Senior Market Data Analyst

London Stock Exchange Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global financial markets infrastructure provider where you can leverage your expertise in financial derivatives pricing and Python scripting. This exciting role involves working closely with a dynamic team to enhance market data quality and improve automation processes. Your contributions will directly impact pricing software and risk calculation services, enabling businesses to thrive in a complex financial landscape. If you're a numerate individual with a passion for quantitative finance and a collaborative spirit, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a meaningful difference.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement plans

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of financial derivatives and pricing models.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with C++.

Responsibilities

• Construct and deploy new market data and monitor data quality.
• Develop improvements to data modeling and automation processes.

Skills

Python scripting

Financial derivatives pricing

C++

Continuous integration processes

Education

Degree in quantitative finance

Degree in mathematics

Degree in statistics

Tools

pandas

numpy

Refinitiv

Job description

Company Summary

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge, and a worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk, and create jobs. We've contributed to supporting financial stability and growth in communities and economies globally for over 300 years.

Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services and our open-access model, we provide the flexibility, stability, and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half of whom are located in Asia Pacific. LSEG's ticker symbol is LSEG.

Position Summary

This position is within LSEG Post Trade Solutions.

The applicant will be part of the Acadia market data team, based in London. They will work closely with colleagues in operations and development functions in the US, Ireland, UK, Philippines, and Germany. The market data team at Acadia is responsible for constructing, validating, maintaining, and analyzing market data and reference data used in Acadia's risk calculation and backtesting services. We support OTC portfolios across rates, FX, equity, credit, commodities, and fixed income securities. Market data is crucial to our pricing, and we engage closely with the quant development, database development, support, and reconciliation teams to ensure quality and develop our products.

Role Responsibilities

• Construction, deployment, and testing of new market data.
• Documentation of models.
• Monitoring data quality.
• Assessing the quality of derivative pricing.
• Developing and implementing improvements to data modeling.
• Developing and implementing improvements to our automation processes in Python.
• Developing and implementing enhancements to our pricing software in C++.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Strong understanding of financial derivatives pricing.
• Proficiency in Python scripting (pandas, numpy, requests/http).
• Experience with continuous integration processes.
• Familiarity with C++.
• Ability to research and present models.
• Familiarity with at least one market data vendor (Refinitiv/LSEG D&A, etc.).

Candidate Profile

• Highly numerate with a degree or equivalent experience in quantitative finance, mathematics, statistics, or science-related fields.
• Experience in financial markets and products, either within risk management, product control, or middle office environments (e.g., fund administration).
• Experience with the product development lifecycle.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is to drive financial stability, empower economies, and enable customers to create sustainable growth.

Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change underpin our culture and guide our decision-making and actions.

Working with us means being part of a dynamic organization of 25,000 people across 65 countries. We value individuality and encourage bringing your true self to work to enrich our diverse workforce. Our culture is collaborative and creative, and we are committed to sustainability, supporting the transition to net zero, green economy growth, and inclusive economic opportunities.

LSEG offers tailored benefits, including healthcare, retirement plans, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, not discriminating based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or other protected characteristics. We accommodate religious practices, mental health, and physical disabilities as required.

Please review our privacy notice to understand how your personal data will be used and your rights as a data subject.

If submitting via a recruitment agency, ensure candidates are aware of this privacy notice.

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