Data Modeller

About Albany Beck

Albany Beck is a specialist Financial Services Consultancy helping institutions deliver complex change and transformation while building the internal capability to sustain it. We combine subject matter expertise with innovative delivery models that help clients scale efficiently, while offering meaningful, long-term career opportunities to our people. At Albany Beck, you’ll be choosing to work with an organisation that’s passionate about your learning journey and committed to your professional and personal development.

Role Overview

A leading UK commercial bank is looking for an experienced Data Modeller to join its Commercial Banking Data Technology function, supporting the development of enterprise data models and the delivery of strategic data transformation initiatives.

The role requires a strong understanding of commercial banking data, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and well-structured data models.

The successful candidate will work closely with data architects, engineers, business analysts and stakeholders to ensure data solutions are aligned with business needs, technology standards and wider data strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models to support commercial banking technology initiatives.
• Translate complex business and data requirements into structured data models that support analytics, reporting and operational processes.
• Work with data architects and engineers to define data structures, relationships and integration requirements.
• Ensure data models are aligned with enterprise architecture principles, data governance standards and data quality requirements.
• Analyse existing data structures, identify gaps and recommend improvements to support business transformation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Commercial Banking, Technology and Data teams to understand business processes and data requirements.
• Support the definition of data dictionaries, metadata, business definitions and data lineage.
• Contribute to data modelling standards, documentation and design governance.
• Support data migration, transformation and integration activities where required.
• Provide technical guidance and challenge to ensure data models remain scalable, consistent and fit for purpose.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in data modelling, including conceptual, logical and physical modelling.
• Strong understanding of commercial banking data, products and processes.
• Experience designing complex data models within large enterprise environments.
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of relational databases and data structures.
• Experience working closely with data engineering and architecture teams.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, data quality and data lineage.
• Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical data designs.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, particularly when working with senior business and technology stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within a major UK commercial bank or financial services organisation.
• Understanding of commercial banking domains such as lending, payments, customer, accounts and financial products.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, including GCP and BigQuery.
• Familiarity with recognised financial services data models or banking data standards.
• Experience working on enterprise data transformation or data modernisation programmes.
• Knowledge of data modelling tools such as ERwin, ER/Studio or similar.