Business data analyst

Job ID: 32629546

Budget: $2 – $3 USD

Financial industry- Fixed deposit
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 bachelor’s 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