Reference Data Specialist

Domain - Reference Data Management

Job Requirements:

· 2+ years’ data analysis experience in either an educational, operational, control or change capacity with focus on reference data and analytics.

· Knowledge of global markets, securities, crypto and / or derivatives businesses (buy or sell side)

· Ability to work in a dynamic environment and interact with quant / technology teams at all levels

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

· Ensuring the systematic & manual set up & maintenance of reference data against customer focused SLA’s.

· Providing domain expertise for reference data, spanning all aspects of instrument static i.e. identifiers, classifiers and descriptive data relating to financial instruments (all asset classes); corporate actions; product classifications; client / book hierarchies; and other data sets e.g. holiday calendars.

· Monitoring of automated intraday and batch reference data flows with timely resolution of breaks

· Supporting the enhancements and re-architecting of existing data capture and validation processes, to include facilitation of enterprise data management / security master platform implementation

· Continuous review and enhancement of data capture processes and associated control environment e.g. via automation and robust process / procedures framework

· Ensuring that all instrument reference data is maintained in an accurate and timely manner in all necessary systems and data repositories in coordination with client on boarding & operational teams

· Produce outputs relating to data quality monitoring and control processes as required to support periodic operational reporting and to support prioritization around process improvement