Senior Market data analyst

Fentexa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank in Greater London is seeking a Senior Market Data Analyst to oversee the full lifecycle of market data management. The role requires collaboration with trading, quant, and risk teams to ensure high-quality data availability and compliance. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing vendor relationships and data governance. This position offers a hybrid working model and a contract duration of 12 months, with potential extensions.

Qualifications

• Experience in market data ingestion, validation, and storage.
• Strong understanding of data governance and compliance.
• Ability to liaise effectively with stakeholders and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of market data.
• Serve as liaison between stakeholders and IT/data teams.
• Ensure data quality and availability across systems.

Skills

Market data management

Vendor relationship management

Data governance

Data quality assurance

Job description

Job Description

Role Senior Market data analyst

Position Contract 12 months extendable

Location London Hybrid

Rates Good Day Rates

My client a leading Investment bank are looking for a seasoned Market Data SME to act as there go-to authority for all aspects of market data ingestion, management, vendor relationships, licensing, and data governance. The successful candidate will work across trading, quant, risk, operations, and technology teams to ensure high-quality, reliable and compliant market data coverage across asset classes (e.g. equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives, commodities, as relevant).

Role

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of market data — from vendor selection and licensing, ingestion, validation, transformation, storage, to publication / use across internal systems.
• Serve as the liaison between business stakeholders (trading desks, quant, risk, operations), IT / data engineering teams, and external vendors.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, robustness, and timely availability.
• Maintain metadata catalogues, data dictionaries, and documentation of data flows, entitlements, usage rights, and compliance policies.

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