Data Manager recruitment

***Outstanding Opportunity*** Data Manager - London - Market Rate

A leading Global Investment Manager is looking for a highly knowledgeable Data Manager to join a major transformation programme. As a highly skilled Data Manager you will join the Equity Research department to help the business team to design, deploy and then maintain/leverage the planned technology systems for Modelling Valuation (MV), Research Management System (RMS) and Authoring platform (RAS).

Initially your role will act as a conduit between Technology teams and business end-users, to establish system requirements, data clean up, facilitate UAT, training, deployment(s) and user onboarding. You will be part of the working- and steering groups that are responsible for the project delivery. In your role you will advise on and seek approval for requirements and will be involved in brokering solutions for conflicting requirements.  You’ll play a critical role in the user onboarding, getting analysts settled in to an adjusted business process, and leveraging the new technology and the opportunities that come with it.

Once the systems are in place, the role will change into a “super user” and data manager role. As the systems super-user, the analysts and portfolio managers feel comfortable approaching you for a variety of questions and suggestions.  As the data manager, you provide data reports (regular and specific ad hoc requests) that leverage the data within MV database, look after the ongoing maintenance of the templates and calculations, and work with Technology to mature and enhance the systems on ongoing basis.

A key aspect of the role is that of a quality gatekeeper to ensure the data remains of sufficient quality for it to be used within the investment process.
 

The nature of the role and how it is positioned within the business means you have opportunity to grow and shape the role. However, the key objectives from the start are:
- Achieve and maintain high level of data quality in MV database
- Establish consistency in key financial ratios across sectors and regions
- Be expert user of MV, RMS and RAS tooling, including the admin functionality
- Outline and realise, through Technology, the functionality roadmap of business requirements
- Establish strong relationships with Analysts, Directors of Research, Portfolio Managers, Data provider (internal external) and Technology
- Control the structure and validation of the dataload templates (the templates used by analysts to load data into the MV database)
- Control calculations/aggregations set up in MV system
- Facilitation of requirements gathering for technology deliverables
- Become the central go-to person within the equity business globally for Equity Data requests and system enhancement requests.
- Ensure consistent use / correct flow of data between MV, RMS, RAS platforms.

The day-to-day tasks which support these objectives will include:
- Respond to data queries from end users
- Prepare requested data extracts for analysts and portfolio managers
- Configure data load templates
- Configure datatables loaded into Authoring products
- Facilitate requirement gathering process
- Communicate changes/decisions/issues with key stakeholders within Equity research
- Work with Research Directors / Heads of Research to implement changes to analysis/investment approach that need to be reflected in the systems
- Design, run and follow up on data validation reports
- Deal with 3rd party data providers (vendors/brokers)
- User training / new joiner on-boarding
- Work with Technology teams on requirements, issues, deployments, etc.

Your skills and experience
- Strong inter-personal skills, able to deal with wide variety of characters
- Comfortable in dealing with demanding senior stakeholders
- Experience in technology project lifecycle
- Experience in managing data / system lifecycle for a business unit (ie not from a technology support perspective)
- Highly numerate
- Good with systems/ IT literate
- Service oriented
- Gets excited/ fulfilled by the idea of being in this role for a number of years in order to build the relationships and care about the products.
- Investment aware –understands the financial terms and their calculation and how they are relevant to the investment decision process
- Experience as Change Manager for business is a bonus

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading investment management company as they continue on a major greenfield technology programme in a role which you can shape as you deliver.