***Please do NOT apply for this role, if you do not have reference data experience***
Title: Reference Data BA/Project Manager - Operations Team
Salary: 250-500 TC - DEPENDS on SENIORITY + CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE
Work Model + Loco: NYC based, 5 days a week in office (NOT REMOTE FLEX)
Industry/Domain: top global HF (financial services)
Summary: A global top hedge fund and leading investor in the world's financial markets founded in 1990 is looking for a BA/PM to work with reference data on their Operations Team. You will also be working with various financial instruments/products. Their investors include, pension funds, endowments, foundations, private individuals, hospitals, governments, etc. Additionally, they give back to the community as they launched a system to teach high school students about Capital Markets and have partnered with 2 universities to increase financial support and to support Machine Learning Research. Lastly, they have won various awards in the financial services industry and have 14 offices.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS Bachelor's Degree (STEM degree preferred)
- Professional experience in financial services, particularly reference data or technology
- Product knowledge across a broad array of financial products and Instruments
- Knowledge across Legal Entity, Client and Account data processing is a plus
- Experience supporting data integration, data governance, data life cycle management, data quality, and data strategy
- Strong analytic, quantitative skills
- Hands on experience in SQL or Python for data analysis and tool building
- Experience in reference data vendor products (Bloomberg, Reuters etc.) is preferred
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to the BA/PM Lead, the BA/PM will evaluate current tactical issues, lead small/mid-size initiatives, and contribute to the design and solution of enterprise-wide strategic initiatives (expected split 70/30, BA/PM activities).
- Manage delivery tracks within larger strategic initiatives
- Work with internal and external stake holders to design and deliver comprehensive reference data solutions across a wide range of asset classes, geographies, and instrument types
- Design technical solutions data modeling (referential) solutions for new and existing financial products and entities
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on the technical workflow and processes involving the reference data solution
- Assist in managing front/middle office and operation's requests to development teams to ensure concepts are properly evaluated, implemented, and risk assessed
- Work with stakeholders within the organization to refine and improve knowledge and processes
- Design and implement processes that facilitate the use and administration of reference data
