Data Sourcing Analyst

Aplaro Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld is seeking a Data Sourcing and Strategy Analyst to join the Enterprise Data group. The role focuses on sourcing datasets for portfolio management, providing data-related expertise, and managing relationships with data providers across multiple asset classes and regions.

You will evaluate new datasets, deliver findings to investment teams, and build vendor relationships to maintain a competitive edge in data sourcing. Strong communication and client-facing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of data or capital markets experience.
• Familiarity with different types of data and how they are used by investment professionals.
• Experience engaging with clients and managing relationships, ideally with investment professionals.
• A mind for efficiency and a desire to optimize processes.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identification, evaluation & due diligence of new datasets based on their potential value for creating investment insights.
• Delivery of research findings to investment teams, portfolio managers, and other internal clients.
• Leverage existing vendor relationships and develop new relationships to ensure Schonfeld maintains a competitive edge in data sourcing.
• Engage with sell-side to assist with data sourcing and management of alpha capture program.

Skills

Data analysis

Capital markets

Relationship management

Process optimization

Presentation skills

Python

AI tools

Tools

Python

AI tools

Job description

The Role

We are seeking a highly qualified and talented Data Sourcing and Strategy Analyst to join our Data Sourcing team within the Enterprise Data group at Schonfeld. The Data Sourcing team is responsible for sourcing new datasets for portfolio management teams to use in the investment process, providing data-related subject matter expertise to teams and managing relationships with data providers. The group supports Schonfeld’s quantitative, fundamental, tactical, and macro portfolio managers in identifying and managing datasets across multiple asset classes and regions.

What you’ll do

• Identification, evaluation & due diligence of new datasets based on their potential value for creating investment insights
• Delivery of research findings to investment teams, portfolio managers, and other internal clients
• Leverage existing vendor relationships and develop new relationships to ensure Schonfeld maintains a competitive edge in data sourcing
• Engage with sell-side to assist with data sourcing and management of alpha capture program

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• 2-4 years of data or capital markets experience
• Familiarity with different types of data and how they are used by investment professionals
• Experience engaging with clients and managing relationships, ideally with investment professionals
• A mind for efficiency and a desire to optimize processes
• Strong presentation and communication skills

We’d love if you had

• Experience with fixed income, currencies, commodities or delta one products
• Hands-on working experience with varied and complex data sets and an interest in engaging with them via programming languages or AI tools
• Familiarity with both fundamental and systematic investment processes
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset and a deep intellectual curiosity
• Process-oriented with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Who we are

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.