Capital Markets Data Architect

Job description

ace has partnered with a prestigious, leading global organisation to appoint an experienced Data Architect who will help define, evolve, and govern front-to-back canonical data models underpinning capital markets trading, risk, and finance outcomes. This is a high-impact role focused on models that get implement and adoption (not documentation-only). You will work across complex capital markets workflows and modernisation programmes (standardisation, event-driven architecture, data platform uplift), partnering closely with senior stakeholders across Front Office, Risk, Finance, and Technology. The successful candidate will be able to bridge modelling and engineering: translating logical models into implementation-ready artefacts (schemas, API contracts, event/topic models, validation rules, and transformation specs). Please note that this role is expected to be 2 days per week (advisory), based in London, with some potential EMEA travel. Start date is estimated early Q2. Responsibilities: - Define, evolve, and govern enterprise canonical data models for capital markets across the full trade lifecycle (front-to-back): order, execution, trade capture, confirmation, clearing, settleme...