Associate II

About the Role

The Data Management team is responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of data to facilitate the Investment and client reporting processes. This role will play a key role in ensuring data integrity and quality for stakeholders through various checks and monitoring activities, covering four key operational data sets: Client & Portfolio (C&P), Securities and Reference Data, Index/Benchmark, and Pricing.

Key Responsibilities

• Setup and maintenance of security, index, and price data on the global Data management platform.
• Performing various checks on security master, index, and pricing data.
• Monitor and quality control of daily data feeds received from various sources.
• Review exception reports and missing price reports.
• Maintain spreadsheets for manual pricing and research appropriate prices for illiquid securities.
• Inputting prices for instruments manually from various sources.
• Recalculate the PE price following a PE event (e.g., drawdown).
• Monitor team mailboxes and ensure all data queries from stakeholders are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner.
• Assist Line Manager in project work.
• Testing of Change Requests to the system as well as new system releases.
• Maintaining the various programme automations (“robots”) in use by the team.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excellent PC skills, particularly Excel and Word, PowerPoint.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• A basic understanding of Securities data (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives), pricing, and Index Data.
• Basic knowledge of Corporate Action Event pricing methodologies.
• Skills: Microsoft Excel, English Communication, Fixed Income.

Qualifications That Will Help

• Degree in a relevant discipline such as business, finance or accounting.
• Previous experience of data (instrument, price, index, etc.) in an asset management context.
• Further education in Finance (e.g., IOC/IMC).
• Experience with Aladdin, S&P (Markit) EDM, T24.
• Experience of using Data Vendors (i.e., Refinitiv Eikon & Datascope, Bloomberg, ICE).
• Working knowledge of Excel formulas, macros, VBA, Power Query, SQL.
• Experience of working on projects with a substantial data component.
• Xceptor Practitioner Certification.

What You'll Be Like

• Organised
• Enthusiastic and committed
• Analytical and numerical
• Excellent attention to detail
• Focus on quality and delivery
• Ability to prioritise and willing to work flexible hours when necessary
• Able to work on own initiative and under pressure
• Ability to work well in a team