Financial Data analyst

Role: Financial Data analyst

Location: Fully-Remote Duration: 2 Year Contract

Must have great communication skills

Responsibilities

• Partner with Investment teams to identify data quality/integrity issues and provide resolution recommendations after performing in-depth analysis • Work closely with agile technology teams to solve complex business problems • Ensure the validity and accuracy of security-level analytics within the portfolio management systems, driving consistency and transparency across regions • Develop and sustain relationships with Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, Quants and Investment Analysts on a global basis and supporting their ongoing data requirements • Lead, or act as a key member of, project teams comprised of representatives from various operational areas and participate in assessing and testing new systems and upgrades/enhancement

Competencies: • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills; demonstrated ability to employ fact-based decision-making to resolve complex problems, by applying logic, analysis, experience, and business knowledge • Be able to master and support vendor provided applications, ideally Bloomberg PORT • Be a self-starter with ability to build working relationships and work effectively in a global matrixed organization • Make independent/educated judgments regarding appropriate resolutions of data anomalies • Flexible and comfortable with uncertainty in requirements etc. in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment • Must be able to independently “troubleshoot” functional and/or quantitative problems

Qualifications

• Strong academic record and a Bachelors and/or Masters in Finance, Mathematics or Economics are preferred or commensurate relevant work experience • Solid data skills (SQL database queries, Excel/Access file manipulation, etc.) and basic programming knowledge (e.g., VBA, Python, R) • 3+ years of functional/demonstrated experience with Fixed Income products, derivatives, and risk/attribution analysis with a vendor and/or an Asset Management firm • 3+ years of business systems analysis or experience working with and analyzing data for Front Office • Hands-on knowledge of Fixed Income analytics platforms (i.e., Bloomberg PORT, Yieldbook, Aladdin) • Experience with Scrum processes and project management tools such as Jira are a plus • General knowledge/awareness of macro financial markets and more specifically, the buy-side/asset management industry

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