Data Architect - Financial Asset Management

We''re seeking an experienced Data Architect to define and establish an end-to-end data architecture for Financial Asset Management Transformation at a major UK airport. You''ll lead the design of integrated data flows across finance, asset management, and engineering systems, transitioning them from manual reconciliation to automated, auditable, and scalable operations. Asset data is currently fragmented across multiple systems (Theo, EcoSys, Maximo, Oracle, P6, CMDB, RAB tooling), with inconsistent life cycle traceability and heavy reliance on manual reconciliation. Your mission is to design a unified, scalable architecture that establishes Theo as the authoritative financial system of record, enables integrated event-driven data flows, and provides trusted, auditable foundations for FAR and RAB reporting. Key Responsibilities Define current-state and future-state data architecture across the asset life cycle (Plan - Project - Asset - Depreciation - Retirement) Design canonical asset data model, including asset hierarchy, life cycle states, and financial/regulatory attributes Establish systems of record for key data objects (Project, Asset, Financial Value, Regulatory Asset, Depreciation, Maintenance) Work with Business and Data and AI teams to assess data quality, establish baselines, and define remediation plans Co-design integration patterns and event-driven architecture with enterprise architects Define financial control processes and evidence architecture to reduce ..... full job details .....