Data Analyst (12 months Contract) recruitment

The Company

Boomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

The Role

We are seeking highly motivated people to join the Global Data team in Mumbai. This group provides real time market data which is used by our clients to make informed investment decisions. As a Data Analyst your main responsibilities will be to update, maintain and process data for a designated market area. We are looking to recruit into a range of data teams including Equities, Fixed Income and other financial securities.

Responsibilities

- Sourcing and qualifying relevant data
- Updating and processing data onto the Bloomberg database in a timely manner
- Maintaining and enhancing the existing database
- Responding to client queries regarding the data within assigned market

Qualifications

- Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Strong interest in financial markets
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Speed and accuracy when processing data
- Experience of processing data beneficial
- Excel experience would be beneficial