Senior Manager, Data Architecture, Data & Analytics, Assurance, Belfast

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The opportunity

Data Analytics is one of the most exciting fields in today's digital world. It offers challenging work, career development and great job satisfaction. EY's mission is to build a better working world by asking better questions and finding better answers - this is what Data Analytics is all about. What better way to help us achieve our mission than by working with our Data Analytics teams as we continue on this journey.

Data Analytics is one of our strategic growth platforms with plans to grow from 150 people today to over 200 in the next 2-3 years. We are transforming our business by embedding analytics in everything we do. We are helping our clients transform their businesses by doing the same, across industry sectors and lines of business. We are growing and so are our people. We are hiring managers, experienced professionals, and graduates to work in a variety of roles.

Your key responsibilities

• Helping clients unlock value from their information assets through collaboration with domain experts and by embedding innovative data analytics solutions in existing services lines
• Leading diverse teams with varying skillsets, who use different Data and Analytics technologies.
• The ability to adapt your leadership style to fit team, client, and cultural needs. They will look to you to anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you'll create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior members of the team and help them develop
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams across a range of industries to help our clients transform and improve their business
• A passion to contribute to the growth of the team, bringing energy, enthusiasm, and the courage to lead and develop others
• Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll create innovative insights which will add value to both our clients and to the broader society
• Champion operational efficiency improvements on projects and internal initiatives
• Consistently drive projects to completion, ensuring the work is of high quality.
• Contribute to the development of the wider Data & Analytics team's future by building our brand, by attending relevant events, collaborating with other internal teams, producing thought leadership, etc
• Actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships. With guidance from partners, directors, and other senior managers, you'll identify potential business opportunities for EY to incubate or drive new solutions and services

• Relevant experience in consulting or industry with significant management experience
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and develop others, effectively communicate, budgets, managing client expectations, delivering quality projects, timelines, etc.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical colleagues and clients
• Proven work experience as a Data Architect
• Experience of gathering and analysing system requirements
• Proven cloud data architecture experience (Azure/AWS)
• Deep understanding of both relational and non-relational databases
• Ability to design cloud architectures at a conceptual, logical, and physical level
• Analytically minded and can assimilate and apply new techniques and knowledge, to deliver insights and solve problems
• Professional with ability to work in diverse, evolving, and dynamic client environments
• Experience in the following aspects of the data analytics lifecycle, for example:
  • Cloud and Data Architecture
  • Data Pipelines and ETL/ELT
  • Data Modelling
  • Understanding of Data Governance principles
• A completed degree (bachelors, masters, or PhD) or relevant professional experience
• It would be advantageous if you had attained data-related cloud certifications in Azure and/or AWS

• At least 7 years' experience in consulting or industry with significant management experience
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and develop others, effectively communicate, budgets, managing client expectations, delivering quality projects, timelines, etc.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical colleagues and clients
• Proven work experience as a Data Architect
• Experience of gathering and analysing system requirements
• Proven cloud data architecture experience (Azure/AWS)
• Deep understanding of both relational and non-relational databases
• Ability to design cloud architectures at a conceptual, logical, and physical level