Manager - Banking (Data Management & Governance)

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At Synpulse, we don’t just consult – we transform. As a leading global management and technology consultancy with Swiss roots, we empower financial institutions to navigate change and seize new opportunities. Since 1996, we've been shaping the future of financial services by delivering cutting-edge expertise in strategy, operations, and technology to banks and insurers worldwide.

What sets us apart is our people. At Synpulse, we cultivate a collaborative, high-impact culture where initiative and creativity are valued. With 21 offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific, we bring together diverse perspectives and talents. We believe innovation thrives where everyone feels they belong and can contribute.

Our core values – Embrace, Drive, Achieve – shape how we work and evolve. We don’t just offer jobs – we offer the chance to develop, make an impact, and be part of a team that’s redefining the future of financial services.

About the job:

As a Manager within our Banking Management Consulting team, your role will be diverse and impactful, leveraging your expertise in:

• Leading and delivering data platform and data architecture advisory and implementation initiatives for banking and financial services clients.
• Assessing, designing, and modernizing enterprise data architectures, including Data Lake and Data Lakehouse patterns, and advising clients on platform choices across Databricks, Snowflake, and other cloud-based data platforms.
• Applying sound data architecture and design principles — layered/medallion architectures, data zoning, ingestion patterns, and scalability and performance considerations — to client environments.
• Leading enterprise data modeling efforts, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models for banking and wealth management domains (accounts, clients, advisors, products, transactions).
• Applying data modeling techniques for tracking historical change, such as SCD Type 2 and Type 3, and guiding clients on when each pattern fits golden record, reporting, or analytical use cases.
• Designing and advising on Master Data Management (MDM) solutions — domain design, match and merge logic, survivorship rules, and golden record strategy — for entities such as Account, Advisor, Client, and Product.
• Understanding core banking products, processes, and operating models across retail banking, commercial banking, wealth management, and capital markets, and translating these into data architecture requirements.
• Leading consulting teams through the entire project lifecycle, from current-state assessment and target architecture design through implementation and adoption.
• Collaborating with business, technology, and data teams to align platform, architecture, and modeling decisions with business and regulatory needs.
• Conducting hands-on data analysis and writing SQL queries to profile source systems, validate data models, and support architecture and design recommendations with evidence.
• Supporting clients in developing Target Operating Models (TOMs) for data platform and architecture functions.
• Driving stakeholder engagement and executive-level decision-making on strategic data platform investments.

You will contribute to the firm's growth initiatives by staying abreast of industry trends, emerging data platform technologies, AI and analytics enablement, and best practices in banking data architecture and management. You will actively share your knowledge and insights with colleagues and clients while helping expand Synpulse's consulting capabilities in data and digital transformation.

Requirements

About you:

• Bachelor's degree required; an advanced degree and/or professional qualifications in data management, banking, technology, or business are considered an asset.
• You will bring 8+ years of Financial Services Consulting experience, including significant exposure to data platform, data architecture, or enterprise data transformation initiatives.
• You have a strong working understanding of modern data platforms, including Databricks and Snowflake (or comparable platforms), and how they support ingestion, curation, and consumption of enterprise data through layered architectures (e.g., bronze/silver/gold or equivalent).
• You possess solid grounding in data architecture and design principles, including data lake vs. lakehouse tradeoffs, batch vs. real-time integration patterns, and designing for scalability, performance, and governance-by-design.
• You have hands-on or advisory experience with enterprise data modeling — conceptual, logical, and physical models — and can apply modeling patterns such as SCD Type 2 (full history) and SCD Type 3 (limited history) appropriately based on business need.
• You have experience designing or advising on Master Data Management (MDM) capabilities, including domain modeling, match/merge rules, survivorship logic, and stewardship workflows for approving overrides.
• You are comfortable performing data analysis and writing SQL queries to explore datasets, validate architecture and modeling decisions, and support recommendations with evidence rather than assumptions.
• You have successfully performed as a project manager and workstream lead across multiple complex transformation and change programs.
• You have strong experience in project delivery and program management within large, multi-year, cross-functional initiatives.
• You have led the design of target-state data architectures and operating models, with the ability to align business, data, and technology objectives.
• Experience supporting banking regulatory initiatives, risk data aggregation, BCBS 239, or regulatory reporting programs would be considered an advantage, but is not the primary focus of this role.
• You have hands-on experience delivering at least one or more enterprise-scale data platform, architecture, or MDM transformation programs.
• You have a proven track record of successfully managing and developing both onshore and offshore teams.
• You are highly analytical and structured in your problem-solving approach, with the ability to quickly understand and navigate complex data and technology challenges.
• You possess excellent presentation, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and colleagues.
• You demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset, strong team leadership capabilities, and a passion for developing people.
• You are willing to travel as client engagements and business needs require.

Preferred Experience

• Banking, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, or Commercial Banking domain expertise.
• Hands-on or advisory experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, or comparable cloud data platforms.
• Experience with MDM tooling such as Profisee, Informatica MDM, Reltio, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with data governance concepts and tools (e.g., Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Alation) as they intersect with platform and architecture design, though this is not the primary focus of the role.
• Experience supporting organizations in modernizing legacy data warehouses to cloud-based Lakehouse architectures.
• Familiarity with enabling analytics and AI use cases through well-designed data platforms and models.

Benefits

Why us:

• Global consulting company with expertise in the financial space
• A comprehensive onboarding program that offers you time and resources to broaden your skillset and orientate yourself to Synpulse’s values and methods
• Continual and comprehensive learning and development through our Global Academy Program
• Innovative team bonus scheme following our “One Spirit” approach
• Internal and external events to drive our DE&I mission “Free To Be Me”
• Opportunities to transfer between practices and to our locations across the world
• Hybrid working environment

Alongside a competitive salary (befitting the level you join at), you'll get lots of other great benefits too:

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Contribution match for retirement account
• Health, Life, Dental & Vision insurance coverage from day 1
• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 mental health support
• Extensive Perks Program

The salary range in Toronto for this role is up to $165,000

Do you approach your tasks with commitment and enjoyment and are you convinced that teamwork achieves better results than working alone? Are you proactive and willing to go the extra mile for your clients? Are you motivated not only to design solutions but also to implement them? As a flexible and goal-oriented person, you will quickly assume entrepreneurial responsibility with us.

Do you appreciate the spirit of a growing international company with Swiss roots and a strong corporate culture?

Then we look forward to receiving your online application at Synpulse Careers.