that agencies do not submit unsolicited candidate details to Premium Credit Limited in relation to this role.