Sr Data Architect

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for the execution of data architectural solutions for complex initiatives that span multiple Lines of Business and control functions. Key responsibilities include facilitating solution driven discussions, working with stakeholders to support adherence to the enterprise data management policy and standards, and supporting architecture design reviews to ensure integration of data architecture principles in technology solutions. Job expectations include educating data management teams on enterprise data architectural principles and data management processes and routines.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with various technology teams to establish data solutions and architecture for large, complex initiatives that align with the enterprise data architecture strategy and strategic technology and platform decisions
• Develops clear and concise responses to questions from senior management and control partners regarding the enterprise data architecture strategy
• Manages multiple priorities in a matrixed environment with attention to detail and accuracy
• Communicates effectively to influence agreement between partners and escalates items, as needed, to ensure execution activities remain on track
• Ensures all relevant risk, financial, and compliance policies and standards are met
• Manages relationships with business and technology partners and creates an inclusive and healthy working environment to resolve organizational impediments and blockers
• Educates data management teams on enterprise data architectural principles, processes, and routines

Global Risk Analytics (GRA) and Enterprise Independent Testing (EIT) are sub-lines of business within Global Risk Management (GRM). Collectively, they are responsible for developing a consistent and coherent set of models, analytical tools, and tests for effective risk and capital measurement, management and reporting across Bank of America. GRA and EIT partner with the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions to ensure the capabilities they build address both internal and regulatory requirements, and are responsive to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions, and emerging risks. In executing their activities, GRA and EIT drive innovation, process improvement and automation.

Candidate will be a lead in the Enterprise Independent Testing organization responsible for driving data quality assessment of high priority regulatory reports. The individual should have deep understanding of banking products (e.g. Loans and Leases, Deposits, Derivatives, securities etc.) and experience with filing regulatory reports (e.g. 14 Q/M, FFIEC 031, FRY-9 etc.). The individual will be collaboratively working with a team of 5 or more onshore/offshore resources as part of pre-submission testing. The Testing lead, in collaboration with Testing Shared Services ensures accountability for the completion of testing activities in a timely manner and in alignment with the Independent Testing- Enterprise Policy & Standard. The role will be dynamic in nature and require the individual to be able to handle diverse work efforts. This role contributes to the identification of themes and trends at the front line unit, control function and enterprise level. Role is expected to evolve as organization matures and this resource is expected to drive that evolution.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Regulatory & Legal Support on risk data and regulatory matters; covering assessment, design, and implementation of regulatory report production processes
• Performed various assurance activities to identify and analyze the gaps in the reporting, e.g., FR Y 9C, FR Y-15, FFIEC 031, FFIEC 009, FR 2052a and FR Y 14Q.
• Test management (focus on sampling, test objectives/ conclusions, test results interpretation, etc.) experience
• Quality assurance activities involving the testing of end-to-end data flow, transformations and logic implemented in different reporting tools such as AXIOM and OFSAA.
• Strong oral & written communication skills and comfortable presenting to a wide variety of audiences
• Comfortable leading and influencing with and without direct authority
• Resourceful/ proactive in situations when not all information is available or there is no apparent "right" answer
• Strong focus on Risk Management
• Capable to navigate conflict to enable productive solutions
• Close attention to detail

Desired Qualifications:

• Bank Domain Knowledge
• Strong analytical skills including excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivot and other excel analytics features)
• Experience as part of an Audit organization or a deep history of interactions with Audit (Internal and External)
• Strong Project Planning/Management
• Basic knowledge of Tableau and/or other reporting tools
• Process development
• Familiarity Policy/Governance and Data Related Laws, Rules, Regulations

Preferred Technical Skills:

• Data Analysis, Interpretation & Decisioning
• Regulatory Relations
• Risk Identification & Assessment
• Risk Monitoring & Testing
• Technical Documentation
• Financial Crimes Risk Programs
• Trading & Transaction Patterns (incl. Transaction Monitoring)

Skills:

• Architecture
• Business Analytics
• Critical Thinking
• Data Management
• Data Visualization
• Consulting
• Data Modeling
• Process Design
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Cloud Solutions
• Collaboration
• Data Governance
• Talent Development
• Technical Strategy Development

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Client-provided location(s): Charlotte, NC

Job ID: BankOfAmerica-JR-25047236

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-12-02T18:56:23