INVESTOR SERVICES – DATA ANALYST recruitment
Description:
The successful individual will join the Data Integrity Group, gaining a broad understanding of the key data elements necessary to support all functional disciplines within the company and have an opportunity to become a Subject Matter Expert in one or more asset types in order to support the portfolio management process. In addition, analysts will gain an understanding of the internal data model and all data vendor relationships necessary to support the assets under management on the internal platform, as well as participate in projects to improve processes and support new product rollouts.
Core Responsibilities:
- Daily support of trading process with regards to data requirements for our clients and the company’s clients
- Daily quality control and validation of time series data including security indicative data, terms and conditions, reference, payment, and analytical data, and occasionally trading, index and corporate action data
- Liaison with market data vendors and market dealers to obtain the most accurate data
Interact with internal and external clients to serve as a financial services helpdesk, managing expectations of service delivery, and provide superior customer service - Operate as part of a global team with consistent service and process
- Constantly evaluate process and procedures for inefficiencies and make recommendations for improvement
- Maintain procedural documentation and update as necessary
- Perform testing of in-house software and external vendor products
- Examples of career progression for analysts have included roles within Portfolio Analytics,
- Portfolio Management, Software Development, Risk Management, Business Analysis and advancement within the Data Management Operations team.
Core Skills:
- The candidate must have enthusiasm for, and comfort with, working in a dynamic environment whilst maintaining the quality and integrity of the investment data and working to tight deadlines.
- Flexibility with regard to working hours is necessary
- The candidate must have the ability to quickly learn the intricacies of complex financial instruments and their impact on downstream applications and processes
- Excellent communication skills are required along with the ability to interact effectively and confidently with internal and external clients
Core Requirements:
- A university degree in Finance or Computer science is required
- Previous exposure to Bloomberg, Reuters and FT Interactive Data is required
- A working knowledge of technical tools such as SQL, Unix commands, PERL etc is a plus
- A working knowledge of fixed income, equity, derivative instruments and finance is required as well as the skill and ability to work in an entrepreneurial and team oriented environment
Core-Asset Consulting offer specialist recruitment services to the Investment Banking, Financial Services, Secretarial Support, and Human Resources markets across Scotland.
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