[Remote] Solution/Data Architect (Hands-On Data Focused)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sectech Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Data Architect/Solution Architect hybrid to lead the design, integration, and transformation of their finance data ecosystem. This hands-on technical role will influence ERP replacement, data fabric modernization, and financial reporting transformation. Responsibilities • Support and eventually backfill the Finance Data Architect for: • Semantic models for finance reporting • Future Enterprise Data Warehouse • ERP replacement program • Design and refine backend finance data models, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and scalability • Understand and model financial structures including general ledger, chart of accounts, insurance & reinsurance data, and accounting flows • Ensure finance data is usable for reporting, forecasting, and regulatory purposes • Lead integration design across SAP, Workday, data fabric, and downstream applications • Define and optimize end-to-end data pipelines and transformation flows • Understand how financial data aggregates through the data pipeline - and how this differs across policy, reinsurance, actuarial, and finance processes • Contribute to re-architecting legacy applications as part of broader modernization efforts • Recommend integration patterns (APIs, events, fabric links, batch pipelines), explaining technical trade-offs • Produce high-quality architecture deliverables including solution diagrams, data flow maps, and integration blueprints • Partner with engineering, cloud, and data teams to drive design decisions • Support cloud migration initiatives through data flow mapping and integration guidance • Communicate architecture options clearly, presenting pros/cons to technical and business audiences • Participate in business architecture discussions where process and data intersect • This role is not purely conceptual - you will perform real technical work, including: • Building and validating data models (logical & physical) • Developing or supporting data pipelines and data migration workflows • Creating BI-ready structures and supporting reporting teams • Drafting migration path documentation, field mappings, and sequencing plans • Troubleshooting integration and data quality issues alongside engineering teams Skills • Finance and/or Insurance Domain Experience is essential • Deep hands-on data expertise • Strong solution architecture capability • Solid understanding of financial systems and accounting data • Support and eventually backfill the Finance Data Architect • Semantic models for finance reporting • Future Enterprise Data Warehouse • ERP replacement program • Design and refine backend finance data models, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and scalability • Understand and model financial structures including general ledger, chart of accounts, insurance & reinsurance data, and accounting flows • Ensure finance data is usable for reporting, forecasting, and regulatory purposes • Lead integration design across SAP, Workday, data fabric, and downstream applications • Define and optimize end-to-end data pipelines and transformation flows • Understand how financial data aggregates through the data pipeline - and how this differs across policy, reinsurance, actuarial, and finance processes • Contribute to re-architecting legacy applications as part of broader modernization efforts • Recommend integration patterns (APIs, events, fabric links, batch pipelines), explaining technical trade-offs • Produce high-quality architecture deliverables including solution diagrams, data flow maps, and integration blueprints • Partner with engineering, cloud, and data teams to drive design decisions • Support cloud migration initiatives through data flow mapping and integration guidance • Communicate architecture options clearly, presenting pros/cons to technical and business audiences • Participate in business architecture discussions where process and data intersect • Building and validating data models (logical & physical) • Developing or supporting data pipelines and data migration workflows • Creating BI-ready structures and supporting reporting teams • Drafting migration path documentation, field mappings, and sequencing plans • Troubleshooting integration and data quality issues alongside engineering teams • Strong understanding of semantic modelling, medallion architecture, and modern data warehousing • Experience with ERP-to-warehouse integration and finance system data flows • Ability to design sustainable, scalable finance data ecosystems • Hands-on experience with SAP (finance modules strongly preferred) • Knowledge of Workday integrations • Experience with general ledger migration projects • Understanding of insurance and reinsurance accounting principles • Direct experience with data fabric concepts, data virtualization, and enterprise data integration • Comfortable designing end-to-end integration architecture • Ability to explain how data moves, transforms, aggregates, and is governed • Experience building or maintaining data pipelines (cloud or on-prem) • Ability to create data flow diagrams and migration plans • Familiarity with BI tools and reporting structures • Strong documentation and architectural communication skills • Comfortable working with system owners, business SMEs, and finance leadership • Able to translate business requirements into technical design • Strong cross-functional team engagement Company Overview • At Sectech Solutions, we don’t just fill roles, we provide trusted, quality-driven people solutions to strengthen your organization’s cybersecurity capabilities. It was founded in 2021, and is headquartered in Manchester, GB, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is http://www.sectechsolutions.co.uk. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job