Data Operations Analyst | Investment Management | Cape Town
Our client, a leading Asset Management Firm, is looking for a qualified Data Operations Analyst. As a Data Operations Analyst, you will:
- Maintain relationships with Portfolio Managers, Dealers and Performance & Risk, Client Operations and Reporting teams. Understand their queries and the impact a data issue has on their function/process, manage their expectations, and consider changes to avoid a recurrence
- Have a key relationship with Investment Operations and assist in data queries which arise in that team
- Maintain relationship with Data team as well as assist in the oversight of that team
- Maintain relationship with other data providers (Benchmark Data Provider) and assist in oversight of that team. Ensuring quality of benchmark data.
- Create securities required for trading
- Maintain security static data
- Perform daily system and data reconciliations
- Review NAV reconciliations, investigate breaks and communicate to impacted business users of the data
- Assist with the implementation of new products and new instruments from a data operations perspective
- Continually review and update processes and procedures to reduce risk and improve efficiency
Qualifications:
- BCom / BBus Sci or other similar degrees
Experience:
- At least 3-5 years relevant industry and operational experience
- Experience of liaising with individuals at all levels and across business
- Bloomberg experience
- Basic SQL experience
- Strong excel knowledge
Attributes:
- The ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships
- The ability to ‘approach and own’ and continuously look for opportunities to develop
- Ability to analyse, interpret and assimilate information