Lead Financial Data Analyst

Simcorp; Toronto; On-site; CAD 97,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company in Toronto is seeking a Lead Financial Data Analyst to manage the data lifecycle for financial instruments. This role involves executing service deliverables, maintaining data quality, and resolving client inquiries. The ideal candidate has a strong background in financial data management, excellent problem-solving skills, and a bachelor's degree. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Health and dental care

Group RRSP/TFSA

Annual discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience with data vendor feeds.
• Strong understanding of complex financial instruments like ABS/MBS.
• 4-5 years experience in solving master data issues.
• 2-3 years in operational data management.
• 1-2 years in process design and management.
• Experience with EDM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily service deliverables for financial instrument data.
• Perform quality checks and adhere to data quality frameworks.
• Resolve client data questions and service requests promptly.
• Comply with operational risk frameworks.
• Support continuous improvement in data processes.

Skills

Experience with data vendor feeds

Deep knowledge of financial instruments

Problem-solving for master data issues

Applying operational data management

Process design experience

Process Management Experience

Requirements engineering experience

Experience with EDM platforms

Service request systems experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or engineering

Job description

Overview

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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Why this role is important to us

This position is for an existing vacancy of Lead Financial Data Analyst. This person is expected to execute the collection, composition, control and distribution of market and master data for financial instruments (Equities, Funds, Fixed Income, ABS/MBS and OTC Derivatives, etc.) for various SimCorp clients and in accordance of the effective SLA agreements.

Furthermore, this role is responsible to answer client questions and conduct all necessary data analyses of financial instruments data to resolve service delivery incidents to continue service delivery.

The role is also responsible to adhere to all relevant operational risk as well as data governance and quality frameworks.

Eventually, this role also requires demonstrating very client-focused mindset, substantial know-how of financial instruments (such as Equities, Fixed Income, ABS/MBS, etc.) and provide coaching to other members.

What you will be responsible for

• Executes all daily service deliverables in terms of collecting, composing, controlling and distributing financial instrument data according to effective client SLAs
• Execution of all quality checks part of the service scope and strict adherence to existing runbook(s) as well as data quality and governance frameworks and conduct first data analysis in case of unexpected data behavior
• Resolve all data questions, service requests and requested audit support raised by clients in a timely and professional manner to ensure customer satisfaction and SLA compliance
• Perform all necessary tasks to comply existing operational risk frameworks (e.g. Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX), Risk and Control Engine (RACE) etc.)
• Proactively support and contribute to continuous improvement of operational processes (with predominant focus on manual processes and/or high-risk areas), data quality checks and system functionality
• Work with local/regional clients to identify specific requirements, special data treatment or any other client demands which need to be delivered as part of the service scope
• Perform continuous know-how exchange between the different Data Operations teams in terms of processes, incidents, documentation or other open topics to avoid know-how silos/gaps and assure service level consistency
• Monitor and report any kind of issues along the data supply chain including but not limited to interface issues, missing data files or interrupted business processes and trigger the necessary resolution processes to ensure service delivery continuation
• Maintain documentation in terms of business processes, functional descriptions, operational runbooks or other manuals to ensure information transparency and enable know-how transfers

What we value

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.

• Experience with data vendor feeds (Bloomberg, IDC, Reuters, etc.) and display products, 5-7 years
• Deep knowledge of traditional and non-traditional financial instruments and markets including structured securities, especially complex instruments like ABS/MBS, index linked bonds, and syndicated loans.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent in finance or engineering
• Solving master and reference data issues based on exception handling, 4-5 years
• Applying operational data management and data governance, 2-3 years
• Process design and engineering experience, 1-2 years
• Process Management Experience, 1-2 years
• Requirements engineering and data modelling experience, 1-2 years
• Experience with EDM platforms, 4-5 years
• Experience with service request systems or any other similar ticketing tool, like HPALM, Service Now, etc., 4-5 years

Benefits

The salary range for this position is 97 651 - 134 269,50 CAD annual. Base pay may vary based on factors such as years of experience, skills and qualifications. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits including health and dental care, time off and Group RRSP/TFSA.

Next step

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Paweł Andrzejewski, Talent Acquisition Partner, at [e-mail]. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

SimCorp Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at [e-mail].

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

Who we are

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

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