Market Data Analyst

Summary:

• **PLEASE NOTE - This is NOT a technical role for a Data Analyst, Data Scientist or someone with an IT background.
• Candidates MUST have experience in the Market Data realm and be able to administer Market Data contracts.

Please read the description before you apply** The Market Data Analyst at S4 Market Data will oversee client projects and be responsible for the overall service delivery of our managed services with respective clients.

• This position will manage market data service inquiries and projects from clients as well as manage a market data administrator within the projects to ensure administrative tasks are being completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• The ideal candidate will have market data vendor management and administrative experience; sourcing and negotiating contracts, managing procurement/sourcing requests throughout the spend life cycle, speaking with internal business units and stakeholders (legal, finance, IT, etc.) to procure goods/services for our clients. The candidate needs to be located in the US, this is a fully remote position.

Responsibilities:

• Handle day-to-day demand management or vendor management and administrative inquiries from internal business units, including but not limited to; data/sourcing requests, contract negotiation, entitlement administration, exchange reporting, moves/adds/changes requests, inventory management, procurement/legal approval, expense allocation, invoices reconciliation, and spend reporting.
• Interact with the client’s various internal stakeholders and business units; technology, legal, accounting/finance, human resources, and investment managers.
• Oversee the inventory management process of leavers/joiners, ensure current inventory is accurate and up-to-date.
• Oversee the reconciliation invoices and validation of monthly allocations/expenses.
• Conduct monthly/quarterly exchange reporting and ensure exchange policies and data compliance across the client’s end-users and applications. Administer their datafeeds (EMRS, DACS, Etc.) Review spend and enact cost savings and avoidance initiatives.
• Provide respective business units with an overview for their costs; understand their products/services and respond to any inquires as needed.
• Maintain reports on costs and identify ways to consolidate spend.
• Conducts regular internal team meetings to report on client SLA’s and to ensure all client service deliverables are being met and completed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Business, or related degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience in financial services or market data.
• Relevant work experience in consulting is preferred.
• Experience working with Market Data vendors such as Bloomberg, FactSet, Exchanges (NYSE, ICE, etc.).
• Knowledge of FITS and MDSL inventory systems is preferred.
• Excellent communication and project management skills and experience in working closely with internal client business units and senior stakeholders.
• An entrepreneurial and self-regulating mind-set.
• Display a high level of time management skills to manage multiple and elaborate requests simultaneously.
• Have high energy and be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
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