Data Analyst, Investment Data Management

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd.; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. (CCLFG) invites a Data Analyst to join the IDM team in the middle office. This role maintains and validates equity, fixed income and derivative data across systems to enable investment modeling, trading and risk monitoring.

The team operates with a hybrid model combining in-office and remote days. You will manage data transfers, deliver timely signoffs, analyze data-quality issues, support portfolio management with ad-hoc requests, and pursue process

Qualifications

• 2-6 years of experience in investment management data and data quality.
• Experience with securities data and data process management.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg/FTSE/ICE Bond Edge/Charles River is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and validate equity/fixed income/derivative data across systems.
• Manage scheduled data transfers, valuations and benchmarking inputs.
• Deliver timely data signoffs to investment teams and resolve quality issues.
• Provide ad-hoc data analyses for portfolio management support.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce risk.
• Support other staff and projects with data-driven insights.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Collaboration

Effective communication

Education

Finance/Commerce/Business degree

MBA/CFA/FRM asset

Tools

Bloomberg

FTSE

ICE Bond Edge

Charles River

Job description

Interested in joining one of Canada’s top performing asset managers? We are looking for a Data Analyst for an existing vacancy on our Investment Data Management (IDM) team. The IDM Team resides within the middle office and is responsible for managing data centric processes and data quality that supports the investment management business. Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. (CCLFG) manages a wide range of global assets and heavily relies on the output of the Data Management Team for a variety of functions from the front office to the back. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic strategic team whose scope and importance continues to grow enterprise wide. We place a high value on maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit and creating a culture where each of us has opportunities to succeed. We are a solution orientated and collaborative team seeking like-minded individuals who thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment. Our offices currently operate on a hybrid model with a combination of in-office and remote working days throughout the week.

What You Will Do

• Maintain and validate accuracy of equity/fixed income/derivative data across multiple systems/databases to enable Investment Manager modeling, trading, and risk monitoring.
• Manage and enable a myriad of scheduled processes for vendor systems, internal and market data transfers, valuation, and benchmarking data inputs to the investment process.
• Deliver timely data signoffs to investment teams; develop and analyze data-quality exceptions and ensure timely resolution.
• Provide analysis on operational needs, ad-hoc data/data-history requests for multiple business partners to support pre- and post-trade portfolio management functions.
• Identify process/workflow improvements to increase operational efficiency, mitigate risk, improve data-quality, and increase service levels provided to stakeholders.
• Supporter of other operational or engineering staff, senior or managers on a variety of ad-hoc tasks and projects.

What You Bring

• You have a degree in Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, Business Operations, or a related field. Relevant designation, such as the MBA, CFA, or FRM is an asset.
• 2-6 years of relevant experience in the investment management industry with exposure to securities data, data quality and process management. Hands-on experience working with Bloomberg, FTSE, ICE Bond Edge, Charles River and related financial tools, platforms is an asset
• You possess an analytical mindset and able to break down complex processes into components to logically deduce the root cause of issues in data and technology.
• You have a collaborative spirit that helps you to work well with others and you communicate effectively to team/cross-team members, and upward to key stakeholders.
• You have a passion for advancing the quality, scale, and efficiency of data processes and can take ownership of multiple processes with keen attention to detail.
• You constantly take a critical eye to processes with the goal of finding improvement opportunities and bring an ability to manage multiple projects.

The salary range for this position is $60,000-$90,000. The salary range provided reflects the base salary range for this position as required by legislation. In addition, there is an annual performance bonus which contributes to the total compensation for this position. Further questions may be directed to the HR team during the interview process.

What We Offer

At Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group, we're "invested in our greatest asset, you". Our shared goals reflect what matters most to our people:

• Your community: we foster belonging through collaboration, inclusion and flexibility. Enjoy social events, volunteering and a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility. Our flexible work practices are designed to support work-life balance and provide employees with flexibility in where and how they work
• Your growth: we prioritize your development with meaningful work, continuous learning budgets, paid study days and support for professional designations.
• Recognizing you: your contributions are rewarded with competitive total compensation, retirement savings support, wellness credits, enhanced parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits.

For a closer look at how you can build your career with us, we invite you to explore cclgroup.com.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment and selection process. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact [e-mail] if you require accommodation.

AI may be used to support certain stages of our screening & recruitment process. These tools support, but do not replace, human judgment and decision-making.